Chocolate Tunnel Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder, sifted (i never sift)
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup warm brewed coffee
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 cup miniature chocolate chip
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 unsweetened chocolate squares, melted and cooled
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• hot water, to thin if needed

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350f generously grease/spray a 10" bundt or tube pan.
• 2 to make the cake: in a large mixing bowl, combine the sugars, oil and eggs and beat for 1 minute until smooth. add the remaining cake ingredients and beat on medium for 2 to 3 minutes. set aside.
• 3 to make the filling, in another bowl, cream the sugar with the cream cheese, then add everything else and blend till smooth.
• 4 to assemble: ladle half the batter into the pan. spoon filling evenly over this layer. cover with remaining batter.
• 5 bake for 70 minutes, or until the top springs back when touched.
• 6 let cake cool for at least 30 minutes before removing it from the pan. if it sticks, place it on a warm burner to loosen it up and help release it. the cake firms up as it cools.
• 7 to make the glaze: in a bowl comine all the ingredients to form a pourable glaze, thinning with water if needed. pour over the cooled cake.