Recipe: Perfect Chocolate Layer Cake with Cherry Cheesecake Filling and Frosting

Chocolate Layer Cake with Cherry Cheesecake Filling and Frosting. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. In large bowl, beat cream cheese at.

Chocolate Layer Cake with Cherry Cheesecake Filling and Frosting step by step. In a bowl whisk hot water, coffee granules and cocoa powder until smooth. In another bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. You can cook Chocolate Layer Cake with Cherry Cheesecake Filling and Frosting using 23 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chocolate Layer Cake with Cherry Cheesecake Filling and Frosting

1. Prepare of FOR CHOCOLATE CAKE.
2. It's 1 1/4 cups of hot water.
3. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of instant coffee granules.
4. You need 1 cup of unsweetented cocoa powder.
5. Prepare 2 cups of granulated sugar.
6. You need 2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour.
7. You need 1 teaspoon of salt.
8. It's 1 1/4 cups of sour cream.
9. It's 2 1/2 of teaspooons baking soda.
10. Prepare 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
11. You need 3 of large eggs.
12. You need 1 cup of plus 2 tablespoons canola oil.
13. It's of FOR CHERRY CHEESECAKE FILLING AND TOPPING.
14. You need 3-8 ounce of packages cream cheese, at room temperature.
15. Prepare 1 cup of good quality cherry preserves.
16. It's 1 1/2 cup of confectioner's sugar.
17. Prepare 1/8 teaspoon of salt.
18. You need 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
19. Prepare 2 cups of cold neavy whipping cream.
20. Prepare 3/4 teaspoon of cherry extract.
21. You need of GARNISH.
22. Prepare of red, white and heart sprinkles as needed.
23. It's of chocolate shavings as needed.

Spread a layer of frosting on top of chocolate cake. Next, layer cheesecake and top with chocolate icing. Place second chocolate cake and ice with frosting on top and on the sides. Sprinkle almonds on sides or top.

Chocolate Layer Cake with Cherry Cheesecake Filling and Frosting step by step

1. Prehest oven to 3050. Spay a 10 inch cake pan with 3 inch sides with bakers spray.
2. In a bowl whisk hot water, coffee granules and cocoa powder until smooth.
3. In another bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
4. In a third large bowl beat eggs, vanilla and sugar until well combined and pale, add oil and sour cream and stir in then stir in flour mixture, then cocoa mixtire until smooth.
5. Pour into prepared pan.
6. Bake 35 to 40 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out just clean. Cool on rack 20 minutes before removing from pan to cool completely.
7. When cake is completely cool, cut it in half with a large sharp knife to have 2 layers.
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9. PREPARE CHERRY CHEESECAKE FILLING.
10. Beat cream cheese until smooth.
11. Beat in confectioner's sugar, vanilla and cherry extract , salt and cherry preserves.
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13. In a seperate cold large bowl beat heavy whipping cream until it holds firm peaks.
14. Fold whipped cream and cherry cream cheese mixture until uniform in color.
15. Place one layer of cake on serving plate.
16. Cover with 2/3 of the cheesecake mixture.
17. Top with remaining cake layer.
18. Cover top and sides with temaing cherry cheese cake mixture.
19. Garnish with red and white and heart sprinkles and chocolate shavings. Refrigerate at least 6hoursor overnight to firm up cheesecake.
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