Recipe: Chocolate Cake with Strawberries and Vanilla Whipped Cream

Chocolate Cake with Strawberries and Vanilla Whipped Cream

cake:
245g all purpose flour
400g sugar
80g cocoa powder
1,5 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
250ml buttermilk
115g butter (melted)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
strawberry jam
fresh strawberries

vanilla whipped cream:
400g heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla paste
55g sugar
few drops of lemon juice

Preheat the oven to 180C (350F) degrees.
In a large bowl stir together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
Add eggs, buttermilk, melted butter and vanilla extract and beat until smooth.
Pour batter into two pans (I have 16 cm diameter and round) and bake on middle rack of oven for about 55 minutes. (Until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.)
Cool completely before frosting.
Apply strawberry jam on the op of one round cake and on the bottom of second one (between we will put whipped cream).
Prepare vanilla whipped cream.
In a bowl stir together heavy cream, sugar, few drops of lemon juice and vanilla paste. Whisk together on high speed.

Put half of whipped cream between cakes. On the top of cakes place rest of whipped cream and decorate with fresh strawberries.

Source: Tuna Cooking