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cherry chocolate cheesecake bundt cake

Cherry Chocolate Cheesecake Bundt Cake

Meghan
The best homemade chocolate cake studded with cherries and filled with cheesecake then glazed with cherry sauce. Gluten free version tastes great!
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Cool Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12

Equipment

  • 1 Bundt pan

Ingredients
  

Chocolate Bundt Cake:

  • nonstick Canola oil spray or butter (for greasing pan)
  • 1 3/4 cup all purpose or gluten free flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk (or 1 cup milk mixed with 1 tablespoon white vinegar)
  • 1/2 cup vegetable or Canola oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee
  • 1 can cherry pie filling (21 or 30 ounce can)

Cheesecake Filling:

  • 16 ounces cream cheese (two 8-ounce packages)
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions
 

Prepare the Cherries:

  • Set a pasta strainer over a large bowl and empty the contents of the cherry pie filling into the strainer. Carefully mix the cherries around to promote the filling to filter through the holes of the strainer. Reserve the glaze for the final step and set cherries aside. Refrigerate glaze if serving the next day.

Make the Chocolate Bundt Cake:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a Bundt pan with butter and flour or nonstick cooking spray. Canola oil spray works well.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix on low until well combined.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, oil, egg, and vanilla. If you do not have prepared buttermilk, you may use 1 cup of milk mixed with 1 tablespoon of white vinegar. Premix this before adding it to the bowl with the oil and eggs.
  • Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients in the stand mixer bowl. Mix carefully on low.
  • Add the cup of hot coffee to the batter and carefully mix. Batter will be very thin. If you prefer not to brew a pot of coffee, heat 12 ounces of water in the microwave until piping hot, then pour 8 ounces of that (1 cup) over 1 heaping teaspoon instant coffee and mix to combine.
  • Transfer batter to a large bowl and clean mixer bowl to proceed with making the cheesecake filling. Carefully fold strained cherries into chocolate batter.

Make the Cheesecake filling:

  • In the bowl of a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, combine cream cheese, egg, sugar, and vanilla. Whip until smooth, scraping down the bowl as necessary to evenly mix.

Assemble the Cake:

  • Using a large ladle, transfer 2/3 of the cake batter to the prepared Bundt pan.
  • Carefully scoop the cheesecake mixture on top of the chocolate cake batter, trying to keep the cheesecake in the center of the pan all the way around and carefully smoothing down the top.
  • Ladle the remaining 1/3 of the chocolate cake batter on top of the cheesecake layer.

Bake the Cake:

  • Line a large jelly roll pan or baking sheet with aluminum foil and place on lowest rack in the oven to catch any overflow batter.
  • Place Bundt pan in oven on center rack and bake for 55 to 60 minutes until baked through.
  • Remove pan and cool on a cooling rack for 15 minutes. Place a second cooling rack on top of the Bundt pan and carefully invert the pan so the exposed cake is facing down toward your work space on the second cooling rack. Carefully loosen cake from bottom edges of Bundt pan and lift it off. Allow the cake to cool completely before glazing. If serving the next day, refrigerate cooled cake until ready to serve.

Glaze the Cake:

  • If the glaze has been refrigerated, heat in microwave until just warm.
  • Using a pastry brush, apply the glaze to the outside of the cake.
  • Refrigerate cake until ready to serve. Serve with extra cherry glaze and whipped cream, if desired.

Notes

Source: Adapted from Dinner, then Dessert
You're Gonna Bake It After All
bakeitafterall.com
Keyword cake, cheesecake, cherry, chocolate, dessert, gluten free