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Strawberry & Chocolate Cake

Two layers of the most deliciously rich and moist chocolate cake ever. Sandwiched together with chocolate buttercream and hidden fresh strawberries, decorated with more fresh strawberries. This is honesty the best chocolate and strawberry cake ever!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Decorating Time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 12 people
Author: Sarah Mark

Ingredients

For the Cake

  • 325 g Unsalted Butter or Stork
  • 325 g Light Brown Sugar
  • 325 g Self-Raising Flour
  • 7 Large Eggs
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 50 g Cocoa Powder

For the Buttercream

  • 500 g Icing Sugar
  • 250 g Unsalted Butter
  • 35 g Cocoa Powder
  • 3-4 tsp Whole Milk (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp Salt (optional)

For the Decoration

  • 400 g Strawberries
  • Freeze Dried Strawberries (optional)

Instructions

To Make the Cake

  • Preheat the oven to 170C (150C Fan). Line two 8”cake tins with greaseproof paper and leave to one side.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar and butter until light andfluffy.
  • Add in the flour, eggs, vanilla extract, bakingpowder and cocoa powder. Whisk until all combined.
  • Pour the mixture into the individual cake tins andbake in the over for 35-40minutes. You will know they are ready when they are springy to touch.
  • I leave them to cool in the cake tin for 15-20minutes and then remove and put them on a wire rack to cool fully.

To Make the Buttercream

  • Once your cakes have cooled make the chocolate buttercream.
  • In a bowl mix together the icing sugar, butter, and cocoa powder until combined. If you find the mixture is a bit thick then add in a teaspoon of milk one at a time until it is the desired consistency. You can also add in a ½ tsp of salt if you don’t like the buttercream to be too sweet.
  • Put your buttercream into a piping bag and leave to one side.
  • Place your first cake on your serving plate and pipe the buttercream on top.
  • Cut up your fresh strawberries and sprinkle them over the top of the buttercream.
  • Add your second cake on top and again decorate with the buttercream. I added 5 strawberries on top of the cake. I finished by sprinkling over some freeze dried strawberries.