chocolate cheese marble cake: cik ayu's version (recipe included)

alkisah nya, masa buat kek utk adik danish hari tu.. cik ayu rasa la kerak2 yg dok tertinggal dlm loyang tuh.. sedap la plak.. (sebenarnya resepi kek tu cik ayu baru try..). maka sejak itu mengidam la nak buat kek tu sekali lg.. tgk2 cream cheese cik ayu dah nak dekat expiry date nya, maka tercetus la kek marble chocolate cheese ini.. (^_^)

Chocolate Batter (dicedok dr Mom's Chocolate Recipe dr Mimi - www.sleeplessinkl.com)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening (or butter)
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup milk
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup hot, brewed coffee
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract (or 1 vanilla bean)

Method:

1. Put the shortening (or butter) into your mixing bowl and beat until fluffy.

2. Pour in the sugar about 1/3 cup at a time and beat until light and fluffy. (This step is often referred to in cake recipes as ‘creaming the sugar and shortening’.)

3. Add the eggs one at time and mix well. Do not overbeat.

4. Stir in the dry ingredients (cocoa, flour, baking powder, baking soda) alternately with the wet ingredients (milk and vanilla extract) a little at a time, approximately about 1/3 cup each time.

5. Make sure you scrape down the sides and bottom of the mixing bowl every once in a while using a spatula.

6. If you have some vanilla beans on hand, split the vanilla bean open with a knife, taking care not to cut all the way to the other side. Open up the bean and scrape out the creamy black gold hidden inside, using the back of a small knife and put it into the batter. (Don’t throw away the used vanilla bean. Chuck it into your sugar pot to make your sugar wonderfully vanilla-scented. Vanilla-scented sugar is absolutely delightful with tea!)

7. For the boiling coffee which the recipe requires, what I do is take a Pyrex (glass) measuring cup, put in a cup of water inside, then add some instant coffee. I then put it inside the microwave. Once it has boiled, I take it out and pour it into the batter and mix using a spatula until just combined.

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Cheese Batter (tak dapat nak recall cik ayu cedok bahagian yg ni kat mana.. huhu)
*pd mereka yg sukakan lebih cheese, boleh gandakan resepi ni ya!*

Ingredients:

• 250gm cream cheese
  
• 60gm caster sugar
  
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
  
• 1 egg
  

Method:

1. Put the cream cheese and caster sugar into your mixing bowl and beat until fluffy.
2. Mix in vanilla essence and the egg.

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Kemudian 'marble'kan la adunan coklat dan adunan cheese dalam loyang. Bakar kek pd suhu 175 deg C sehingga masak (until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. do not overbake so as to keep the cake moist and soft.)

Selamat mencuba!


p/s: kalau nak bake kek coklat saja, gunakan resepi adunan coklat sahaja (^_^)