Recipe: Appetizing Dark Chocolate Layer Cake with Fresh Strawberry Cream Frosting and Filling

Dark Chocolate Layer Cake with Fresh Strawberry Cream Frosting and Filling. The dark chocolate pairs perfectly with the tart strawberry filling and the cream cheese chocolate icing hits just the right balance of tangy and sweet. When you pair that with the rich chocolate ganache and fresh strawberries, this is one cake that tastes even more impressive than it looks. Dark Chocolate Cake with Fresh Strawberry Buttercream.

Now, don't get me wrong, the frosting is DELICIOUS, so it all was eaten. I just like a ratio that is heavier on the cake and less on the frosting. Great recipe for Dark Chocolate Layer Cake with Fresh Strawberry Cream Frosting and Filling. You can have Dark Chocolate Layer Cake with Fresh Strawberry Cream Frosting and Filling using 22 ingredients and 22 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Dark Chocolate Layer Cake with Fresh Strawberry Cream Frosting and Filling

1. It's of For Dark Chocolate Cake.
2. It's 1 3/4 cup of all purpose flour.
3. It's 3/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder, I used Hersheys special dark.
4. It's 11/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
5. Prepare 1/2 of teaspoin salt.
6. It's 2 of ups granulated sugar.
7. It's 2 of large eggs.
8. Prepare 1 cup of milk.
9. Prepare 1/2 cup of canola oil.
10. It's 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
11. Prepare 1 cup of brewed coffee at room temperature.
12. You need of For Strawberry Cream Frosting and Filling.
13. You need 8 ounces of cream cheese, at room temperature.
14. It's 8 ounces of marscapone chee, at room temperature.
15. It's 4 ounces of (1 stick), salted butter, at room temperature.
16. It's 1 cup of fresh strawberries.
17. You need 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
18. It's 4 cups of confectioner's sugar.
19. It's of Garnish.
20. You need as needed of pink sprinkles,.
21. Prepare 6 of Godiva Strawberry Cheesecake truffle candies, halved.
22. It's as needed of fresh strawberries.

This is a very moist dark chocolate cake filled and frosted with a creamy not to sweet fresh strawberry cream. Its Ike a cake version of a chocolate covered strawberry! Use a small layer of frosting on the bottom of each cake layer, just to prevent any soggy cake layers. Assemble the cakes by adding a nice layer of strawberry filling and repeat.

Dark Chocolate Layer Cake with Fresh Strawberry Cream Frosting and Filling step by step

1. Preheat oven to 375. Spray 3 - 8 inch cake pans well with bakers spray.
2. In a bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder,baking powder and salt and sugar.
3. In another bowl whisk the eggs with the milk,canola oil and vanilla, beat into flour mixture until smooth.
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5. Slowly beat in coffee until smooth batter will be very thin..
6. Pour into prepared pans and bake 22 to 25 minutes until a toothpick comes out just clean. Cool 15 minutes in pan then run a thin knife around edges of cake to unstick any edges of cake and remove from pan to cool completely.
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8. Make Strawberry Filling and Frosting.
9. Puree strawberries in a food processor and set adide.
10. Beat together in a large bowl until smooth, cream cheese, marscapone cheese, butter and vanilla.
11. Beat in strawberry puree.
12. Slowly beat in confectioner's sugar until it is a nice spreading consistancy, add drops of red food color only if you want it pinker. Refrigerate if frosting seems soft to firm it up for about 1 hour for easier spreading.
13. Assemble Cake.
14. Place 1 cake layer bottom up on serving plate add some Strawberry filling.
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16. Add second layer, bottom side up.
17. Add more fillinhg.
18. Add third layer, bottom up.
19. Frost entire cake and decorate with sprinkles, Godiva Strawberry Cheesecaketruffles, halved and fresh strawberries.
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My husband thought I put too much as I had some challenges getting the frosting not to mix with the strawberry filling. Sift flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl of a mixer. This Chocolate Strawberry Cake is a moist chocolate layer cake with a strawberry filling and it's covered in a chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream. Garnish with chocolate covered strawberries if desired. Once the first piece of this chocolate cake hits your taste buds, you will have some sort of unexplainable religious experience- yes, all because of this strawberry & chocolate layer cake recipe.