Strawberry Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Delicious to eat, Strawberry Chocolate Cake is like the best chocolate flavoured covered strawberries you’ve ever tried and perfectly balanced rich chocolate flavour in the cake base, filling with chocolate ganache and chocolate curls on the top. And if you really are a true chocoholic, then I m damn sure you’ll love it.
This will become a pretty - looking cake and let me tell you the secret, this cake is easy to make and you’ll to have a bite of it.
Yes, This Cake is really looks time – consuming, considering you don’t need that much free time for this Strawberry Chocolate Cake but the filling of this needs to be frozen for few hours or overnight to set, so if you desire to make this cake, then you have to plan it a few days before its meant to be served but again, each and every step is really simple and gives immense pleasure to prepare it.
The cake really looks like a show-off one, and if you make a pretty looking dessert for some special occasions like someone’s birthday party, then this cake will really make a big impression beyond question.

Instructions: To be Followed

Serve Time: 12minutes
Prep Time: 20minutes
Cook Time: 20-25minutes
Total Time: 1 hour

1. Cake:

• 2 cups granulated sugar.
• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour.
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder.
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda.
• ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa.
• 2 large eggs.
• 1 cup whole milk.
• ½ cup vegetable oil.
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
• 1 cup boiling water.
• 1 teaspoon salt.

2. Frosting:

• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature.
• 2 cups powdered sugar.
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted and cooled at room temperature.

3. Ganache:

• ¾ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ¾ heavy cream.

4. Garnish:

• 24 ounces Strawberries.

Preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 350degrees Fahrenheit and grease and flour two round 9-inch baking pans.
2. Stir sugar, salt, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda together in a large bowl and then add eggs, milk, oil, vanilla; beat on medium hit for 2 minutes. Stir at boiling water till the batter becomes thin. Pour the batter into the prepared pans.
3. Bake for around 30-35 minutes or wooden pick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool it for 10 minutes, Remove from pans to wire racks.
4. While the cake is cooling, alternatively, prepare the frosting. Beat the batter on medium hit in a bowl for 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy. For smoothing the frosting, gradually add powdered sugar and mix it properly for 3-4 minutes. Mix in vanilla. Sprinkle the cooled melted chocolate and beat the frosting on medium speed till it gets smooth and creamy. Set aside while you start preparing the ganache.
5. To make chocolate ganache, add some chocolate in a bowl, heat the cream at medium heat in a small saucepan until bubbles appear on the edges or you can heat it in the microwave. Pour cream over the chocolate chips and let the mixture stand for 30 seconds, and then stir the chocolate until it melts and a smooth ganache comes together for about 1-2 minutes. Let the ganache cool down for about minutes. Now stir again.
6. Place one cake on the cake platter to assemble the cake and spread the frosting over the bottom layer of the cake. You need to make the layer thickness. Next, slice 1 cup of strawberries lengthwise and place them on the top of the frosting. Now carefully place the next cake on the top of the strawberries and press it down to set the cake.
7. Pour the ganache onto the top of the cake, allowing it to drip down the sides of the cake. Hold for the ganache to set it for about 15 minutes. Peel off the stems from some pretty strawberries and set them on the top of the cake for topping. Gently press down them into the ganache so they will stand up and cut into slices and serve.