Strawberry Chocolate Layer Cake
This strawberry chocolate cake recipe is a celebration of cocoa sponge, juicy berries and lots of cream, finished with a generous swirl of hazelnut chocolate spread.
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Ingredients
Method
For the cake: 1. Preheat the oven to 175°C. Generously grease and dust four 9-inch round cake pans with cocoa.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, granulated sugar and salt.
3. In a saucepan, melt the butter. Add the cocoa. Stir together. Add the boiling water, allow the mixture to boil for 30 seconds and then turn off the heat. Pour over the flour mixture and stir lightly to cool.
4. Combine the buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla and beaten eggs. Stir the buttermilk mixture into the butter/chocolate mixture. Divide the batter among the prepared cake pans and bake for 20 minutes. Cool completely on racks.
For the filling: 1. Halve the strawberries, and then combine them in a bowl with the granulated sugar and vanilla. Mix them all together. Leave them to macerate for 15 minutes, and then drain off the excess liquid.
2. Whip together the powdered sugar and cream and set aside.
3. Spread the top of each cake with some whipped cream and strawberries and layer. Don't assemble more than an hour before serving.
This luscious layer cake is berry, berry good!
This is one of those strawberry chocolate cake dishes that’s everything a home-baked showstopper should be - chocolatey, fruity and utterly delicious.
Every good strawberry chocolate cake recipe starts with a perfect sponge, and this one from Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond is no different! It’s light and fluffy, sturdy enough to stack, and wonderfully soft when you slice through it.
But it’s the filling where this recipe really gets its sparkle. Sweet strawberries, lashings of cream and just a hint of icing sugar and vanilla for a decadent touch. Then comes the crowning glory - a thick layer of hazelnut chocolate spread. Strawberries, cream and chocolate are a match made in kitchen heaven!
Strawberry chocolate cake dishes like this one are perfect for birthdays, family get-togethers, and indeed any celebration where a showstopper pud is required. And if you’re looking for extra strawberry chocolate cake ideas, scatter over toasted hazelnuts, chocolate curls or grated cocoa-rich chocolate. However you decorate it, this cake is gateau-tally amazing!
Once you’ve mastered this strawberry chocolate cake recipe, there’s plenty more baking brilliance to explore, including savarin cake with vanilla-Grand Marnier syrup, pineapple cake with passion fruit capirinha drizzle, a classic carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, or lemon bundt cake with chocolate glaze and candied lemon.
