Chocolate Kahlua Cake with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting

Chocolate Kahlua Cake with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting is an impressive and beautiful cake that is kahlua soaked, moist and topped with a heavenly strawberry buttercream, then finished off with drizzled ganache!

INGEDIENTS

Cake Ingredients:

• 3 C flour
• 1 1/2 C special dark chocolate cocoa powder
• 1 tbsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 4 large eggs

Chocolate Kahlua Cake with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting

• 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

INTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray three 9 in cake pans with pam baking spray
2. In a small bowl, whisk together the espresso, kahlua and the warm water until combined
3. Using your standing mixer, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa
4. powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt until combined
5. Gradually add in the eggs, sour cream, buttermilk, espresso, oil and
6. vanilla extract until combined and Divide the batter between the 3 pans
7. Place in the oven to bake for 25-35 minutes or until a tooth pick. comes out clean
8. Allow cakes to cool for 20 minutes
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