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Black Bottom Cake

April 24, 2015 by Life is but a Dish 17 Comments

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We did it!

ringofblackbottomcake-6And by we, I mean you. Life is but a Dish reached 1,000 likes on facebook! Thank you times a million for your continued support, desire to stuff your face, and willingness to read my rants.  

Now onto this cake.  

ringofblackbottomcake-3When I hear the word celebrate, my brain immediately goes to chocolate cake.  So what better way to celebrate 1,000 likes than with this chocolatey, decedent, lighter than air, surprise creamcheesey chocolate chip filling chocolate cake. Yes, I realize I said chocolate four times in those last two sentences.  

Sue me.

ringofblackbottomcake-2I can remember like yesterday my very first Life is but a Dish facebook post.  Just 6 months ago!  I had ZERO likes and I kept posting pictures before I told anyone about the blog. I was too afraid to share my recipes, pictures, and inner rambles with you. And now there are over 1,000 of you who “like” me (blushing).  

I’m so grateful because without you, Life is but a Dish is nothing! Literally!  You allow me to do and share what I love most, and there’s nobody I’d rather share it with than 1,000 strangers. 

ringofblackbottomcake-7Yes, strangers! I LOVE that my recipes are being spread all over, and hopefully make people feel confident and excited to cook. This is why I do what I do! Because of you!

Oh, and because of this cream cheese chocolate chip heaven in a bowl right here.

ringofblackbottomcakeBut mainly because of you.

I really wanted the 1,000 mark celebratory recipe to be special and so, well… Decide for yourself.

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Black Bottom Cake

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For the cream cheese filling

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
  • 1 egg
  • 12 ounces semi sweet chocolate chips

For the cake

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup canola oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 cup hot water
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoons butter (melted)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3–5 teaspoons hot water

Instructions

  1. 1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour (or spray) a bundt pan and set aside. Prepare the cream cheese filling. In a small bowl beat together the sugar, vanilla, cream cheese, and egg until smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips and set aside.
  2. 2) In a large bowl combine 2 cups sugar, oil, and eggs. Beat for 1 minute at high speed. Add the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt, water, milk, lemon juice, and vanilla. Beat at medium speed for 3 minutes.
  3. 3) Pour half of the batter into the pan. Spoon cream cheese filling on top. Pour on the remaining batter. Bake for 75-85 minutes or until a wooden skewer comes out clean once inserted into the center of the cake. Let cool for 30 minutes in the pan, then flip onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
  4. 4) Make the glaze. In a small bowl whisk the powdered sugar, cocoa, melted butter, vanilla, and hot water. Drizzle over the completely cooled cake.

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Filed Under: Cakes, Cupcakes & Cookies, Dessert Tagged With: black bottom cake, Cake, Chocolate, Chocolate Chips, cream cheese, dessert, glaze, Life is but a Dish

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  1. Mira

    April 24, 2015 at 6:46 am

    Congratulations Laney!!!!!

    Reply
    • Life is but a Dish

      April 24, 2015 at 11:04 am

      Thank you Mira! xoxo

  2. Kim

    April 24, 2015 at 8:47 am

    You are liked so many times (and then some) because your posts are amazing! Keep ’em coming!

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    • Life is but a Dish

      April 24, 2015 at 11:04 am

      Thank you Kim! xoxo

  3. Momo

    April 24, 2015 at 12:03 pm

    Congrats on this milestone
    Love you
    Momo

    Reply
  4. Toby Kirsch

    April 27, 2015 at 12:10 pm

    WOW it is dangerous reading your posts when you are hungry. This cake looks amazing and I can’t wait to make it I am sure everyone will love the flavor how could they not. I read the Mexican lasagna recipe first and I wanted to print the picture and eat the picture it looked so delicious.
    Mazel Tov on 1000 hits and can’t wait to read the blog when it hits a million.
    You are terrific and I wish you only good things today and always.
    Toby “aka” Gaga

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    • Life is but a Dish

      April 27, 2015 at 1:52 pm

      Thank you so much Toby!! xoxo

  5. Momo

    April 27, 2015 at 2:03 pm

    Congrats on your milestone.It doesn’t surprise me. Please invite me over the next time you make this cake. Want a little taste Already passed on to a few friends the Mexican Lasagna recipe

    Momo

    Reply
  6. Lokness @ The Missing Lokness

    April 29, 2015 at 1:20 pm

    Congrats!!!! This is my first time here. Your recipes all look really delicious! This cake sounds AMAZING! What an awesome idea to add cream cheese into the batter. I am a huge fan. Can’t wait to try this.

    Reply
    • Life is but a Dish

      April 29, 2015 at 7:57 pm

      Thank you so much!

  7. Danielle

    December 17, 2016 at 4:20 pm

    Would it work to pour the cheesecake portion into the pan first? I think it would look pretty to have the cheesecake on the top of the cake….

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    • Life is but a Dish

      December 17, 2016 at 5:18 pm

      The cake would still turn out, but I don’t think theres enough of the cheesecake layer to make it look pretty. it’s just enough to see a little filling 🙂

  8. Danielle

    December 17, 2016 at 6:27 pm

    Thanks so much for your response! Maybe I will make more cheecake, so the cheesecake to chocolate cake ratio is higher. I just wanted to make sure that putting it in first would work…I’m not a super experienced baker, thought maybe it would burn or something like that. Thanks again.

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    • Laura

      November 7, 2020 at 8:07 pm

      Danielle, I think that would leave you with cheesecake stuck to the Bundt pan instead of coming out with the cake. There are recipes which make a cheesecake layer with a layer cake. I’d try one of those instead of putting the cheesecake into the Bundt pan first. Most of it sinks to the bottom and becomes the top when you flip the cake. So, you may as well stick to the plan, or try a layer cake recipe.

  9. Lina

    May 18, 2020 at 2:43 am

    What size Bundt Pan do you use?

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  10. Laura

    November 7, 2020 at 7:59 pm

    Tried this recipe. You must have used a HUGE Bundt pan. I bought one just to make this cake. I think the cake will taste nice even though half of it overflowed the pan and is stuck inside my oven, burnt (black on the bottom of the oven).

    A very watery batter, like chocolate soup. But it rises a lot while cooking and it did not deflate while it cooled. I scraped off some of the cake which had cooked half in and half out of the Bundt pan. Let it cool for more than half an hour and it did fairly well at coming out of the pan when I flipped it. Half of the top stuck in the pan so I scooped it out and sort of stuck it on top again. The glaze or an icing would somewhat cover the damage but I don’t want to add more sugar so it will be served less than perfect. But, the chunks I tasted were good.

    How do people leave comments here? This font is small and very pale grey on a white background. EXTREMELY hard to read. Have you ever tested it?

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