CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY CAKE

Chocolate Strawberry Cake image

This sweet strawberry cake has a rich chocolate filling.

Provided by Loves2Bake

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Strawberry Dessert Recipes

Time 55m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 ¼ cups white sugar
3 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
¾ cup shortening
4 egg whites
¾ cup milk
¾ cup strawberry syrup
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
2 (1 ounce) squares semi-sweet baking chocolate (such as Baker's®)
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese (such as Philadelphia®), softened
⅓ cup white sugar
2 ½ cups whipped topping (such as Cool Whip®)
1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
½ cup crushed chocolate sandwich cookies (such as Oreo®)

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Grease and flour three round 9-inch baking pans.
Sift flour, 2 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; cut shortening into flour mixture until fine crumbs are formed.
Beat egg whites, milk, strawberry syrup, and vanilla extract into flour mixture with an electric mixer on low for 1 minute; increase to high until smooth and blended, about 2 more minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl frequently.
Pour batter into prepared baking pans.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
Place chocolate in a small microwave-safe bowl; heat on High in microwave until melted, about 1 minute. Stir chocolate until smooth.
Beat cream cheese and 1/3 cup sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on High until combined, 1 minute; stir chocolate into mixture until well mixed.
Gently fold whipped topping, pudding mix, and chocolate sandwich cookies into cream cheese mixture to form the filling.
Spread about 1/3 filling on top of one cake. Place second cake atop filling layer. Repeat with a filling layer, the third cake, and a final layer of filling on top.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 537.3 calories, Carbohydrate 74.7 g, Cholesterol 31.7 mg, Fat 24.3 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 6.8 g, SaturatedFat 11.9 g, Sodium 482.6 mg, Sugar 50.4 g