Total duration: 60 minutes
Difficulty: Low
For: 8 people
Chocolate and cream cheese is a classic (and might we say very tasty) combination. This moist blanket cake is somewhere between a cream cheese brownie and a chocolate cake. This is an easy but impressive dessert recipe . With a lattice cream cheese topping , the top almost looks like a square crocheted blanket , hence the name blanket cake!
This is a perfect recipe for any special occasion , whether you’re having a tea party or a baby shower. This couverture cake is chocolatey and full of cream cheese flavor. If you love brownies, cake, and cream cheese, then make this blanket cake: it’s all three in one!
Advice
Add a teaspoon of instant coffee to the cake batter to accentuate the chocolate flavor.
You can also make a chocolate buttercream frosting for this recipe. Beat together 1 ¼ cups softened butter, 3 ½ cups powdered sugar, ¾ cup cocoa powder, 3 tablespoons cream, ¼ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
For best results, use Philadelphia cream cheese. You can also use mascarpone instead of cream cheese.
For a quick shortcut, use chocolate cake mix!
Add texture to the couverture cake with chocolate chips, pecans, walnuts, cocoa nibs, chocolate pieces or candies. Create a “crochet blanket” look by adding colorful candy buttons to the cake squares.
Make a keto version of this cake using almond flour instead of flour and using erythritol instead of sugar.
Make it gluten-free by using a gluten-free flour blend (or almond flour).
Instead of tracing a lattice on the chocolate dough, you can also create a swirl pattern. Use the cream cheese mixture and stir it in with a knife, or use jam, peanut butter, plain cream cheese or caramel.
Serve the cover cake with freshly whipped cream or ice cream.
How to store cover cake
Ingredients
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