Chocolate Cream Cheese Sweet Chocolate Cake

Name: Chocolate Cream Cheese Sweet Chocolate Cake
Total time: P1H
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: flour; baking powder; salt; vegetable shortening; sugar; egg yolks; milk; vanilla extract; chocolate, semi-sweet; egg whites; cream cheese; milk; salt; powdered sugar; chocolate, semi-sweet; vanilla extract

Submitted by krys

YIELD

servings

PREP

30 min

COOK

30 min

READY

1 hrs

Ingredients

CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

TEASPOONS BAKING POWDER

TEASPOON SALT

CUP VEGETABLE SHORTENING *

CUP SUGAR

EACH EGG YOLKS
large, beaten well *

CUP MILK

TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT

OUNCES SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE
semi-sweet, or 3 squares, null, null

EACH EGG WHITES
large *

Frosting

OUNCES CREAM CHEESE
softened

TABLESPOONS MILK

⅛

TEASPOON SALT

2 ½

CUPS POWDERED SUGAR

OUNCES SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE
semi-sweet, melted, null, null

TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT

Directions

Cake: Mix the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.

Cream the shortening and sugar well.

Beat the egg yolks for 1 minute then add to shortening mixture along with the milk and vanilla; blend well. Add the dry ingredients and beat until smooth. Beat the egg whites until stiff. Melt the chocolate over low heat. Add the melted chocolate to batter and mix well. Fold in the beaten egg whites. Pour batter into 2 well greased and lightly floured 8 inch round cakepans. Bake in preheated 350℉ (180℃) oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool for a few minutes then remove cake to finish cooling on a wire rack. Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting: Blend together softened cream cheese, 3 tablespoons milk and the salt. Add the confectioners’ sugar gradually, beating well. Blend in melted chocolate and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Thin with an additional 1 to 2 teaspoons milk if necessary for right spreading consistency. Frost the cake between the layers and on tops and sides.