Chocolate Cake/or butterscotch from Dukes Mayo jar

[alice]

this is on the back of the Dukes Mayo jar, labeled Rufina Holstegge's chocolate cake:

(it has cocoa in it, I wonder what Kristen would suggest for the chocolate substitute she uses? I also wonder if the jello would work. This cake is delicious and very moist. I think the mayo is the oil)

6 Tbsp cocoa
3 cups flour
1 Tbsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups dextrose- (I of course used dextrose instead of sugar)
1 1/2 cups Duke's mayo
1 1/2 tsp. acceptable vanilla
1 1/2 cups cold water
mix till smooth
bake aprox.30min. 350 degrees
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ALTERNATE FLAVOR WITHOUT THE CHOCOLATE(inspired by Lisa)
omit the cocoa
substitute the cocoa amount with a little more flour
add 1 1/2 tsp butterscotch artificial flavoring
plus the vanilla amount.
moist and very good! I tried this variation today and the kids liked it!
It is a bit more expensive if you have to order your mayo, but we keep a good amount in the house at all times because it makes the moistest cakes...

[Tammy]

This sounds good Alice. I have had mayo cakes in the past, and they've always been moist. I never gave them a thought since I've gotten the Dukes mayo. Thanks for bringing this up and reminding me of them.

I have no problems with cocoa, so the recipe, as it is, will be good for Regina. You could possibly try pudding instead of cocoa, but this won't help the people that can't use aspartame anyway, and I'm thinking you'd possibly have to add a little more flour or it may be too moist - to the point of not seeming done. I'll just use the cocoa.

I'm sure some people at work have other mayo cake recipes. I'll get some of them and compare them.
Tammy