Chocolate Swirl Muffin Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 (16 1/2 ounce) boxes betty crocker premium chocolate chip muffin mix
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375°f.
• 2 generously grease 12-cup fluted tube cake pan.
• 3 in 2-quart saucepan, cook all filling ingredients over medium-low heat 2 to 3 minutes, stirring constantly, until smooth.
• 4 remove 1/3 cup filling for glaze; set aside.
• 5 freeze remaining filling 15 minutes until thick like pudding.
• 6 meanwhile, in large bowl, stir together all cake ingredients.
• 7 spoon half the batter into pan.
• 8 remove filling from freezer.
• 9 carefully spoon filling in center of batter to within 1/2 inch of pan edges.
• 10 spoon remaining batter over filling.
• 11 bake 50 to 65 minutes or until top springs back when touched.
• 12 cool 15 minutes.
• 13 remove from pan to wire rack.
• 14 spoon reserved 1/3 cup filling on cake to glaze. (if too thick, microwave filling on high 10 to 15 seconds using microwavable small bowl.).
• 15 cool completely, about 1 hour.
• 16 note: cook time does not include cooling time.