Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Fudge Icing

Ingredients

Cake

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

Icing

• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 5 unsweetened chocolate squares
• 1/4 lb unsalted butter, broken into pieces
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 white chocolate bar put into the fridge to cool, then use grater to shave into pieces
• 1 dark chocolate bar put into the fridge to cool, then use grater to shave into pieces

Directions

Cake

1. Mix mayonnaise, water, sugar and vanilla together until well blended.
2. Sift cocoa, flour salt and baking soda together.
3. Stir into liquid ingredients and mix just until blended.
4. Pour batter into agreased and floured 11x7 inch cakepan
5. Bake in a preheated 375 deg F oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
6. Cool and then ice.

Icing

1. Bring sugar and cream to a boil.
2. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Stir occassionaly to stop cream from boiling over.
4. Remove from heat.
5. Finely chop or grate the chocolate.
6. Stir into the cream until completely melted.
7. Stir in butter and vanilla.
8. Once butter is melted, refrigerate icing until cold.
9. Once cold beat the icing with an electric mixer or a wooden spoon until thick and of a good spreading consistency. Spread on cooled cake and garnish with white & dark chocolate shavings.