Fresh, sliced strawberries between layers of moist strawberry cake and frosted with dark chocolate, cream cheese frosting. What more says Happy Valentines than CHOCOLATE?It seems every dessert I post includes some form of chocolate. Who doesn’t love chocolate? If you are one of those people, we can’t be friends :). This layered Strawberry Cake with
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting has a layer of fresh strawberries between two strawberry cake layers. This recipe uses a boxed cake mix which makes it quicker to put together. And, I actually thought the cake mix was great- and a great shortcut. Making your own Chocolate Cream Cheese frosting takes the cake over the top and makes it taste more ‘homemade’, with less time involved. For this recipe I used a Duncan Hines Signature Perfectly Moist Strawberry Supreme Cake Mix – Delicious! The box says it is made with juice from real strawberries. It is good. And for a nice presentation, after I assembled the cake, I added chocolate covered strawberries to the top! What goes better with chocolate, than chocolate?When we were kids, my sister and I had our favorite cakes for special occasions/birthdays. Mine was ALWAYS Carrot Cake. My sister, Rita’s, was ALWAYS strawberry cake. While I wouldn’t say this is a very time-consuming cake (thanks to the boxed mix), the frosting does take a little effort (but SO worth it). And then, of course, assembling everything does take some patience. The frosting has a very ‘rustic-look’….which is a good term for, “I didn’t spend much time on it”. LOL! I honestly don’t even own an offset spatula or a fancy cake decorating turntable.Two layers of moist strawberry cake (boxed cake mix), a layer of fresh strawberries and frosted with dark chocolate cream cheese frosting! SO decadant! Prep Time5 mins Cook Time25 mins Total time includes making frosting and cooling cakes.15 mins Total Time1 hr 15 mins Course: Dessert Cuisine: American Keyword: Chocolate, chocolate covered strawberries, dessert, layer dessert, strawberries, strawberry cake, strawberry dessert, valentines Servings: 12
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Seriously, you will want to take a spoon and eat this frosting!! It’s that good. I’ve made cream cheese frosting before but this was the first time I’ve added dark cocoa. YUM! Dixie
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