Upside-Down Devil Chocolate Cheesecake

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Whether you're hosting a family gathering or a festive party,

this Upside-Down Chocolate Cream Cheese Cake will be a mouth-watering

dessert sure to please all your guests!

Sprinkle some Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, walnuts and coconut in

your baking pan, add your prepared chocolate cake batter and top with

a cream cheese mixture.

Bake and turn upside down onto your serving platter for a festive

appearance and chocolaty taste!

 

Note: Organic ingredients are recommended...

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate morsels

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 cup coconut flakes

1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese

1/3 cup butter

2 cups sifted powdered sugar

devil chocolate cake batter

 

METHODS:

PREHEAT oven to 350° F.

Line bottom of 13 x 9-inch baking pan with wax paper or parchment

paper.

Grease paper and sides of pan.

Sprinkle morsels, nuts and coconut evenly on bottom of pan.

 

PREPARE a devil's food cake with cocoa

Carefully spoon batter over ingredients in prepared pan.

 

INGREDIENTS:

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

1 1/3 cups granulated sugar

1 1/4 cups milk, scalded

2 cups cake flour, sifted or stirred before measuring

1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2/3 cup shortening

3 eggs

1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract

 

METHODS::

Sift the cocoa with 1/3 cup sugar; pour into the milk gradually; stir

until well blended.

Set aside to cool.

Sift together flour, remaining 1 cup sugar, soda, and salt.

Add shortening and half of the cooled cocoa and milk mixture.

Beat at medium speed of an electric hand-held mixer.

Add eggs, vanilla, and remaining cocoa and milk mixture. continue

beating for about 2 minutes, scraping bowl with a spatula

occasionally.

 

HEAT cream cheese and butter in medium saucepan over medium-low heat

until melted (mixture may not appear smooth). Stir in powdered sugar

until smooth.

 

Drizzle mixture over cake batter.

 

BAKE for 45 to 55 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center of

chocolate portion comes out clean.

Cool in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes. Invert onto wire rack.

Carefully remove paper.

Cool completely.

Carefully transfer to serving platter.