Chocolate Strawberry Cake

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2019

For Valentine’s Day, we made a decadent chocolate cake and frosted it with strawberry buttercream. Fresh strawberries, glazed with jam, sit on top and make this cake truly shine.

SERVES12

TIME2 hours, plus 2 hours cooling

Chocolate Strawberry Cake

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a twist on the classic chocolate-covered strawberries, we paired rich chocolate cake rounds with strawberry buttercream. Frozen strawberries were a convenient option to flavor the frosting, but fresh were essential for the cake’s toppin...

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