Chocolate Cake with layers of jam, strawberries and chocolate frosting.
Chocolate Strawberry Torte
This cake uses a cake mix, I added pudding and sour cream to it for extra moistness. I made this the weekend my cousins came to visit and forgot to post it. I used a white chocolate pudding in the cake but you can use whatever flavor you desire. Using white chocolate did make the cake considerably lighter color than the other cake I made recently using the same cake recipe. I made a homemade jam when I made this cake because I had some strawberries I wanted to use up so I used a mixture of strawberries and frozen raspberries, added sugar and cooked it down to a jam consistency.
Top first with the jam, then add a layer of frosting and top with strawberries before adding the next cake layer.
Would you like a piece of cake?
If you would prefer to make a chocolate cake from scratch, my favorite recipe from my pastry chef days, try this one. It is sturdy enough to hold to multiple layers of cake with a filling. It also freezes well.
- Cake
- 1 box devil’s food cake mix
- 1 small pkg Jello instant white chocolate pudding mix
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Frosting
- 1 cup whipping cream - divided use
- 2/3 cup cocoa
- 1/2 butter
- 5 - 6 cups confectionary sugar
- dash salt
- To assemble
- 1 pint strawberries
- raspberry jam
- Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a very large bowl, mix together everything except chocolate chips. Batter will be thick.
- Pour batter into 9 inch cake pan that has been sprayed and lined with parchment paper.
- Bake cake at 350 for about 35 minutes. Check with a cake tester or toothpick to make sure cake is done. Cool cakes.
- Frosting
- Heat 1/2 cup of the whipping cream in the microwave for 30 seconds.
- Put cocoa into mixing bowl and pour warm whipped cream over. Beat together using the whip attachment. Let cool.
- When cocoa mixture is cool add butter and whip for several minutes. This mixture is going to be very thick. Slowly add remaining 1/2 cup whip cream. Add the salt and 4 cups of the confectionary sugar. Beat for several minutes scrapping down the sides of the bowl. Add another cup of the sugar and continue to beat. Beat for about 5 minutes adding remaining sugar if necessary to get the frosting to spreading consistency.
- Assemble Cake
- Place 1 cake layer bottom side up on a cake plate. Add a layer of jam, then frosting and top with a layer of fruit. Add remaining cake layer again, bottom side up. Add a layer of jam to top of cake. Frost the side of cake. Decorate the edges if you desire.
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Strawberry Cake
Enjoy!
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