Chocolate Kahlua Cake with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting

Chocolate Kahlua Cake with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting is a gorgeous and delicious cake that is covered in kahlua, moist and filled with delicious strawberry buttercream, and completed with drizzled ganache.

HAS THE Right Feel AND IS UNDENABLY MOIST AND CHOCOLATEY! THE KAHLUA MAKES IT ULTRA RICH AND Delectable .THE STRAWBERRY BUTTERCREAM Reallllllly Reflects THE CHOCOLATE CAKE Absolutely gorgeous.

Cake Ingredients

3 C flour

3 C Sugar

1 1/2 C special dark chocolate cocoa powder

1 tbsp baking powder

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 tsp kosher salt

4 large eggs

1/2 C sour cream

1 C buttermilk

1 C warm water

1/2 cup Kahlua

1/2 tsp espresso powder

1/2 C canola oil

1 tbsp pure vanilla extract

Strawberry Buttercream Frosting ingredients

2 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened

6 C powdered sugar

4 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 C finely diced strawberries

5-7 TBSP heavy whipping cream

Strawberries for topping

1 large piping bag fitted with star tip

Large ice cream scooper

Chocolate Ganache Ingredients

1 C semi sweet chocolate chips

1/2 C heavy whipping cream

1 large squeeze bottle

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray three 9 in cake pans with baking spray

In a small bowl, whisk together the espresso, kahlua and the warm water until combined

Using your standing mixer, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa

powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt until combined

Gradually add in the eggs, sour cream, buttermilk, espresso, oil and

vanilla extract until combined and Divide the batter between the 3 pans

Place in the oven to bake for 25-35 minutes or until a tooth pick

comes out clean

Allow cakes to cool for 20 minutes

Frosting Directions

Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, vanilla, powdered

sugar, diced strawberries and heavy whipping cream until combined and

creamy and stiff with peaks

Scoop 1 C of frosting into the piping bag

Directions to build the cake

Place 1 layer of cake onto the cake board

Using the ice cream scooper, scoop out 4-6 scoops of frosting and

smooth evenly on one layer of cake

Place another layer of cake on top and spread more frosting

Place the last layer on top and frost the remaining cake with remaining frosting

Chocolate ganache directions

Using a small pot, heat up the heavy whipping cream until steaming

While heavy whipping cream is heating up, place chocolate chips into a

heat-proof bowl

Once the heavy whipping cream is heated, pour over the chocolate chips

Allow to sit for 1 minute before whisking until smooth

Pour ganache into the squeeze bottle

Pipe dollops of ganache over the edge of the cake

Pipe dollops of frosting onto the top of the cake

Place strawberries into the dollops of frosting

Cut and serve and enjoy