Chocolate Strawberry Cake |
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 25 Minutes |
Ready In: 55 Minutes Servings: 16 |
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This sweet strawberry cake has a rich chocolate filling. Ingredients:
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
2 1/4 cups white sugar |
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder |
1 teaspoon salt |
3/4 cup shortening |
4 egg whites |
3/4 cup milk |
3/4 cup strawberry syrup |
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
2 (1 ounce) squares semi-sweet baking chocolate (such as baker's®) |
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese (such as philadelphia®), softened |
1/3 cup white sugar |
2 1/2 cups whipped topping (such as cool whip®) |
1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix |
1/2 cup crushed chocolate sandwich cookies (such as oreo®) (optional) |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 2. Grease and flour three round 9-inch baking pans. 3. Sift flour, 2 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; cut shortening into flour mixture until fine crumbs are formed. 4. Beat egg whites, milk, strawberry syrup, and vanilla extract into flour mixture with an electric mixer on low for 1 minute; increase to high until smooth and blended, about 2 more minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl frequently. 5. Pour batter into prepared baking pans. 6. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. 7. Place chocolate in a small microwave-safe bowl; heat on High in microwave until melted, about 1 minute. Stir chocolate until smooth. 8. Beat cream cheese and 1/3 cup sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on High until combined, 1 minute; stir chocolate into mixture until well mixed. 9. Gently fold whipped topping, pudding mix, and chocolate sandwich cookies into cream cheese mixture to form the filling. 10. Spread about 1/3 filling on top of one cake. Place second cake atop filling layer. Repeat with a filling layer, the third cake, and a final layer of filling on top. |
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