Cacao Nib-Cream Cheese Swirled Triple Chocolate Bundt Cake: #BundtBakers Recipe
Ingredients
- For Cacao Nib-Cream Cheese Swirl:
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 t vanilla
- ¼ cup cacao nibs
- scant ½ cup chopped white chocolate chunks
- For chocolate cake:
- scant ¾ cup (55 g) natural unsweetened cocoa powder
- 10 g double dark Dutched cocoa (if you do not have then use all natural cocoa, but your cake will be lighter in color)
- 1 t instant espresso
- ¾ cup warm water
- 2¼ cups (260 g) cake flour
- 1½ t baking soda
- ½ t baking powder
- ½ t fine sea salt
- ¾ cup (1½ sticks, 170 g) unsalted butter
- 1¾ cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 t vanilla
- ¾ cup sour cream
- See this chocolate glaze recipe for the glaze
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