Chocolate Strawberry Cake

This was a surprise cake prepared for my bro-in-law's wedding anniversary :) I was confused with many options but finally ended up in preparing the strawberry cake, as I always wanted to try out & ofcourse strawberries makes the occasion more romantic!!! This is a vegan recipe but beware of the chocolate frosting, chocolate strawberries and the cookies used for decoration, it is not vegan ;) Cake was a bit too sweet with all the frosting but it turned out to be delicious. Hope you will also love it. Give it a try!!

Ingredients for the cake

• 3 cups self-rising flour
• 2 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 lb organic Strawberries
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
• Egg re-placer for 4 eggs

 Directions:

1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees F.
2. Puree and strain the strawberries. Keep aside.
3. Take the flour and sugar in a bowl. Add vegetable oil and mix well.
4. Mix the pureed strawberries & combine thoroughly.
5. Add egg re-placer and vanilla essence. Mix everything well and pour in 2 cake pans.
6. Bake for 25 to 30 min. Insert a toothpick/skewer and check whether it comes out clean else you have to bake for some more time. 
7. Allow it to cool, prepare the frosting & start decorating!

Ingredients for the frosting and decoration

• 3 cups powdered Sugar
• 1/4 cup Earth Balance buttery spread
• 1/4 cup Soy milk 
  
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 12 oz Semi-sweet chocolate baking chips
• Chocolate sprinkler
• Cookies

Directions:

1. Whisk butter and powdered sugar. Then add Soy-milk and vanilla extract.
2. Whisk until the frosting is smooth and fluffy. Spread in-between the 2 cakes.
3. Use melted semi-sweet chocolate baking chips for  frosting  the sides.
4. Decorate with chocolate strawberries, chocolate sprinkler and cookies!