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Decadent Chocolate Layer Cake with Strawberry Sauce

Recipe by Vicki Chisholm
Best of Show, Cakes, 2018

Baking temperature: 350º F
Baking time: 35 - 45 minutes
Yield: 24 pieces

Ingredients

Cake:

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 baking powder
  • 2 baking soda
  • ¾ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 cup packed Domino light brown sugar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup hot coffee
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla

Chocolate Ganache:

  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 12 oz. chocolate chips

Caramel Sauce:

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 sticks butter
  • ¼ cup milk
  • ¼ tsp. sea salt

Fudge Frosting:

  • ½ cup dark chocolate cocoa
  • ½ cup boiling water
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 4 ½ sticks butter
  • 20 oz. semi-sweet baking chocolate (5, 4 oz. bars)

Strawberry Sauce:

  • 1 pint strawberries
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp. freshly squeezed orange juice

Chocolate Decorations:

  • 7 melted chocolate chips
  • 1/3 cup light corn syrup
Instructions

Fudge Frosting:

  1. Melt the baking chocolate in 30 second intervals in the microwave until completely melted.
  2. Stir until well combined.
  3. Let sit to room temperature.
  4. Mix cocoa in boiling water until thick paste forms.
  5. Beat the powdered sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
  6. Beat in the cooled melted chocolate and then beat in cocoa.

Strawberry Sauce:

  1. Cut strawberries into small pieces.
  2. Cook all ingredients over low heat for 30 minutes.
  3. Let cool.

Putting the cake together:

  1. Cut rounds into two layers.
  2. Stack layers with fillings of ganache, fudge frosting, then ganache.
  3. Frost cake with fudge frosting, then chill.
  4. Warm the ganache until thin consistency.
  5. Pour over chilled cake.
  6. Chill cake.
  7. Pour or drizzle the caramel sauce over the chilled cake.
  8. Sprinkle sea salt over the top.
  9. Pipe fudge frosting around the bottom of the cake.
  10. Add decorations.

Decorations:

  1. Stir corn syrup into melted chocolate and stir until thick.
  2. Wrap in plastic wrap and let sit overnight before using.
  3. To make decorations roll out the chocolate and shape it into desired designs.
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