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Chocolate Strawberry Cake
This luscious Chocolate Strawberry cake inspired by Gourmet is supremely chocolatey, moist, and tender. The Kahlua whipped cream is unbelievable. Strawberries make the perfect filling accompaniment. You won't be sorry you tried this one!
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 2h 30m⏳ Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 1h👤 Amy Dong📖 chewoutloud
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- pan
- oven
- bowl
- knife
- mixing bowl
- microwave
📝 Preparation Steps
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For the Cake (can be made 1 day ahead)
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Preheat oven to 300F. Grease two 10x2 round cake pans. Line bottoms of pans with rounds of wax paper, and grease the paper.
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Combine finely chopped chocolate with hot coffee, and stir occasionally until chocolate is completely melted. Set aside at room temp.
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Sift
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In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
baking soda2 teaspoons
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Beat and Bake
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In a second large bowl, beat eggs until thickened and lemony yellow - about ⏱️ 3 min with standing mixer or ⏱️ 5 min with hand-held mixer.
large eggs (room temp)3
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Add
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Gradually add in oil, buttermilk, vanilla, and melted chocolate mixture. Continue beating until well combined. Add flour mixture and beat on medium until just combined well.
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Divide batter evenly between the cake pans. Bake in middle rack until toothpick comes out clean or almost-clean, about ⏱️ 60-70 minutes.
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Cool cake completely in pans on racks. Can cool overnight at room temp, wrapped well. When cool, slowly run a thin knife around edges and invert layers. Carefully remove wax paper.
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For the Frosting
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Stir
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In large mixing bowl, stir in heavy whipping cream, vanilla extract, powder sugar, and Kahlua. Put this bowl, along with beaters, in fridge to keep cold.
vanilla extract4 teaspoonspowder sugar8 tablespoons
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Make gelatin
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Mix Knox gelatin with water in a microwave safe bowl. Let sit for about ⏱️ 10 min, for gelatin to soak up the water. Microwave for about ⏱️ 15-20 seconds, to melt the gelatin. Stir well, and let cool to lukewarm.
water16 teaspoons
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Beat
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Take out the bowl with whipped cream ingredients. Beat on medium until ribbons form. Quickly check that your gelatin mixture is still liquid and almost cool. If it has coagulated, reheat in microwave for ⏱️ 5 seconds. Resume beating whipped cream mixture, while slowly pouring in liquid gelatin into the mixture as it is beating. Beat to stiff peaks. Keep in fridge until ready to use.
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Add
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Mix desired amount of chopped strawberries with about 3/4 cup of the whipped cream to make the filling.
Fresh strawberries (chopped (about 1/2 cup, give or take))Sliced strawberries (for garnish)
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Spread filling in between layers of chocolate cake. Frost cake with whipped cream. Garnish with strawberry slices and shaved chocolate, if desired. Cake keeps very well in fridge as long as it is covered.
Nutrition Facts
calories
829 kcal
fat Content
51 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
7 g
sugar Content
59 g
sodium Content
301 mg
protein Content
18 g
trans Fat Content
0.1 g
cholesterol Content
146 mg
carbohydrate Content
88 g
saturated Fat Content
24 g
unsaturated Fat Content
23 g
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