1/2 cake / 1/2 cheese cake

by Robin
(Sturgeon Bay, WI)

I have been making cakes for family and friends for some time now. My specialty is cheese cake, although I make all kinds of cakes. I have been asked to do an 1/2 cake / 1/2 cheesecake and the customer asked for suggestions. I have only done a carrot cake / cheese cake.

My question is the 1/2 and 1/2 cake thing possible? My thoughts are that the cake needs to be somewhat dense or the two cake layers will bleed into each other. My other thought is to make the cheese cake, then make the regular cake and place the regular cake on top of the cheese cake and frost the whole thing. What do you think?

Hi Robin, I believe you can mix the cheesecake with the chocolate cake on this website. Here is the link to the chocolate stout cake recipe. It is a firm enough cake, and I think if you just swirl the cheesecake batter in carefully you should be fine.

I think the idea of layering the two cakes is a good one also. Let me see if any of my facebook followers have ideas for you or if any of them have done this before. They are very helpful.