Strawberry Chocolate Delight

I felt like celebration mood yesterday!! Nop, just enjoying my bakery thing, that's all ! My son was asking me to bake him a chocolate cake a few days ago. He loves strawberries and he loves chocolate. So, ended up making him this Strawberry Chocolate Delight. I love it as well and hope you will like it too.

Ingredients for Sponge :

5 eggs, separated

150gm icing sugar

1/2 tspn vanilla essence

30gm cocoa powder

- whisk egg white untill soft peak form.

- add in 100gm of icing sugar a little at a time untill sugar dissolves.

- in another bowl, beat egg yolk untill thick and creamy.

- then add in vanilla essence, the rest of icing sugar and cocoa powder.

- next fold the egg yolk mixture into egg white untill well blended.

- pour the batter into a swiss roll baking tray, lined with parchment paper.

- and bake for 20 mins at 185'c.

- once the sponge is ready; immediately loosen the edge.

- and gently remove the sponge over onto an aluminium foil.

- peel away the parchment paper as well and leave cool.

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Cream Cheese Fillings :

250gm cream cheese, softened

150ml whipped cream

1/2 tspn vanilla essence

50gm white chocolate, grated

200gm fresh strawberries , cut small

extra grated dark chocolate for decoration

- beat cream cheese, whipped cream and vanilla essence untill soft.

- stir in grated white chocolate and leave aside.

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Method :

- cut the cake into 3 equal layers.

- place an over size sheet of foil over a 9" loaf tray.

- place one layer of cake onto the tray.

- spread more or less one third of cream cheese mixture onto a layer of cake.

- then top with chopped strawberries.

- repeat the layering and ending with layer of cake.

- reserve the balance cream cheese mixture.

- fold the foil and wrap the cake nicely.

- chill the cake for one to two hours before spreading the top layer of cream mixture.

- then decorate with grated dark chocolate and strawberries.

- and icing sugar for dusting.

* It's best to chilled over night.

Hey, not bad huh!!! Actually, it tasted really really good. Not creamy at all! The cream cheese mixture became a little thicken like white chocolate after chilled and not too sweet as well. In addition, with fresh strawberries. Mm..mm..!!

My son can't wait to have a slice of it. So, I have no choice! Just cut him a slice and then quickly keep it back to the fridge untill the next day.

I thought of taking a few shots in the next day but ended up taking nothing! Because everything just gone so fast! I don't even have a chance to take one shot of it.