Chocolate Tiramisu Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 package plain devil's food cake mix or 1 package german chocolate cake mix
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup hot water
• 2 tablespoons instant coffee powder
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 cup kahlua or 1/4 cup other coffee-flavored liqueur
• 2 cups nonfat vanilla yogurt
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder or 1 teaspoon sweetened cocoa powder

Recipe

• 1 place rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 lightly mist a 13 by 9 inch pan with vegetable oil spray.
• 3 set pan aside.
• 4 place the cake mix, water, oil, eggs and vanilla in a large mixing bowl.
• 5 blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute.
• 6 stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
• 7 increase the mixer speed to medium and beat 2 minutes more, scraping the sides down again if needed.
• 8 the batter should look thick and well combined.
• 9 pour the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing it out with the rubber spatula.
• 10 place the pan in the oven.
• 11 bake the cake until it springs back when lightly pressed.
• 12 approximately 35 minutes.
• 13 remove the pan from the oven and allow it to cool.
• 14 prepare the syrup.
• 15 place the hot water, coffee powder and sugar in a small bowl and stir until the coffee and sugar have dissolved.
• 16 stir in the kahlua.
• 17 using a drinking straw or a chopstick, poke holes in the cooled cake.
• 18 spoon the syrup over the cake so that it seeps down into the holes.
• 19 prepare the topping.
• 20 place the yogurt, cream cheese and confectioner's sugar in a bowl and blend on low speed until thick and well combined.
• 21 spread the topping over the cake out to the edges with a spatula.
• 22 refrigerate the cake.
• 23 shortly before serving, sift the cocoa powder over the top of the cake.
• 24 store this cake covered in plastic wrap in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.