Wacky Cake gets its name from substituting normal cake ingredients
for something different. In this case we are using mayonnaise instead of eggs. It
is also called a Depression Cake because oil was initially used in place of
eggs during the 1930’s when eggs were harder to get.
Dry Ingredients:
1 ½ cups of flour
1 cup of sugar
¼ cup of cocoa
1 teaspoon of baking soda
Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Wet Ingredients:
To the dry ingredients add,
1/3 cup of mayonnaise
1 tablespoon of vinegar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 cup of cold water.
Stir all ingredients until you have a smooth batter with no
lumps.
Grease or butter two 9 inch round cake pans. Pour the batter
evenly into both cake pans.
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Check the cakes with a fork or
toothpick after 15 minutes to see if they’re done.
For icing use any cream cheese based frosting recipe. Ice
both cakes. For the top of the bottom cake mix fresh cut strawberries into the
frosting. Garnish the top of the cake with strawberries and mint leaves.
Serve and enjoy!
