GERMAN MARBLED CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350°, butter and flour a 10-inch square pan.
• Cheesecake Batter: With a blender beat the cream cheese and butter in small bowl on high for 2 minutes.
• Add sugar, then eggs one at a time, blending well.
• Blending on low speed add the flour and then the vanilla, set aside.
• Chocolate Cake Batter: Melt chocolate pieces and butter in pan over low heat; remove pan from heat, stir twice and set aside.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt.
• Beat eggs with blender on medium speed for 1 minute.
• Add sugar and vanilla to egg mixture.
• Slowly blend in the chocolate butter mixture, beating on low until well mixed.
• Add the flour to chocolate butter mixture in two additions (mixing only till all flour is absorbed).
• Pour 2/3 of the chocolate batter into prepared pan.
• Spoon the cream cheese batter on top of the chocolate layer.
• Pour the remaining chocolate batter on top of the cream cheese layer.
• Draw a table knife through all three layers of cake in gentle swirls creating a marbleized effect.
• Bake in a preheated 350°F oven, on the lower-third level for 40-45 minutes, or until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out ALMOST clean (cake should be pulling away from the edges).
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes, carefully remove and cool completely.
• Sprinkle with icing sugar if desired.