Yes, you read that correctly. You can add mayonnaise and avocado to cake and still have cake. I posted this week about the many avocados that fell from the tree after a freak storm. Somehow I need to work all of the avocados into my diet. I have made chocolate and avocado smoothies every morning. If you did not tell me that there were avocados in my smoothie I would not have known. So obviously I tried the avocado and cake recipe but I added mayonnaise as well. Because mayonnaise is basically egg and oil. Or at least, I made my own mayonnaise.
Me being me, and with the vast amount of ripe avocados I have, I added too many avocados to the cake recipe. So rather than cake, I made brownies. And to be honest, I cannot tell that I added avocado into the dish except that it changed the texture of the cake/brownie/final product. And, if you ever make this, it has avocado in it! You are not going to get the same product as you would have without the avocado. So please follow along with me if you'd want to try this recipe. It was fun making it; I made it by hand but you can use a stand mixer or blender. It is a very easy base recipe you can mix and match to your hearts delight!
Ingredient List
This microwave chocolate cake is fail-proof and everyone should try it. Here are the base recipe ingredients:
- 1 cup boiling water,
- 1 tsp vanilla,
- pinch of salt,
- 1 tbsp instant coffee,
- 3 tbsp cacao,
- 1 cup flower,
- 1 cup sugar,
- 1/4 cup oil,
- 2 eggs,
- 2 tsp baking powder.
I added some lemon juice and three avocados.
Method
So by now, you might wonder where is the mayonnaise? I am going to make it now! There is way too much egg proportionally to the amount of oil to make real mayonnaise, but you are going to make a sort of stable emulsion.
Slowly drizzle the oil into the eggs and beat furiously if you do it by hand. You can use a stand mixer or any mixer. A stable emulsion will form if you make it correctly. As there is too much egg in the oil this will be watery but the oil will emulsify with the egg.
I added the smashed avocado and whisked further. The avocado broke down into the emulsion.
There are some clumps but this will not affect the final product. Add the cup of sugar.
Mix the hot water, cacao, and instant coffee separately. You can do this beforehand as the hot water needs to cool down before you add it to the egg mixture.
Add the flour to the emulsion mixture.
Slowly add the chocolate mixture to the emulsion and flour mixture.
Mix until it is done!
Add the mixture to your microwave-safe baking dish.
Microwave the cake for about 8-10 minutes. This depends on your microwave's strength.
After that time, leave the cake in the microwave for about one minute. Take it out and let it cool down to room temp.
As mentioned, I added way too much avocado to the mixture. I have so many avocados that I need to use. And the mayonnaise type mixture is something new I tried. The recipe can obviously be changed depending on your taste profile, but I love the taste and texture. I did not have any chocolate but when I go to the shop tomorrow I am going to buy some chocolate. I am going to melt it over the brownie cake and it will be even better.
In the end, I think it is worth it if you have all the extra avocados. Should you buy avocados to make this? No. Should you emulsify eggs and oil? Hell yes! Give this recipe a try and tell me how it went. I think melted chocolate and ice cream will make this a perfect dessert.
All of the photographs are my own and the musings as well. Have you ever tried to put strange stuff in chocolate cake? Comment below! Happy cooking.
Cake made with avocado. This is worth trying.
You really should try it! Sorry for the late reply.
If you have many avos why not try it!
OH wow amazing! To be honest I think that brownies are nicer than cake. Avos have been cheap here this season - bookmarking to make this sinful delightful cake!! Except I don't have a microwave....
Sorry for the late reply. The last couple of days/week was just something else.
Oh yes, it is sinful! Yeah, this recipe is based on a microwave... but I guess any spongecake base will work! I am not a cake baker, my hands are made for bread baking. This is one of those "hack" recipes for people who cannot bake 😅
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When I read avocado and chocolate, I wondered if I was reading ok, so I opened your post. This is the first time in my life that I see this, and despite in my mind avocado with chocolate won’t be a good combination, you make it look very tasty! Maybe some day I have the courage to cook it!
I love this recipe, is very creative!!
The funny thing is that you actually do not taste the avo! I added three big ones and I gave some to all my friends. I bet them beer and money that they will not guess what I put into the cake and no one believed me when I told them I added avo!
Sorry for only replying now, the last couple of weeks were hectic. Have a splendid week!
Hahaah it’s hilarious!! They really couldn’t taste it?! I’m more curious than I was before!! I have to taste it!! What a yammy and healthy dessert!!
Honest, they could not! I gave them a couple of guesses but it tasted normal to them. It is funny yes! So give it a try and see if you can fool your friends as well.