Chocolate Strawberry Cake

Name: Chocolate Strawberry Cake
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (7½ ounces; 213 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 1 1/4 cups, boiling water; 4 ounces (113 grams), unsweetened chocolate, chopped; 1/2 cup (1 1/2 ounces; 43 grams), Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon, instant espresso powder or instant coffee powder; 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 1/2 cups packed (10 1/2 ounces; 298 grams), light brown sugar; 3 , large eggs, room temperature; 1/2 cup, sour cream, room temperature; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 20 , fresh strawberries, hulled; 1/4 cup, strawberry jam; 1 teaspoon, water; 9 ounces (255 grams), frozen strawberries (2 cups), thawed; 1 1/4 pounds (567 grams; 5 sticks), unsalted butter, softened; 5 cups (20 ounces; 567 grams), confectioners' sugar; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 1/8 teaspoon, salt

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By Katie Leaird

Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2019

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Cakes

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

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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