Mayo in cake mixture?

[JustBeenNosey]

Morning guys!

So I came across a recipe this morning off good old Facebook which said to replace eggs and butter which MAYO!

I've looked online and seen a recipe for a Chocolate Mayo Cake which has a lot of good reviews saying add more chocolate in but then there are a few reviews that it became crumbly and you could taste the Mayo.

I love baking buns and cakes so I'm very tempted to try this recipe but I hate Mayo so don't wanna bake it and be able to taste it 😩

Has anybody done this before and it has worked or have a recipe I could use?

what are you doing! I can have that cake in the oven in under five minutes...less if I have coffee already made!
kettle on, bowl out and on scales... flour, cocoa, sugar into bowl, stir, add mayo and coffee, stir with whisk, pour batter into tin, slam into oven, set timer!

Get dh to tidy up :o

Have you eaten it yet?

@MsHomeSlice yeah I tried it but I don't think I added enough waster to the mix..

It's almost like a biscuity bun? 😂😂

Very odd🤔

I don't think I did it right hahah

something is amiss, it should be a soft crumb, tasty deep chocolatey rich cake!

Just re read Janners recipe...I think maybe too long in the oven....I'd check mine after 30-35 mins

Haven't tried using mayo in my cake, but why not give it a try? If you guys have a good recipe on this, I would love to try it!

@PaulMorel I used @JannerBird recipe but I didn't put enough water in it to make it mix together like a normal cake mixture 😩😩

JustBeenNosey oh thanks for your referral and your tips. Does it taste good even if you didn't put enough water?

@PaulMorel urrrrm not really! It wasn't awful but it wasn't that nice.
It was quite crumbly

(I admit I haven't read the thread, but) mayo can be used as a straight weight-for-weight replacement for butter in any all-in-one cake.

It works particularly well in rich-flavoured cakes like chocolate cake. The taste IMO is too strong for a plain vanilla sponge, but my dc like it.

@JellySlice what recipe do you use when you make it?

Basic recipe is the 2oz each of sugar, butter or mayo, SR flour for each medium egg (ie the same weight of each ingredient).

Plain cake:
3 medium eggs
6oz caster sugar
6oz full-fat mayo
6oz self raising flour
1tsp vanilla

Chocolate cake:
3 medium eggs
6oz caster sugar
6oz full-fat mayo
4oz self raising flour
1oz cocoa powder
1oz cornflour
1tsp vanilla
(I always replace some of the flour with cornflour, as I find just adding cocoa makes the cake less moist and bouncy).

Mix all the ingredients together gently until combined, then beat for 20s (by machine) or 1minute (by hand) until smooth and slightly paler.

Bake in a lined or buttered tin (your choice) at 180C/Gas4 for about 40mins until a skewer comes out clean.

@JellySlice do you not put any water in your mixture?

Mine didn't come together properly last time until I put some water in and then I don't think I put enough in to be honest

No, I don't add any water.

Was your cake egg-free? I got into baking with mayo because 2 of my dc were dairy-intolerant. I don't see the point of leaving out eggs if you're using mayo. Besides, there's about one egg in a whole jar of mayo - so not enough in the half jar you're using to replace the 3 eggs in the cake recipe.

If you leave out eggs you'll definitely need to add liquid. IIRC it's about 60ml per egg. I'd probably add juice or milk or non-dairy 'milk', rather than water.

But adding liquid doesn't replace the protein that the egg provides, which helps the cake hold together, so it likely will be crumblier and less moist. You can add protein by adding ground almonds or chickpea flour. I often do this. It doesn't change the taste of the cake, but gives it a lovely texture.

I'd do the weight for weight replacement of flour, unless it took the amount of flour below 2/3 of the recipe, in which case I would add the ounce of ground almonds or chickpea flour instead.

BTW no need to @ me. @ing sends an email to ask me to look at this thread, but I'll come back anyway, as it's on my active threads.

No I didn't add any eggs, I used the recipe that a PP sent.

I don't do it for any intolerances I just thought I'd try something different 😂😂
I'll try your recipe one day and see how that pans out, hopefully will work better than the last lot I did 🙄

I also like trying something different just because.

At this moment in time I'm not planning on doing it again anytime soon as I like to eat and enjoy my baking hahah

But I will deffo give it another go in future

Has to be mayo without any mustard in it or it affects taste and texture.

@JanetLovesJason Yeah I bought just plain, full fat mayo from Tesco