Chocolate Butter Cheese Cake

Recipe adapted from Enne Ty.

Ingredients
*8” round baking tin

(A)
250g butter (I used salted)
170g caster sugar
5 small eggs
1tsp vanilla extract
150g plain flour – sieved
50g cocoa powder – sieved
1tsp baking powder
5tbsp fresh milk

(B)
250g cream cheese
1tbsp plain flour - sieved
60g castor sugar
1 egg


Method

1. Preheat oven to 160C.
2. Grease the sides & bottom, and line bottom of baking tin.
3. From (A) - sieved plain flour, cocoa powder & baking powder.  Set aside.
4. Whisk all ingredients from (B) until fluffy.  Set aside.
5. From (A) -  cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
6. Add in eggs,  one by one, until well combined.
7. Add in vanilla extract & milk, mix until well combined.
8. Fold in sieved flours.
9. Transfer ½ of the butter mixture to baking tin.  Tap lightly on counter to level the batter.
10. Then spoon in cheese mixture.  Using the back of the spoon to lightly level the mixture.
11. Then spoon in the balance butter mixture.  Using the back of the spoon to lightly level the mixture.
12. Send to bake for 65min, or until the skewer comes out clean (when performing skewer test)
13. Once baked, remove baking tin from oven to cool upright on cooling rack.  After 5min, invert to remove baking tin & baking sheets, then leave the cake to cook completely.

Original recipe shared by Enne.

All ready to send to the oven!

After cooling.

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Cross-section of the cake :)

And I thought these looks gorgeous!