Recipe: Red Velvet Strawberry Chocolate Cake

INGREDIENTS

Red Velvet Cupcakes, makes 2 dozen

2 1/2 cups

Cake Flour, sifted

1/2 tsp

salt

2 tbsp

Dutch processed cocoa powder (* it must be Dutch Processed)

1/2 cup

butter, room temperature

1 1/2 cups

white sugar

eggs

1 tsp

vanilla extract

1 1/4 cups

buttermilk

2 oz

Red food coloring (*I cut it to 1.5oz with plenty of red color, but if you want to go all the way with it- who am I to stop you?

1 tsp

white vinegar

heaping tsp baking soda

Vanilla Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting

2 sticks

butter, room temperature

8 oz

cream cheese, room temperature

1 1/2 tsp

vanilla paste (or a scraping of ½ a vanilla bean or just extract)

4 cups

confectioners’ sugar

1 tbsp

milk

Pink food coloring

Fresh Strawberry Filling:

3 cups

sliced strawberries

Ganache Topping:

1 cup

heavy cream

8 oz

bittersweet chocolate

Sprinkles (optional)