Muddy Chocolate Cake

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 50 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Description

This muddy chocolate cake has a hole in its center that is filled with melted chocolate, which is how the recipe gets its name. It's best served hot.

Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
1/3 cup butter
1 cup yogurt
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 eggs
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons baking powder
12 (1 1/2 ounce) bars milk chocolate candy
2 cups cream cheese
3 eggs
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Oil and flour a deep 9-inch round pan or springform.
2 Cream butter and 1 cup sugar in a large bowl; beat in 3 eggs and blend in yogurt. Combine flour and baking powder; add to the creamed mixture. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon vanilla. Melt 6 chocolate bars; blend into the batter. Pour batter into prepared pan.
3 Bake until the cake tests done, for 30 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan.
4 Cut a hole in the center of the cake that does not go all the way through the cake. Melt another 6 sweet chocolate bars, and pour into the hole.
5 Beat cream cheese, 3 eggs, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, and 3/4 cup sugar together until smooth; pour over cake. Bake for 20 minutes.
6 Sprinkle confectioners' sugar on the top of the cake; return to oven and bake until the sugar melts and browns. Serve.