Chocolate Strawberry cake
This is the BEST Homemade chocolate strawberry cake ever! Perfect for Valentine's Day or for anyone who just loves the flavor of chocolate covered strawberries. Rich, moist and delicious, if you want the perfect valentine's Day dessert, this is the cake to make.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time25 minutes mins
Decorating time30 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate strawberry cake
Servings: 12
Calories: 867kcal
Strawberry Frosting ingredients
- 2 cups unsalted butter softened
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- 4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup finely diced strawberries
- 5-7 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- Strawberries for topping
Chocolate Ganache Ingredients:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray three 9 in cake pans with pam baking spray
In a small bowl, whisk together the espresso and the warm water until combined
Using your standing mixer, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt until combined
Gradually add in the eggs, sour cream, buttermilk, espresso, oil and vanilla extract until combined and
Divide the batter between the 3 pans
Place in the oven to bake for 25-35 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean
Allow cakes to cool for 20 minutes
Frosting Directions:
Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, diced strawberries and heavy whipping cream until combined and creamy and stiff with peaks
Scoop 1 C of frosting into the piping bag
Directions to build the cake
Place 1 layer of cake onto the cake board
Using the ice cream scooper, scoop out 4-6 scoops of frosting and smooth evenly on one layer of cake
Place another layer of cake on top and spread more frosting
Place the last layer on top and frost the remaining cake with remaining frosting
Chocolate ganache directions
Using a small pot, heat up the heavy whipping cream until steaming
While heavy whipping cream is heating up, place chocolate chips into a heat-proof bowl
Once the heavy whipping cream is heated, pour over the chocolate chips
Allow to sit for 1 minute before whisking until smooth
Pour ganache into the squeeze bottle
Pipe dollops of ganache over the edge of the cake
Pipe dollops of frosting onto the top of the cake
Place strawberries into the dollops of frosting
Cut and serve and enjoy
Calories: 867kcal | Carbohydrates: 101g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 51g | Saturated Fat: 26g | Cholesterol: 91mg | Sodium: 765mg | Potassium: 379mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 67g | Vitamin A: 1072IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 91mg | Iron: 4mg