Photo of the Day: Salad Dressing Cake
Photograph from cakespy on Flickr
At first glance, I thought Jessie Oleson of Cakespy made a cake-topped version of candy salad, but it's a cake on top of a real salad—and the cake batter contains mayonnaise. Are you cringing? Jessie says this:
If you're disgusted by this cake but you're one of the many who indulged in bacon-flavored baked goods in the past year, you take a long look at yourself in the mirror before you judge the mayo cake. Because what makes up mayonnaise—egg yolks, oil, vinegar—is all stuff that would go into a cake anyway.
She said it was "the most dense, moist, rich cake we've ever made." Sounds good to me!
Related: Photo of the Day: A Candy Salad
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24 Comments:
I'd give it a try, it's kind of like having a slice of dressing!
chanterelle at 9:31PM on 01/06/09
I like how the salad and cake neutralize each other nutritionally.
runnereater at 10:19PM on 01/06/09
This is like a Hamburger, and fries ordered with a Diet Pepsi!
Shambolam at 11:02PM on 01/06/09
Are you fo-serious?? It just seems like the two are not supposed to go together
foodismyspeciality at 12:30AM on 01/07/09
I understand mayo cake, having eaten and enjoyed it -you don't taste the mayo any more than you taste the eggs in a regular cake, but seriously? The components of mayo cake and that of salad dressing end at the oil, vinegar, sugar and egg.
Simply put, there's no frosting or cakey goodness in my bottle of Seven Seas.
lyricalsoul at 1:14AM on 01/07/09
As a confirmed mayo hater, let me point out that ingredients are one thing. The sum of the total is another. Mixing egg, oil and and lemon makes gross. Mixing egg, flour, oil, powder, lemon, cocoa and fruit makes cake. Mayo is wrong, always. If you're looking for a moist cake recipe, go to the Sam Adams website, and find the Stout cake recipe. Thank them after you taste that cake.
beersnob at 1:36AM on 01/07/09
I like mayo very much , far from hating it. But mayo cake?! Some things are designed to be eaten ,or rather I should say tasted , in more measured quantities. Mayo is one of them, too much mayo not only is very nutritionally unbalanced but kills the whole point of it which is , at least to me, to dress or condiment a dish with its flavor, not over power it or become the dish for that matter. But that i just my point of view. For those who claim to enjoy the slice of mayo in their lives so be it, bon apetit!
czeledon at 5:46AM on 01/07/09
I do not judge the mayo cake for containing mayo, I judge it for being served on salad. That's like a fat kid going to prom with his scantily dressed hot friend; just makes you look bad.
Aynsl156 at 6:18AM on 01/07/09
I object!!! I think more than anything, it's the combination of textures that I find distrubingly offensive on this plate...moist cake on top of lettuce and crunchy carrots??? FAIL.
juliebugsmama at 9:02AM on 01/07/09
Here in Chicago, a local restaurant/diner chain - Portillo's - is justly famous not only for its Chicago-style dogs, but also for it's Chocolate cake. Everyone describes the cake as moist, rich, and addicting. The secret? Mayo, of course!
SSG Snuffy at 9:10AM on 01/07/09
FAIL. I don't want a "dense moist rich" texture along with salad. I want a light airy crusty piece of buttered bread. Plus that salad really sucks. Look at those carrot logs and that leathery lettuce. Blech. I wouldnt eat that salad on it own, let alone with a slice of cake on it. I'm sure the cake is fine on it's own. The analogy to all the bacon sweets is dumb too. Completely different realms.
simon at 9:22AM on 01/07/09
Where I would not eat a cake and a salad together, I have had mayo cake. My grandmum made it all the time when i was growing up and it was some incredible cake.
LizSherman at 9:25AM on 01/07/09
Perhaps I shouldn't be speaking on Jessie's behalf, but...I assumed the salad was purely decorative and she doesn't seriously suggest serving it with a salad. It's just "for a delightfully mischievous presentation." It's cute.
If Jessie says this cake rocks, I believe her. She's one of my trusted dessert queens.
roboppy at 10:05AM on 01/07/09
Its the carrots and lettuce that gross me out!
rockymountainmarta at 10:30AM on 01/07/09
Never mind the cake; nice use of Fiesta dishware!
famdoc at 10:44AM on 01/07/09
@Robyn - if that is the case then she shot herself in the foot with the distraction of the salad. It's misleading. I'm sure the cake is great, but presenting it with that ugly salad was a bad idea, both visually, and culinarily.
simon at 11:00AM on 01/07/09
Yeah, I made chocolate mayonnaise cake once or twice in my younger years, and believe me, it's good. Not at all mayonnaise-y. But on a salad? NO.
lo82070 at 11:05AM on 01/07/09
Oh gosh, i accidentally clicked on the "favorite this" thingie and now it's forever on my favorites page and I cannot get it off! The horror!
juliebugsmama at 11:23AM on 01/07/09
I'm torn somewhere between "*insert Homer Simpson shrieking here*" and "meh, it all goes to the same place eventually, anyways".
Amandarama at 2:19PM on 01/07/09
i eat a salad to eat a healthy meal... hmmm i dont know if a cake is something to put on it, but its def creative and im curious to try a bite
GrabTrees at 4:02PM on 01/07/09
Critics-Leave the mayo cake alone! I don't even eat mayo on sandwiches, but I have to admit it is delicious in cakes. Just a little adds moistness like you wouldn't believe!
wendy6 at 4:43PM on 01/07/09
I was wiggin on the mayo inside the cake until her comment about bacon baked goods checked me (I did make bacon chocolate muffins a week ago....). Anyway, better in the cake than on top of. Aren't you at least glad that it's not mayo frosting?
marchpane at 5:57PM on 01/07/09
Ummm. That just don't make sense. People just trying to mix everything now. Pls stop
MrChow at 6:09PM on 01/07/09
Cake goood. Salad gooood. What's not to like?
I feel a bit like Joey in that episode of Friends where Rachel makes a trifle with beef. Is anyone else having the same reaction? Is anyone else watching too many 90s sitcom re-runs?
butterface at 10:50AM on 01/12/09