Mayo cake

 I was going on holiday and I decided to clean up my almost empty fridge. I had a few eggs and a jar of mayonnaise… What a pity to throw them away if you can make a tasty and a very simple cake! :) The best part was asking my friends: there is a special ingredient in this cake, do you recognize it?
  Honestly, I knew that there was some mayonnaise in this pastry and it didn’t stop me from taking another slice. Stay open-minded and enjoy!


Ingredients:
 4 eggs
a cup of flour
a cup of sugar- 
a cup of mayonnaise- 
1 tsp baking powder

for the icing:
dark cocoa powder 
icing sugar- 
water

Preheat your oven to 180^oC.

Separate the egg-yolks and the egg-whites.

Beat the yolks and sugar in a bowl until very light in color (which is maybe not the case on my picture, but it was still fine!)

Add mayonnaise and stir until combined.

In another bowl beat egg-whites till stiff peaks (do not over-beat them!)

 Mix flour with baking powder. Incorporate gently mayonnaise-yolk mixture to beaten egg-whites until combined.

Add flour mixed with baking powder. Once more, stir gently.

Grease and flour your baking mold. Put the batter into the mold and bake for about 45 to 50 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Allow the cake to cool down.

 In the meantime, you can prepare the icing.

At the beginning, I started with one big spoon of cocoa, 4 spoons of icing sugar and a spoon of water then I added some sugar till my icing was more viscous. You have to feel it yourself. If it’s too compact, add a few drops of water, if it’s too liquid, add sugar. Frost the cooled cake with the icing and decorate.

 Normally, your cake should grow a little out of the mold. I had to cut the top of my cake because my oven had a bad day and the top was burnt. That’s why it is so flat (but it was still good!)

Bon appétit!