Ingredients for Preparing Chocolate Strawberry Cake

• 250 gm flour
• 350 gm castor sugar
• 375 ml yoghurt
• 75 gm cocoa powder
• 100 gm butter
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• sugar syrup mixed with rum

Filling

• 75 gm hung yoghurt
• oil and grease an 8 baking
• 50 gm butter
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 100 gm icing sugar
• grated rind 1 orange
• beat together butter and hung curd
• 350gm sliced strawberries

Method for Preparing Chocolate Strawberry Cake

1. To prepare cake, beat butter with sugar, flour, baking soda and cocoa powder Add beaten eggs, yoghurt and vanilla essence together. Add vanilla essence, icing sugar and orange rind. Beat the ingredients together well.
2. Turn into a greased and lined 8tin. Bake at 180 degrees C for 20-25 minutes.
3. Cool slightly before turning out. Slice in half horizontally. Moisten cake halves with sugar.
4. Spread the mixture over the lower half of the cake. Top with the strawberries. Cover with the top half of the cake and press down.
5. Sprinkle with icing sugar and Garnish with whole strawberries syrup.
6. Beat all filling ingredients together. Spread over cake half. Top with strawberries and cover with the top half of the cake. Sprinkle with icing sugar.