Chocolate Layer Cake with Strawberry Cream Filling, White Chocolate Ganache Frosting coated with a Chocolate Crumble. Great recipe for Chocolate Layer Cake with Strawberry Cream Filling, White Chocolate Ganache Frosting coated with a Chocolate Crumble. This is a tender moist chocolate cake with a refreshing strawberry cream filling in each layer. It's topped off by a whipped white chocolate frosting which holds.
This post is sponsored by Challenge Butter, but all opinions are my own. This Chocolate Strawberry Cake is a moist chocolate layer cake with a strawberry filling and it's covered in a chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream. Garnish with chocolate covered strawberries if desired. You can have Chocolate Layer Cake with Strawberry Cream Filling, White Chocolate Ganache Frosting coated with a Chocolate Crumble using 23 ingredients and 32 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Chocolate Layer Cake with Strawberry Cream Filling, White Chocolate Ganache Frosting coated with a Chocolate Crumble
- You need of For Cake.
- Prepare 2 cups of all purpose flour.
- You need 1 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder.
- You need 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder.
- You need 1/8 teaspoon of salt.
- Prepare 3/4 cup of unsalted butter, at room temperature.
- Prepare 1 cup of packed light brown sugar.
- It’s 1 cup of granulated sugar.
- Prepare 3 of large eggs.
- It’s 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
- You need 1 cup of buttermilk.
- Prepare of For Strawberry Cream Filling.
- It’s 1 (3 ounce) of box strawberry jello.
- You need 1/2 cup of boiling water.
- It’s 1/2 cup of cold water.
- You need 1 pint of fresh strawberries hulled and sliced and mixed with1 tablespoon granulated sugar.
- Prepare 1 cup of cold heavy whipping cream.
- You need 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
- Prepare of For White Chocolate Frosting.
- You need 4 ounces of white chocolate, chopped, not chips.
- Prepare 1 cup of heavy whipping cream.
- Prepare of Garnish.
- It’s of fresh whole strawberries.
It's topped off by a whipped white chocolate frosting which holds the crumb coating. Incredibly delicious and a highly recommended combination, both the ganache and the filling were quick and easy to make. I used the extra strawberry sauce over icecream…mmmm! Prepare the white chocolate strawberry frosting.
Chocolate Layer Cake with Strawberry Cream Filling, White Chocolate Ganache Frosting coated with a Chocolate Crumble instructions
- For White Chocolate Frosting, start this first as it needs to be refrigerated until cold. This can be done a day in advance.
- Heat cream until hot but not boiling, pour over white chocolate and stir 7ntil smooth. Cool to room temoerature then refrigerate until cold.
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- Make Cake.
- Preheat oven to 350. Spray 4 – 8 inch cake pans with bakers spray.
- Whisk in a bowl flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a large bowl beat butter and both sugars until light and fluffy, then beat in eggs one at a tme, then beat in vanilla. Alernate buttermilk with flour beating just until incorporated.
- Divide evenly between the 4 prepared pans. Bake 15 to 18 minutes until a toothpick comes out just clean.
- Cool in pans 10 minutes then remove from pans to a rack to cool completely.
- Make Crunch Topping.
- Take one cake layer and break it into crumbs, place crumbs on a foil lined baking sheet.
- Bake at 350 until lightly toasted, stirring occasionally anout 15 to 20 minutes. Cool completely the pulse in a food processor to make corse crumbs. Set aside until you need them..
- Make Strawberry Cream Filling.
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- Dissolve jello in boiling water, add the 1/2 cup cold water and chill until cold but still liquid, about 15 minutes.
- Whip the cream until it holds its shape, add vanilla.
- Beat in jello until mixed then fold in sliced strawberries. Refrigerate while finishing white chocolate frosting.
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- Finish White chocolate Frosting.
- Beat cold white chocolate/cream mixture until light and fluffu.
- Assemble cake.
- Place 1 cake layer, bottom up on serving plate, top with 2/2 of strawberry cream.
- Add second cake layer, bottom up.
- Add remaining filling.
- Add third cake layer, bottom up.
- Frost entire cake with white chocolate frosting. For a easy time frosting it's best to chill the cake at least 2 hours to let it firm up.
- Apply crumb crunch.
- Place a large piece of parchment paper under cake plate to catch all the crubs. With the palms of your hands gently press reserved toasted cake crubs all over cake. Brush up fallen crumbs with a pastry brush..
- Garnish with fresh strawberries.
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Let it cool to room temperature. In a large bowl mix cream cheese until smooth. Add powdered sugar and melted chocolate and mix to combine. A rich and moist chocolate cake, filled with a creamy and smooth chocolate filling and topped with a delicious ganache frosting. Directions: Cake: Prepare the cake pan: Grease with butter and line the bottom and sides with parchment paper.
