Instructions: Prepare the Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting: Beat first 3 ingredients in a large bowl at high speed of a mixer until smooth. Combine sugar, cocoa and salt; gradually add sugar mixture to cheese mixture, beating at low speed until well-blended. Add vanilla and beat well. Cover and chill.

For Cake:
Preheat oven to 350 F. Coat 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms of pans with waxed paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray; set pans aside.

Combine flour and remaining ingredients in a large bowl; beat at low speed of a mixer 30 seconds or until ingredients are moist. Beat mixture at medium speed 2 minutes or until well-blended.

Pour batter into prepared pans. Sharply tap pans once on the counter to remove air bubbles. Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool in pans 5 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen layers from sides of pans using a narrow metal spatula, and turn out onto wire racks. Peel off wax paper, and cool completely.

Place 1 cake layer on a plate, and spread with 1/2 cup Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting. Top with remaining cake layer; spread remaining frosting on sides and top of cake. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour.

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