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Mexican Chocolate Streusel Cake

Source of Recipe


From "One Plate at a Time"






List of Ingredients



• 1 (18- or 19-oz.) pkg. Mexican chocolate
  
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• -- Streusel Topping --
  
• 1 large egg yolk
  
• 1/2 tsp salt
  
• 7 Tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature
  
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
  
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• -- Cake --
  
• 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1-1/4 tsp baking powder
  
• 1 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, at room temperature
  
• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  
• 4 large eggs, at room temperature
  
• Powdered sugar, for dusting cake
  






Instructions



1. Coarsely chop the chocolate. (Use a large chef's knife; the chocolate is hard to cut.) In a food processor, pulse half of the chocolate until it is the consistency of coarse crumbs. Transfer to a bowl and set aside for the cake batter. Add the remaining chocolate to the processor and again process to coarse crumbs. Mix the egg yolk and salt together in a small bowl. Add to the processor along with 7 tablespoons butter and the flour. Pulse just until everything is thoroughly combined. Do not process to a paste; it should look crumbly. Set aside.
   
   
2. Heat the oven to 350 degrees (F). Butter and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan. Sift together the flour and baking powder.
   
   
3. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together the cream cheese, butter and granulated sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the flour mixture and beat 1 minute. Stir the chopped chocolate into the batter by hand.
   
   
4. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan, smoothing out the top. Crumble the streusel topping evenly over the batter, breaking up any large pieces. Bake on center oven rack about 40 minutes, or until the edges start to pull away from the sides of the pan and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. The cake can be served slightly warm.
   
   Dust with powdered sugar before serving.
   
   Makes 12 servings.