Chocolate Layer Cake with Cherry Cheesecake Filling and Frosting

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fenway @Fenway

A moist chocolate cake layered and covered with a fluffy, creamy no bake cherry cheesecake. This cake needs a few hours for the cheesecake to firm up in the refrigerator for the best flavor an be easy to slice. Bring the slices to room temperature for 10 to 15 minutes before serving.

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Ingredients

30 mins
10 servings
  1. FOR CHOCOLATE CAKE
  2. 1 1/4 cupshot water
  3. 1/2 teaspooninstant coffee granules
  4. 1 cupunsweetented cocoa powder
  5. 2 cupsgranulated sugar
  6. 2 1/2 cupsall purpose flour
  7. 1 teaspoonsalt
  8. 1 1/4 cupssour cream
  9. 2 1/2teaspooons baking soda
  10. 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
  11. 3large eggs
  12. 1 cupplus 2 tablespoons canola oil
  13. FOR CHERRY CHEESECAKE FILLING AND TOPPING
  14. 3-8 ouncepackages cream cheese, at room temperature
  15. 1 cupgood quality cherry preserves
  16. 1 1/2 cupconfectioner's sugar
  17. 1/8 teaspoonsalt
  18. 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
  19. 2 cupscold neavy whipping cream
  20. 3/4 teaspooncherry extract
  21. GARNISH
  22. red, white and heart sprinkles as needed
  23. chocolate shavings as needed

Cooking Instructions

30 mins
  1. 1

    Prehest oven to 3050. Spay a 10 inch cake pan with 3 inch sides with bakers spray

  2. 2

    In a bowl whisk hot water, coffee granules and cocoa powder until smooth

  3. 3

    In another bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt

  4. 4

    In a third large bowl beat eggs, vanilla and sugar until well combined and pale, add oil and sour cream and stir in then stir in flour mixture, then cocoa mixtire until smooth

  5. 5

    Pour into prepared pan

  6. 6

    Bake 35 to 40 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out just clean. Cool on rack 20 minutes before removing from pan to cool completely

  7. 7

    When cake is completely cool, cut it in half with a large sharp knife to have 2 layers

  8. 8
  9. 9

    PREPARE CHERRY CHEESECAKE FILLING

  10. 10

    Beat cream cheese until smooth

  11. 11

    Beat in confectioner's sugar, vanilla and cherry extract , salt and cherry preserves

  12. 12
  13. 13

    In a seperate cold large bowl beat heavy whipping cream until it holds firm peaks

  14. 14

    Fold whipped cream and cherry cream cheese mixture until uniform in color

  15. 15

    Place one layer of cake on serving plate

  16. 16

    Cover with 2/3 of the cheesecake mixture

  17. 17

    Top with remaining cake layer

  18. 18

    Cover top and sides with temaing cherry cheese cake mixture

  19. 19

    Garnish with red and white and heart sprinkles and chocolate shavings. Refrigerate at least 6hoursor overnight to firm up cheesecake

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“Fenway” passed away on 2/3/2021. For the last year she tried to teach her husband of 42 years how to cook like her. Although I will never be as good of a cook as her she did pass on her passion for cooking. Therefore, I will attempt to carry on her legacy and maintain/update her site. My wife was a Registered Nurse, a licensed deep water aerobics instructor, a mother to our 2 children and a fantastic cook. We grew up in New England but have been fortunate to live all over the US. I am now retired, missing her terribly, but thankful for all the years we had together and all her cooking lessons.
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