Cheese and Cocoa Cake

How to prepare cheese and cocoa cake

1. The dough: cream the butter and sugar with a mixer for 2 minutes. Add the egg yolk and mix until incorporated.
2. Mix the flour with cocoa and baking powder and sift. Add to the dough and mix until homogeneous (I mixed it by hand, I find it easier). If the dough doesn't come together, add one tablespoon of sour cream at a time until you get a cohesive ball.
3. Divide the dough into two equal pieces.
4. The filling: mix the cheese with sugar and egg yolks until smooth. Add the semolina and mix again.
5. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form and fold them into the cheese mixture in three batches.
6. Grease a 20 x 24 cm baking pan with oil. Spread one piece of dough on the bottom of the pan (I spread it by hand over the entire surface of the pan and then leveled it with a rolling pin, but you can also use the bottom of a glass).
8. Pour the filling into the pan and level it.
9. Grate the remaining dough on a large grater, trying to distribute it evenly over the entire surface of the cake.
   * test the dough immediately after preparing it and if it's slightly soft and cannot be grated, just put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to 1 hour and then it will be easier to work with.
10. Bake the cake at 180C for 40 minutes.
11. Let it cool completely, then it can be cut.

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