Chocolate Layer Cake with Cheesecake Filling

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen, 2008

Show: Paula's PartyEpisode: Lay It On Me Party

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (17)

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Cook Time:
1 hr 10 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 to 10 servings

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: 4 hr 10 min
Cook: 1 hr 10 min
Total:: 5 hr 50 min

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Ingredients

2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons almond flavored liqueur
Chocolate Cake, recipe follows
Sliced almonds, for garnish

Cheesecake:

Directions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Line a 9-inch round baking pan with aluminum foil, letting edges of foil extend over sides of pan. Lightly grease the foil.

In large bowl, beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add sugar, beating until smooth. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in sour cream and liqueur. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 45 minutes then turn the oven off and leave the cheesecake in oven with door closed for another hour. Let the cheesecake cool completely in its pan on a wire rack then cover and chill for 4 hours. Using edges of foil as handles, remove cheesecake from pan and peel away foil.

Assembly:

Spread a layer of frosting on top of chocolate cake. Next, layer cheesecake and top with chocolate icing. Place second chocolate cake and ice with frosting on top and on the sides. Sprinkle almonds on sides or top.

Chocolate Cake:

1 (18.25-ounce) box chocolate cake mix
1/2 cup almond flavored liqueur
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs, lightly beaten

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 (9-inch) round cake pans.

In large bowl, combine cake mix, liqueur, water, oil and eggs. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Divide batter evenly between the 2 prepared pans. Bake 20 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pans 10 minutes. Turn out onto wire racks and let cool completely.

Chocolate Almond Frosting:

1 cup butter, softened
12 ounce semi-sweet chocolate, melted and cooled
3 tablespoons almond flavored liqueur
6 cups confectioners' sugar

In a large bowl, beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add chocolate, beating until combined. Beat in almond liqueur and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy.

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recipe Chocolate Layer Cake with Cheesecake Filling
Jennifer Cincinnati, OH 11-27-2009
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Looove This Cake!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made two variations of this cake for Thanksgiving and have received nothing but praise. I used Baileys in one cake and... found that that one disappeared faster than the one using Disaronno. I will definitely be making more for Christmas!Read more
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null null, null 11-07-2009
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Yum!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I've made this cake several times and it keeps getting better and better! I also played with the flavors each time, trying... one with caramel filling, and once with cherry pie filling in the cake mix. (It makes it really moist!) This is probably one of the best cakes I've ever made!Read more
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Brian Fenton, MI 10-22-2009
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frosting recipe is wrong
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

Will make again but use different frosting.
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Meghan Springvale , ME 07-29-2009
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Everyone enjoyed it!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this cake for my Boyfriends Mothers Birthday and it was a huge hit! It was super easy and everyone loved it. When I... started to make it I thought for sure it was going to be too rich, but it turned out delicious, very moist and not too chocolaty. It looked exactly like the picture also. I would recommend this recipe to everyone Good eating! -MeghanRead more
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Jennifer Littleton, CO 05-13-2009
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This can't be good for you!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I made this cake for work. I agree with the last review that you don't need all 6 cups of powdered sugar for the frosting. ... I actually had to add an additional 1/2 stick of melted butter because it got so thick - similar to fudge. The cake was amazing and everyone loved it. I didn't wait the 4 hours for the cheesecake to chill before I compiled the cake. I let it cool completely and let it chill for around two hours and it all turned out fine. It's not a rich as you would expect. I would defiantly make this again!Read more
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Leanna Apple Valley, MN 03-30-2009
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worth the work
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I thought that this cake was great and was much easier than I thought it would be. I think that you don't need all six cups... of the powdered sugar for the frosting. I sifted the powdered sugar and added it gradually and it was too much. I used raspberry liquor instead of almond and it tasted great. I think that you can play with the flavorings that you like for this cake. I also added more water than this recipe said to for this cake, I wanted to have the same amount of liquid that the instructions on the box for the cake said to put in. I put 1/2 cup water plus 1/3 cup water instead of the 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup almond liquor.Read more