Chocolate Cream Cheese Brownie Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, softened
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 3 tablespoons baking cocoa
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour or 1 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons baking cocoa
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• walnuts, chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 for cake, heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease bottom and side of 2 round pans, 9x1 1/2 inches, with shortening; lightly flour.
• 3 heat water, butter, shortening and cocoa in 1-quart saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until smooth; remove from heat.
• 4 cool to room temperature.
• 5 mix flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
• 6 beat in cocoa mixture with electric mixer on low speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until smooth.
• 7 beat in sour cream, eggs and vanilla until smooth.
• 8 pour into pans.
• 9 bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 10 cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack.
• 11 cool completely.
• 12 for cream cheese filling, beat butter and cream cheese in medium bowl on medium speed until fluffy.
• 13 beat in powdered sugar and vanilla on low speed until smooth.
• 14 when cake is cooled completely, fill layers with cream cheese filling.
• 15 for chocolate frosting, beat butter in medium bowl on medium speed until fluffy.
• 16 gradually beat in remaining ingredients on low speed until smooth.
• 17 frost side and top of cake with chocolate frosting.
• 18 press walnuts on side of cake, if using.
• 19 store cake covered in refrigerator.