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Chocolate Tuxedo Cream Cheesecake

Catherine Olson
This Chocolate Tuxedo Cream Cheesecake combines moist chocolate cake, smooth mute classic cheesecake, and sweet cream cheese frosting to create a sublime dessert.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 16 pieces

Equipment

  • 9" Springform pan
  • 9" Cake Pan

Ingredients
  

Cheesecake

  • 16 oz. cream cheese
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • pinch of salt

Cake

  • 1 ½ cups of butter
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • 2 ½ cups flour
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoons vinegar

Frosting

  • 3 cups powdered sugar +/-
  • 8 oz. cream cheese
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions
 

Cheesecake

  • Beat cream cheese and sugar together until light and fluffy
  • Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each
  • Whisk in vanilla, sour cream and salt
  • Pour batter into two 9" round springform pans lined with parchment paper
  • Bake at Fahrenheit 325° 20 minutes, or just until cake is set
  • Allow to cool completely
  • Remove outer rim of springform pan
  • Place cakes inside freezer

Cake

  • Beat butter and eggs until incorporated and fluffy
  • Add eggs and beat until batter changes to lighter color
  • Fold in salt, soda, powder and 1 cup of flour
  • Stir in buttermilk and vinegar, just until mixed
  • Fold in remaining 1 ½ cups flour
  • Evenly divide batter between three 9" round pans lined with parchment paper
  • Bake at F350° for 25 minutes, or until cake springs back to the touch
  • Allow to rest for 5 minutes, then invert on cake rack to cool completely

Frosting

  • Beat until soft, creamy and spreadable

Finalè

  • Remove cheesecake from freezer
  • Using a butter knife, pry cheesecake off bottom of pan
  • Peel off parchment paper
  • Assemble cake beginning and ending with chocolate layers, and alternate with cheesecake layers
  • Apply a thin layer of frosting between each layer
  • Apply crumb coating to outside and top of cake
  • Frost cake with remaining frosting
  • Cover with chocolate shavings (optional)
Keyword Chocolate Tuxedo Cream Cheesecake