Looking for a no-fail birthday or event cake? This chocolate and vanilla layer cake is everyone’s favorite! Topped with chocolate dipped strawberries, sliced almonds, and filled with cream cheese filling, this delicious cake is definitely at the top of our list.
To make this cake, it surely isn’t a one-step process but it isn’t that hard either! All you need are two pans and two easy-to-make cake recipes that we’ve shared below. The cream cheese filling is also much more healthier than your standard buttercream icing that’s filled with nothing but butter and sugar! If you are searching for a healthier alternative, try this cake out and let us know what you think!
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Chocolate and Vanilla Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 cup of sour cream
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup Sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1 ¾ tsp baking powder
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tsp rum
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- ½ cup pure cocoa
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp rum
- ¾ cup water
- 1 8-ounce package of cream cheese, softened at room temperature for an hour
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 4 tbsp powdered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Sliced strawberries
- Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and line with parchment paper two 9” round cake pans. (Make sure to grease the parchment paper again!)
- For vanilla cake, whisk together sour cream, eggs, sugar, salt, baking powder, vegetable, oil, vanilla, flour, and rum. Keep mixing until smooth and pour into one of the prepared pans. Bake for 35-40 minutes until golden on top.
- Remove from oven, allow to cool for 10 minutes and then turn out onto cooling rack.
- To make chocolate cake, whisk together all of the dry ingredients and then add in the eggs, oil, vanilla, rum, and mix until smooth. Slowly add in the water and keep mixing until the batter is smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes.
- Remove cake from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack.
- Slice the cooled cakes in half horizontally and place one of the vanilla layers on a plate. Now make the filling.
- Whip the cream cheese in a small bowl until soft and aerated. In a separate larger bowl, whip the cream until soft peaks form. Scrape in the cream cheese and whip on high speed until stiff peaks form. Beat in sugar and vanilla.
- Keep in the fridge until ready to use.
- Frost all layers of the cake and place strawberries on each layer. To decorate I sprinkled sliced almonds on the sides and then dipped strawberries in chocolate to garnished the top.
