Cherry Cola-Chocolate-Mayonnaise-Sauerkraut Cake
Published March 29, 1994
- Total Time
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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Ingredients
Butter or oil for greasing pan
2 cups unsifted flour plus enough to coat greased pan
⅔ cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
¼ teaspoon baking powder
3 eggs
1 ⅔ cups sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup cherry cola
1 cup sauerkraut, washed and drained well
Nutritional analysis per serving (12 to 16 servings)
42 grams carbs; 44 milligrams cholesterol; 313 calories; 4 grams monosaturated fat; 8 grams polyunsaturated fat; 3 grams saturated fat; 15 grams fat; 2 grams fiber; 297 milligrams sodium; 4 grams protein; 26 grams sugar
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Step 2
Grease and flour 10-inch tube pan.
- Step 3
In medium bowl, sift flour, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder.
- Step 4
In large bowl with mixer on high speed, beat eggs, sugar and vanilla for 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low, and beat in mayonnaise.
- Step 5
Add flour and cola alternately. Mix in drained sauerkraut.
- Step 6
Pour into pan, and bake for 50 to 55 minutes. Cool.
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I have made a chocolate sauerkraut cake for about forty years. I rinse and snip the sauerkraut with scissors, and people often mistake it for coconut. It became my step father's most frequently requested birthday cake. My husband also loves it. A chocolate sour cream frosting is perfect for this cake.
I made this on a dare from friends who had seen it online and were expressing disgust over it--they couldn't have been more wrong. This is a moist and deeply chocolatey cake--a real keeper! I chopped the sauerkraut finely in a processor before rinsing and draining it, just to eliminate the possibility of strands in the final product, but I didn't change anything else. I would add a sweet/milk chocolate frosting if you wanted to make it a bit less rich, but the cake is very good as-is!
I made a dark chocolate ganache with a little gin and just a hint of cumin to top this off - it was gorgeous frosted. I have never seen guests shovel cake in so fast!
Have made this 4 or 5 times now. With a few tweaks, this is one of the best cakes ever. Double the vanilla. Use a little extra sauerkraut, and cola, and especially mayo. Batter will be more liquid but it bakes up beautifully. Also, use good cocoa: Cacao Berry, Valrhona…
Adding this comment for those who search, like me, for dairy-free recipes. No butter or milk called for!
This isn't as weird as the hype makes it sound. 1.Mayonnaise is eggs, oil, a little vinegar all of which are common in cake baking. 2. Sauerkraut not so different from zucchini or carrots or beets as a cake ingredient 3. Soda is water and sugar. Yes carbonated but using carbonated water in baking also not new. I made this but to avoid finding bits of sauerkraut I put in the blender with some of the soda. Like to figure out a substitute for the soda. Say club soda and sugar?suggestions?