Recipe for the day ~ One-Bowl Pumpkin-Chocolate Swirl Cake with Chocolate Ganache

One-Bowl Pumpkin-Chocolate Swirl Cake with Chocolate Ganache

(Courtesy of Betty Crocker™)

Ingredients:

**FOR THE CAKE**

1 box Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ spice cake mix

1 cup canned pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie mix)

1/2 cup water

1/3 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs

1/2 tspn pumpkin pie spice

1/3 cup chopped semisweet baking chocolate

2 TBspns unsweetened baking cocoa

**FOR THE CHOCOLATE GANACHE**

1/4 cup heavy whipping cream

1/2 cup chopped semisweet baking chocolate

Directions:

Heat oven to 325

Generously spray 10 or 12 cup fluted tube cake pan

In a large bowl, beat cake mix, pumpkin, water, vegetable oil, eggs and pumpkin pie spice with electric mixer on low speed for about 1 minute, scraping bowl constantly

Increase speed to medium and beat for about another 2 minutes

Pour 1 cup of the batter into a glass measuring cup

In the 1 cup of batter stir in the 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate and baking cocoa until well combined

Pour half of the pumpkin batter into the tube pan

Spoon the chocolate batter over the pumpkin batter in pan

Top with remaining pumpkin batter

Bake for about 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean

Cool 15 minutes

Turn upside down onto cooling rack or heatproof serving plate and remove pan

Cool completely (about 1 hour)

Place cake on serving plate

In a microwave bowl, microwave cream uncovered on HIGH for 45 seconds to 1 minute or until cream just begins to simmer

Add the 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate to the cream and stir until smooth

Cool 5 minutes

Drizzle over cake