Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Recipe for Chocolate Tunnel Cake



When we were at the Dewey's for the Super Bowl party Gram made a Chocolate Tunnel Cake. The cake was rich and chocolaty, but it gets even better, there was a surprise "tunnel" of cream cheese and mini chocolate chips in the middle. You bake the cake in a bundt pan, so the cake was pretty and delicious. When you slice it you can see the tunnel of cream cheese. It was a cool looking cake! Everyone loved it!

Thanks for sharing the recipe Gram!! We always e
njoy your treats.







Chocolate Tunnel Cake
Gram's Recipe

3 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1/2 c. cocoa
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 c. water
2/3 c. oil
2 T white vinegar
1 T vanilla

For the filling:
11 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1/3 c. sugar
1 c. mini chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. For the cake: Combine flour, sugar, cocoa, soda, salt in a large bowl.
3. Add water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla. Mix until combined.
4. Pour half of the batter in a greased 10" bundt pan.
5. Mix together filling ingredients.
6. Spread filling over the batter and top with remaining batter.
7. Bake for 50-55 minutes.
8. Cool and serve!

43 comments:

  1. I love the combination of cheesecake and chocolate. I definitely putting this one on my list to make!

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  2. WOW!Looks so moist and yummy. What a great treat.

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  3. Anonymous5:50 AM

    Wow, it looks really rich and moist and delicious! I have got to start making more cakes!

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  4. Chocolate Tunnel Cakes are scrumptious and this one looks so moist and delicious!

    Maria
    x

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  5. What a rich looking cake! It's calling my name!

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  6. Maria, I want you to be my dietician....a big slab o
    cake over here please.

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  7. It's singing to me maria...I'm in love with this tunnel...YUM!!

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  8. Anything that involves cream cheese and chocolate HAS to be a winner!

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  9. What a delicious cake! It looks so moist!

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  10. Wow they look creamy delicous. And so moist too.

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  11. yum, i'd tunnel right through this cake :)

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  12. Mmm, how decadent! I want a slice of that please =(

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  13. What's better than cake with a surprise?

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  14. That cake looks moist and delicious! Scrummy!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  15. How scrumptious!! I love surprises!

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  16. A chcolate cake w/ a cream cheese middle..Oh heaven!

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  17. My chocolate loving family would love that! It looks great!

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  18. i'd like to travel through a tunnel of chocolate. :)
    luscious cake, maria. :)

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  19. I really need a bundt pan. This looks so good

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  20. That looks really great!!!

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  21. Mmmm I think I love Gram!! :D

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  22. You are making me drool girl. This looks fantastic.

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  23. So delicious looking. Cheesecake and chocolate is one of my favorite pairings! Family recipes are always the best!

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  24. This reminds me of Grandma also looks great.

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  25. This reminds me of Grandma also looks great.

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  26. This looks awesome! I will definitley make it! Great shots of the bundt cake!

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  27. Oh, AWESOME. Suddenly I miss my Bundt pan back at home a millionfold!

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  28. mmm. it's like a black bottom cupcake! looks so good i want a piece right now!

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  29. OMG.. I think anything would be better with a surprise tunnel of cream cheese. YUM!

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  30. I love the way the cake looks so shiny and inviting on the outside. The tunnel part sounds terrific.

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  31. If I'm not mistaken this is a very old recipe for a Bundt pan. Another I remember is the Tunnel of Love cake - I think that was mostly chocolate. Bundt pans were invented in 1950! I think everyone must own one by now :)

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  32. This cake is making me miss my grandma :P, that was sweet of her to share the recipe--the cake looks delicious and made with a lot of love!

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  33. wow, that looks moist & delicious

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  34. This looks delicious, as do many other things here on your blog. Yum!

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  35. Now this sounds like the perfect cake that you just can't have 1 slice of!

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  36. I love this it looks so moist and delicious!

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  37. Your Chocolate Tunnel Cake is absolutely gorgeous Maria!! I must put this on baking list to do!

    Rosie x

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  38. Looks so moist and delicious! I could get lost in a tunnel like that!

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  39. Oooh..I havent been around in blogging world for a while. But oh .. I can stop everything if I have this cake in my kitchen!! It reminds me of cake my aunt used to make.

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  40. Sounds great! Looks so yummy!

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  41. Love the looks of this! The cream cheese filling makes it soooo yummy!

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  42. Oh my! I have been looking for a recipe like this for my dad's bundt pan and this looks fabulous! Oh yum!It is really beautiful!

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