Chocolate Strawberry Cake
This Chocolate Strawberry Cake contains moist, fluffy chocolate cake layers embedded in a creamy strawberry frosting. Let's not forget about the chopped fresh strawberries in between the layers.
Ingredients
For The Cake
- 2½ cups All-purpose flour, Spooned and levelled
- 3 teaspoon Baking powder
- 1 tablespoon Cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 2 cups Granulated sugar
- ½ cup Oil
- ½ cup Sour cream, Room temperature
- 3 Eggs, Room temperature
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
- 1 cup Milk, Room temperature
- ¼ cup Buttermilk
For The Strawberry Reduction
- 1 cup Strawberries, Washed and dried
- 1 tablespoon Cornstarch
- ¼ cup Granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon Lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
For The Frosting
- 2-3 cups Powdered sugar
- 1 cup Butter, Room temperature
- 1 teaspoon Meringue powder
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 2-3 tablespoon Heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 cup Strawberries, Finely chopped
- ⅓ cup Whipping cream
Instructions
How To Make The Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350°F, grease 2X8 or 3X6-inch pans, and dust with flour set aside.
- Sift all the dry ingredients, excluding the sugar, and set aside.2½ cups All-purpose flour, 3 teaspoon Baking powder, 1 tablespoon Cornstarch, ½ teaspoon Salt
- Mix milk and the buttermilk, and set aside.1 cup Milk, ¼ cup Buttermilk
- With the stand mixer set on the whisk attachment, whisk together the oil, eggs, vanilla extract, and sugar until well combined. About 2-3 minutes.2 cups Granulated sugar, ½ cup Oil, 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract, 3 Eggs
- Add in the sour cream and mix.½ cup Sour cream
- Using a spatula, add ⅓ of the dry ingredients alternating with the milk mixture. Repeat this three times, starting and ending with the dry ingredients. Put the bowl back on the stand mixer and whisk the batter for only 15 seconds. DO NOT OVERMIX.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for 25-30 minutes or until the insert comes out clean. Let them cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack. Let cool completely before frosting.
How To Make The Strawberry Reduction
- Mix the chopped strawberries, water, sugar, lemon zest, and cornstarch in a saucepan. On medium heat, keep stirring until the mixture starts to simmer; bring the heat down to low and let the liquid reduce. The mixture begins to thicken.1 cup Strawberries, 1 tablespoon Cornstarch, ¼ cup Granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon Lemon zest
- Remove from the heat and add the vanilla extract. Let the mixture chill thoroughly.1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
How To Make The Frosting
- In a bowl of the stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter until light and fluffy. Sift the powdered sugar, meringue powder, and salt. Then, add this mixture to the butter, ¼ cup at a time.2-3 cups Powdered sugar, 1 cup Butter, ¼ teaspoon Salt, 1 teaspoon Meringue powder
- Add 1 tablespoon of the heavy cream, and the vanilla extract and beat for good two minutes.2-3 tablespoon Heavy cream, 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- Add ¼ cup of the strawberry reduction to the above mixture. Add as much as the mixture reaches the desired colour and strawberry flavour. If the mixture becomes too runny, add more powdered sugar, one tablespoon at a time. If it is too dry, add more heavy cream.
- Whip the cream until stif peaks form. Gently fold the cream into the frosting.
Assembly
- Place one cake layer on the turn table and cover the cake with a layer of frosting.
- Use a piping bag to pipe a border on the edge of the cake. Spread some of the strawberry reduction inside the border.
- Place 2 to 3 tablespoons of chopped berries in the center of the cake.1 cup Strawberries
- Place the second cake layer and repeat the above steps.
- Frost the sides and top of the cake with frosting and smooth it out with a spatula or bench scraper.
Nutrition
Calories: 835kcalCarbohydrates: 126gProtein: 9gFat: 48gSaturated Fat: 22gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 18gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 151mgSodium: 613mgPotassium: 220mgFiber: 2gSugar: 61gVitamin A: 1155IUVitamin C: 22mgCalcium: 188mgIron: 2mg
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