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Amazing Chocolate Cake With Cream Cheese Icing Recipe

David Murphy
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Serving Size 6 - 8

Ingredients

  • ICING:
  • 1 Stick Salted Butter
  • 1 8 oz Package Cream Cheese softened
  • 1 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
  • 3 Cups of Confectioners' Sugar
  • CAKE MIX:
  • 2 Cups White Sugar
  • 1 3/4 Cups All Purpose Flour
  • 3/4 Cup Cocoa Powder
  • 1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1 Teaspoon Salt
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 Cup Milk
  • 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1 Cup of Hot Water

Instructions

  • CHOCOLATE CAKE: Preheat oven to 350. Light grease and flour a Rectangular pyrex dish (or two 9" round cake pans).
  • In a large bowl, mix together all dry ingredients.
  • Make a divot in the middle of dry ingredients, and add eggs, vanilla extract, milk and oil. Mix with a hand held mixer (or in your kitchen aid mixer with the whisk attachment) for approximately 2 minutes. Just enough to know ingredients are mixed well.
  • Then add in your hot water. Most recipes call for boiling hot water, but I used really hot water from the faucet. This inclusion of hot water is really going to make your cake batter very thin! Don't worry! This is what's supposed to happen.
  • Bake for approximately 30 to 35 minutes, or until cake tests done with the toothpick method. While cake is cooling let's make the icing!
  • CREAM CHEESE ICING: In a medium sized bowl, add cream cheese, butter and vanilla extract. I find it best to cut the cream cheese and butter into cubes, and please make sure that they are both softened or room temperature. Mix well with a handheld mixer or a fork (I used a fork).
  • When you get a nice & creamy mixture, slowly add in your confectioners' sugar a little bit at a time.
  • When the cake has completely cooled, you may add the icing to the top of it. To add a little pizzaz and flair, I actually took some Godiva Dark Chocolate and grated it on top.