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Chocolate Layer Strawberry Cake

Chocolate Strawberry Layer Cake

Ingredients:

For the Cake:

1 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups granulated sugar

cups unsweetened cocoa powder (natural)

1 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon fine grain sea salt

2 large eggs

1 cup buttermilk*

cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1 cup boiling water

1 cup strawberry am (! used "omemade)

For the Frosting:

1 sticks unsalted butter (1#$grams - 12 tablespoons or cup)% melted

1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (natural)

cup plus 2 tablespoons milk

& cups powdered sugar

tablespoon pure vanilla extract

2 teaspoons lig"t corn syrup

Preparation:

1' re"eat oven to 1$+' ,utter t"e bottoms and sides of t"ree -inc" round cake pans'ine t"e bottom of eac" pan wit" a round piece of parc"ment paper'

2' !n a large bowl% combine t"e flour% sugar% cocoa powder% baking powder% baking soda% andsalt' .et aside'

/' !n a medium bowl% w"isk toget"er t"e eggs% buttermilk% vegetable oil% and vanillaextract'

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&' 0dd t"e egg mixture into t"e flour mixture beat on medium speed for one minute (orcombine by "and to prevent over-mixing)' "isk in t"e boiling water (t"e batter willbecome t"in)' our into prepared pans'

3' ,ake 1#-22 minutes% or until a cake tester (or a wooden toot"pick) inserted into t"ecenter of eac" cake% comes out clean'

4' 5nce t"e cakes are out of t"e oven% wit" a 6dry7 clean oven mitt (preferably a clot"one)% gently press down onto t"e cakes% to make t"em level (t"is will allow you to skip aw"ole step in trimming t"e cakes)'#' +ool cakes for 13 minutes in t"e free8er' 9eanw"ile%make t"e frosting: !n a large bowl (or in a stand mixer)% combine t"e melted butter andcocoa powder powder' 0lternatively mix in t"e milk and powdered sugar% beating (onmedium speed) to spreading consistency' 0dd a tablespoon of milk% if needed' 9ix in vanillaand lig"t corn syrup'

' ;emove cakes from pans% and place on wire racks'