Cherry Chocolate Cream Cheese Bundt Cake

Ingredients

Chocolate Bundt Cake

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee

Cream Cheese Layer

• 16 ounces cream cheese
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Cherry Filling

• 1 can (21 ounces) cherry pie filling

Instructions

Note: click on times in the instructions to start a kitchen timer while cooking.

To Make the Chocolate Bundt Cake:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a bundt pan with butter and flour or baking spray.
2. Add the flour sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a stand mixer on low speed until combined.
3. In a second bowl combine the buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla with a whisk.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the stand mixer on low.
5. Add the coffee to the mixture until just combined.

To Make the Cream Cheese Layer:

1. Beat the cream cheese, egg, sugar and vanilla extract together until smooth and creamy.

To Make the Cherry Layer:

1. Using a large hole strainer (like a pasta strainer), separate the cherries from the glaze and save the glaze in a small bowl.

To Bake:

1. Mix the strained cherries into your cake batter.
2. Add 2/3 of the cake mixture to your bundt pan.
3. Add the cream cheese layer carefully with a spoon over the cake mixture.
4. Add the remaining cake batter over the cream cheese mixture.

Bake for 55-60 minutes.


Let cool completely then remove from pan carefully (if you're concerned about sticking, remove carefully after 15 minutes).
Glaze with the reserved cherry filling glaze.