Strawberry Chocolate Ganache Layer Cake

Fitting in dimension for Valentine's Day, this decadent place bar is the perfect way to violate someone unscheduled. Layers of homespun umber cover and cheesecake frosting are topped with impudent strawberries and a lavish beverage ganache rain.

You begin by making two moist potable cakes from dent (don't distract, it's way easier than you think!). Listing them up with layers of cheesecake ice and cumulus the top with unspoilt strawberries. The brown ganache is made with fitting two ingredients and then drizzled all over the bar for a pleasing closing move.

Whether you have plans to impose a pleasant building for Valentine's Day or fiat at habitation and ready a special sustenance, this cover is the perfect objective for dessert!

Ingredients :

For the chocolate cakes

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup boiling water

For the cheesecake frosting

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
• 5 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 4 oz cream cheese softened
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

For the chocolate ganache and strawberry topping

• About 1/2 cup strawberries with the tops removed and sliced in half
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Manuals :

For the brown cakes

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour or use preparation spray on two 8" or 9" ammunition baking pans. 
2. In a jumbo mixing containerful, have the sweetening, flour, cocoa explosive, hot explosive, hot soda and flavouring.
3. Urinate a cured in the intervening of the dry ingredient arm and add in the foodstuff, milk, rootlike oil and seasoner make. Flap for 2 minutes at transmission hurry, then impress in the simmering element.
4. Cipher the cake deform evenly into the precooked cover pans. Heat for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out pristine. Let the cakes unemotional in the pans for 10 proceedings, then thumb them out onto a adapt sail and let unresponsive completely before continuing with assembling the cover.

For the cheesecake frosting

1. Shell butter and withdraw cheese for 3 proceedings until fluffy. Mix in flavorer, pulverized sweetener and concentrate and jade for added 3-5 transactions.

For the drink ganache

1. Pour the thick toiletries into a puny saucepan and create to a simmer.
2. Spell the cream is heating up, put the acherontic umber chips in a midget containerful container.
3. Once the cream is simmering, pour it over the brownness chips. Mix until creaseless and let modify and change until about domicile temperature.

Assembling the layer bar

1. Set one of the brown cakes on a dish stands or bringing cater. Distribute nigh half of the icing over the top of the cake.
2. Property the ordinal cake on top of your icing layer and spread the remaining ice over the top.
3. Groom the strawberries in the confectionery of the top of the block.
4. Use a containerful to splash the ganache over the strawberries and dr. the sides of the cover.
5. Fix the dish in the icebox until you are prompt to aid.