Ribboned Fudge Cake

This was definitely better chilled than room temp. Easy to make and tasty. I used a double chocolate cake mix with pudding and it tasted good.

I made this for a mother's day dinner. It was super yummy! I took the suggestions of some other reviewers added a tablespoon-ish of cocoa powder and also subbed room temp brewed coffee for water when making the cake mix (I used the smallest cup setting on my keurig so it would nice and strong as suggested, but it didn't make a whole cup so I added whole milk to make up the difference). It really does bring out the chocolately flavor and made the cake mix taste so much better. I also used the Satiny Chocolate Glaze for the topper but would not use it again. I think I'd look for a vanilla glaze instead. Tip: grease your bundt pan with melted butter. Some reviewers complained about it sticking. Mine slid right out doing this. I also used a 12 cup bundt pan and it was full by the time it rose after cooking. Tip 2: When pouring the cream cheese mixture on top of the batter, just poor it as evenly as possible on top of the cake batter without touching the edges. My cream cheese ribbon looked mostly great, but you could see it come through on the edges after it bake through. Also, in case it wasn't obvious from the directions or your a first time ribbon cake maker, the cream cheese mixture sinks to the bottom of the cake while baking. So don't assume you're doing it wrong when you pour it on top of the batter. You won't see it when you pull it out.

My husband made this cake for me for my birthday last night and I loved it! He baked it 6 minutes less than the recipe called for and it still turned out a little dry, but it was our first bundt cake in our oven, so we will adjust the time or temp next time. Yes, worth a next time! My husband topped the bundt cake with his homemade chocolate ganache and raspberry sauce (I'm so lucky!!) The cream cheese was really good and creamy too. We will definitely try this again. :)

This is sooooo good! It really is magic! I really don't write reviews but this deserves it! 5 stars for SURE! It's one of my favorites! Am

This is sooooo good! It really is magic! I really don't write reviews but this deserves it! 5 stars for SURE! It's one of my favorites! Am

I fixed this cake for 4 college kids along with a full meal. I think I could have just skipped the meal and fed them cake. They all went wild with this one. The cake was moist, but the middle layer was heavenly. It was very 'cheesecake' like and also moist. I really liked that it did not dry out after cutting it. I chose to not frost or glaze the cake, but instead just sprinkled it with powdered sugar. I asked the kids if they would have liked it better with a glaze, but they all agreed it was sweet enough without and the powdered sugar worked nicely. This recipe will most definitely will be repeated in our house.