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Cheesecake Swirled Chocolate Cake

Published: Jan 28, 2017 · Modified: Jul 3, 2018 by Mindee · This post contains affiliate links and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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Cheesecake swirled chocolate cake is as easy as it is delicious. You'll love this dense, moist cake with swirls of cheesecake throughout!

Cheesecake Swirled Chocolate Cake Cheesecake swirled chocolate cake is as easy as it is delicious. You'll love this dense, moist cake with swirls of cheesecake throughout!

Valentine's day is coming right up!  Most of us like to make something sweet for our sweetie, right!  This is a fairly simple recipe that turns out beautifully!  Cheesecake swirled chocolate cake is a dense, moist chocolate cake with cheesecake ribboned throughout and topped with chocolate cream cheese frosting.    So if you are looking for something simple, but still fancy give this a try!  I know you'll love it!

Cheesecake Swirled Chocolate Cake Cheesecake swirled chocolate cake is as easy as it is delicious. You'll love this dense, moist cake with swirls of cheesecake throughout!

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9x13 baking dish well with non-stick baking cooking spray.  Prepare the cake batter and the cheesecake batter.  Pour half the cake batter in the prepared pan.  Pour half the cheesecake batter in thick stripes across the cake batter.  Top with the remaining cake batter.  Stripe with the remaining cheesecake batter.

Cheesecake Swirled Chocolate Cake Cheesecake swirled chocolate cake is as easy as it is delicious. You'll love this dense, moist cake with swirls of cheesecake throughout!

Run a knife through the batters in a figure eight motion back and forth starting on one end of the pan and moving to the other.  After moving for one side to the other don't go back through.  Over swirling blends the cheesecake batter into the chocolate cake batter too much and you'll lose the marbled effect.  Bake at 350 for 45 to 50 minutes.  A toothpick should come out with moist crumbs.  Cool to room temp and then refrigerate for 4 hours.  This cake tastes better cold.

Prepare the frosting.  Either spread across the top of the cake or pipe frosting onto each individual piece. I used a Wilton 1M tip. Enjoy!

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Cheesecake Swirled Chocolate Cake Cheesecake swirled chocolate cake is as easy as it is delicious. You'll love this dense, moist cake with swirls of cheesecake throughout!

Cheesecake Swirled Chocolate Cake

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  • Author: Mindee
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 60 minutes
  • Yield: 12 Pieces 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American
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Cheesecake swirled chocolate cake is as easy as it is delicious. You'll love this dense, moist cake with swirls of cheesecake throughout!


Ingredients

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Chocolate Cake Batter

  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 1 cup Cocoa Powder
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 Eggs
  • ½ cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • ⅓ cup Sour Cream
  • ⅔ cup Milk
  • 1 cup Boiling Water ((must be boiling))

Cheesecake Batter

  • 1 (8 oz.) package Cream Cheese (room temp.)
  • 1 Egg
  • ¼ cup Sugar
  • ¼ cup Milk
  • 1 tsp Vanilla

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 1 (8 oz.) package Cream Cheese (room temp.)
  • ¼ cup Butter (room temp.)
  • ½ cup Cocoa Powder
  • 2 ½ - 3 cups Powdered Sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick baking cooking spray.

Chocolate Cake Batter

  1. Whisk together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  2. Whisk together the sour cream and milk.  Beat into the dry ingredients with the eggs, vegetable oil, and vanilla.  Beat at a medium speed for 1 minute.
  3. Carefully beat in the boiling water and beat until blended and smooth.  Set aside and prepare the cheesecake batter.

Cheesecake Batter

  1. Beat cream cheese and sugar until fluffy.  Beat in the milk, egg and vanilla until smooth.

Assembly

  1. Pour ½ the cake batter into the prepared baking dish.
  2. Pour ½ the cheesecake batter in thick stripes across the top of the cake batter.  (See photos in the post for this recipe)
  3. Pour the remaining cake batter over the top of the cheesecake stripes.
  4. Pour the remaining cheesecake batter in thick stripes across the top of the cake batter.
  5. Using a knife, moving from one end of the dish to the other in figure eight motions swirl the cheesecake batter and the cake batter.  Start on one side of the pan and end at the other.  Do not continue to swirl after this or the cheesecake with just blend in with the cake and you will not get the swirled, marble effect.
  6. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes.  A toothpick should come out with moist crumbs.
  7. Cool completely and then refrigerate for 4 hours before cutting and serving.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

  1. Beat the cream cheese and butter until blended and smooth.
  2. Beat in the cocoa powder until smooth.
  3. Beat in 2 ½ cups of the powdered sugar.  If you want a stiff frosting add another ½ cup of powdered sugar.
  4. Either spread across the top of the cake or pipe onto individual pieces.  I used a Wilton 1M tip.

Notes

The chocolate cake was inspired by Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Cake.

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