#5 : Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake

Thanks again for Happy Home Baking for the recipe. It turned out great. I was really nervous to make this cake, especially with the folding technique. I did make some sponge cake long time ago and it just didn't raise so the cake ended up really dry and hard. Well I think this one is a success because it had baking powder and self-raising flour to help with the raise. While the one that I did merely used eggs and flour, so the folding had to be done really really carefully and I messed it up :(

Anyway I was happy with how this cake turned out. Soft and a bit spongy in the inside.

Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake

Ingredients:

Cream Cheese Mixture:
- 250g cream cheese (soften at room temperature)
- 60g caster sugar
- 1 egg

Chocolate Mixture:
- 180g butter (at room temperature)
- 150g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 3 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 120g self-raising flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder

Method :

1. Preheat oven at 150 degrees Celcius
2. Grease and line 20cm round cake pan
3. Cream cheese mixture : Beat cream cheese with sugar untul light and fluffy. Add in the egg gradually and beat until well incorporated. Set mixture aside.
4. Chocolate mixture : Beat butter and sugar until light & fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time until well incorporated into mixture. Sieve all the dried ingredients together. Fold into egg mixture.
5. Pour half of the chocolate mixture into the cake pan.
6. Pour all the cream cheese mixture and then remaining chocolate mixture. Gently spread the chocolate mixture to cover all the cream cheese mixture.
7. Bake for 45-50 mins or until skewer comes out clean. (I didn't know why but it turned out watery at 45 mins so I added another 20 minutes). Cool completely and chill in the fridge before serving.