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I just like a ratio that is heavier on the cake and less on the frosting. The dark chocolate pairs perfectly with the tart strawberry filling and the cream cheese chocolate icing hits just the right balance of tangy and sweet. When you pair that with the rich chocolate ganache and fresh strawberries, this is one cake that tastes even more impressive than it looks. You can have Dark Chocolate Layer Cake with Fresh Strawberry Cream Frosting and Filling using 22 ingredients and 22 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Dark Chocolate Layer Cake with Fresh Strawberry Cream Frosting and Filling

1. You need of For Dark Chocolate Cake.
2. You need 1 3/4 cup of all purpose flour.
3. You need 3/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder, I used Hersheys special dark.
4. Prepare 11/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
5. It's 1/2 of teaspoin salt.
6. You need 2 of ups granulated sugar.
7. You need 2 of large eggs.
8. You need 1 cup of milk.
9. You need 1/2 cup of canola oil.
10. You need 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
11. It's 1 cup of brewed coffee at room temperature.
12. You need of For Strawberry Cream Frosting and Filling.
13. Prepare 8 ounces of cream cheese, at room temperature.
14. It's 8 ounces of marscapone chee, at room temperature.
15. You need 4 ounces of (1 stick), salted butter, at room temperature.
16. It's 1 cup of fresh strawberries.
17. Prepare 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
18. Prepare 4 cups of confectioner's sugar.
19. You need of Garnish.
20. It's as needed of pink sprinkles,.
21. It's 6 of Godiva Strawberry Cheesecake truffle candies, halved.
22. It's as needed of fresh strawberries.

Use a small layer of frosting on the bottom of each cake layer, just to prevent any soggy cake layers. Assemble the cakes by adding a nice layer of strawberry filling and repeat. My husband thought I put too much as I had some challenges getting the frosting not to mix with the strawberry filling. Great recipe for Dark Chocolate Layer Cake with Fresh Strawberry Cream Frosting and Filling.

Dark Chocolate Layer Cake with Fresh Strawberry Cream Frosting and Filling instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375. Spray 3 - 8 inch cake pans well with bakers spray.
2. In a bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder,baking powder and salt and sugar.
3. In another bowl whisk the eggs with the milk,canola oil and vanilla, beat into flour mixture until smooth.
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5. Slowly beat in coffee until smooth batter will be very thin..
6. Pour into prepared pans and bake 22 to 25 minutes until a toothpick comes out just clean. Cool 15 minutes in pan then run a thin knife around edges of cake to unstick any edges of cake and remove from pan to cool completely.
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8. Make Strawberry Filling and Frosting.
9. Puree strawberries in a food processor and set adide.
10. Beat together in a large bowl until smooth, cream cheese, marscapone cheese, butter and vanilla.
11. Beat in strawberry puree.
12. Slowly beat in confectioner's sugar until it is a nice spreading consistancy, add drops of red food color only if you want it pinker. Refrigerate if frosting seems soft to firm it up for about 1 hour for easier spreading.
13. Assemble Cake.
14. Place 1 cake layer bottom up on serving plate add some Strawberry filling.
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16. Add second layer, bottom side up.
17. Add more fillinhg.
18. Add third layer, bottom up.
19. Frost entire cake and decorate with sprinkles, Godiva Strawberry Cheesecaketruffles, halved and fresh strawberries.
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This is a very moist dark chocolate cake filled and frosted with a creamy not to sweet fresh strawberry cream. Its Ike a cake version of a chocolate covered strawberry! The combination of my favorite homemade vanilla cake, with a fresh strawberry filling, and the most addicting frosting ever. That's right, a mascarpone whipped cream. Honey, just give me a bowl of that and a spoon and I am good-to-go!