Dark Chocolate Cake with Double Fudge Icing

Ingredients:

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 5 unsweetened chocolate squares
• 1/4 lb unsalted butter broken into pieces
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Steps:

• Cake Mix mayonnaise water sugar and vanilla together until well blended
• Sift cocoa flour salt and baking soda together
• Stir into liquid ingredients and mix just until blended
• Pour batter into 2 greased and floured sandwich cake tins8-9 inch size
• Bake in a preheated 375 deg F oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean
• Cool and then ice
• Icing Bring sugar and cream to a boil
• Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes
• Stir occasinaly to stop cream from boiling over
• Remove from heat
• Finely chop or grate the chocolate
• Sir into the cream until completely melted
• Stir in butter and vanilla
• Once butter is melted refrigerate icing until cold
• Once cold beat the icing with an electric mixer or a wooden spoon until thick and of a good spreading consistency