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Cheese and chocolate cake à l'americaine

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Ingredients for 1 servings:

  • 200 g flour
  • 100 g margarine
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 125 g sugar
  • 500 g cream cheese
  • 3 eggs
  • Vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp rum
  • Chocolate, grated or liquid (also Nutella or chocolate powder)
  • 150 g sugar
  • 3 tbsp flour

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Total time approx. 45 minutes

Make a shortcrust pastry from the first five ingredients and chill briefly. Separate the eggs, whisk the cream cheese with the egg yolks, vanilla extract, sugar, flour, and rum. Fold in the beaten egg whites. Pour the shortcrust pastry into a baking pan, make a border, and fill with two-thirds of the mixture. Mix the remaining third with chocolate powder, Nutella, or melted chocolate and spread on top. Fold in with a fork, just like a marble cake. Bake for about one hour at 180°C.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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