Macaroni Grill's Chocolate Cake

By á-170456

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups mayonnaise
• 3 1/2 cups brewed coffee
• 1/2 ounce vanilla
• 1 3/4 pounds cake flour
• 1/8 cup baking soda
• 6 ounces cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 pounds granulated sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sift flour, baking soda, cocoa powder and sugar so there are no lumps and texture is smooth.

Make sure that brewed coffee is at room temp and not warm. This will prevent a reaction with the baking soda. Mix ingredients, but do not over mix.

Restaurant manager could not advise on the cooking time as they make this commercially, but said to use a toothpick to check doneness and make allowances for different oven usage.

Frosting is a Ganache Frosting; the ingredients are heavy cream and semisweet cocoa or use any good Ganache Frosting recipe.

As far as the presentation of the cake, drizzle frosting on the plate, place the square of cake on the frosting and top with a mint leaf.

This recipe yields ?? servings.