Description
Rich chocolate marble cream cheese cake brings together luxurious layers of swirled batter and silky frosting. Sweet ingredients combine seamlessly for an indulgent dessert that satisfies chocolate cravings with effortless elegance.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 large eggs
- 2 ½ cups (300 grams) all-purpose flour
- 2 sticks (1 cup / 227 grams) softened butter
- 6 oz (170 grams) softened cream cheese
- 1 package (2 lbs / 907 grams) confectioners’ sugar
- 1 ½ cups (360 ml) divided milk
- ⅔ cup (160 ml) milk
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- Preparation: Calibrate oven to 350°F (175°C) and meticulously prepare a 12-cup Bundt pan by thoroughly greasing with butter and dusting with flour.
- Frosting Foundation: Utilize an electric mixer to blend cream cheese, softened butter, and vanilla extract at medium speed until achieving a silky, uniform consistency.
- Sugar Integration: Gradually incorporate confectioners’ sugar and milk in three sequential additions, mixing on low speed until seamlessly combined.
- Batter Development: Whip frosting mixture on medium speed for 2 minutes, creating an exceptionally fluffy texture, then separate 2 portions for later use.
- Egg Incorporation: Merge eggs with remaining frosting base, blending on low speed until perfectly harmonized.
- Dry Ingredient Preparation: Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl to create a uniform dry mixture.
- Batter Refinement: Alternately fold dry ingredients and milk into the mixture in three stages, mixing on low speed after each addition until just combined.
- Final Mixing: Beat the entire batter for 1-2 minutes to ensure comprehensive ingredient integration.
- Baking Process: Transfer batter evenly into prepared Bundt pan and bake for 65-75 minutes, verifying doneness with a clean toothpick inserted into the center.
- Cooling and Presentation: Allow cake to cool in pan, then invert onto a serving platter and elegantly drizzle reserved frosting over the surface, creating a cascading effect.
Notes
- Butter Pan Technique: Generously coat the Bundt pan with butter and flour to guarantee a flawless cake release without any sticky remnants.
- Mixing Speed Matters: Always use medium to low mixer speeds to prevent overbeating, which can create a dense, tough cake texture.
- Temperature Check: Ensure cream cheese and butter are precisely room temperature for smoother, more consistent blending and optimal cake texture.
- Doneness Precision: Test cake with a clean toothpick inserted in the center – zero moist crumbs indicate perfect baking completion.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 40 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 14 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 45 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 100 mg