Chocolate Cream Cheese Pound Cake

butterflyness's Note:

Such a delicious recipe. I personally think the batter itself tastes just like oreo cookies. Can be eaten plain, or i'll even warm up a container of store bought cream cheese frosting and glaze it all over. Also can try dusting it with powdered sugar Serve warm or room temp.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 13 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 58 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 16

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box plain butter recipe fudge cake mix
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat it to 325°F Lightly mist a 10-inch tube pan with vegetable oil spray, then dust with flour.
2. Place the cake mix, cream cheese, water, oil, sugar,eggs and vanilla in a large mixing bowl.
3. Blend on low speed for 1 minute.
4. Stop the machine and scrape down the sides.
5. Beat 2 minutes more on medium speed.
6. The batter should look well-combined.
7. Pour in the pan and bake 58 to 62 minutes or until the cake springs back when lightly pressed and is just starting to pull away from the sides.
8. Remove cake to wire rack and allow it to cool for 20 minutes.
9. Run a long sharp knife around the edge and invert it onto a rack.
10. Then invert it onto another rack so the large side is up.
11. Makes 16 servings.

Reviews

[smellyvegetarian]

You are so right--the batter IS just like oreos :). I lightened this up a lot--ff cream cheese, egg sub, and 1/3 c oil--and it turned out divine! Moist and fudgy, just as I'd hoped. I'm going to serve the leftovers tomorrow with strawberries and whipped cream--chocolate strawberry shortcake! Thanks for posting!

[Baby Kato]

Wow! this was soooo good. I made one for my friend for her birthday and one for my dh....of course after tasting the cake, he wanted to keep both cakes. This quick to make and easy to follow recipe created a wonderful tall, dense cake. Very rich and chocolatey. The cake had a beautiful texture and excellant flavour. I added 1/2 cup of sour cream, instead of water. It turned out great. I used chocolate ganach to frost. Thank you so much for sharing Butterflyness.

[Starrynews]

A wonderfully flavored moist cake! I drizzled with some warmed chocolate frosting, and it was lovely. Thanks for sharing!