Chocolate Cake with Strawberries and Cream Frosting

Strawberry Chocolate Cake with Oreo Crumbs

Chocolate chiffon cake covered with Raspberry Jam and topped with Strawberries and Cream-cheese whipping cream. 

This recipe makes TWO-  8"-two layered cake.

Chiffon Cake:

7 egg whites
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cream of tartar

sift the dry ingredients
1 1/4 cup cake flour
3/4 cup dutch cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

7 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp vanilla
1/2 cup corn oil

3/4 cup water
1 tbsp decaf instant coffee

1 cup white sugar
2 cream cheese
2 Tbsp Vanilla extract
5 cups whipping cream
(enough for two 2-layer cake) for one cake just half the recipe

8-10 Large strawberries
1 tbsp knox gelatin powder
1/4 cup water
1 tbsp sugar

1/2 cup Raspberry  Jam
10 pcs crushed oreos

1. Sift the dry ingredients.
2. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar. Gradually add in the sugar. Beat until soft peak.
3. Dissolve coffee in water. Beat egg yolk, sugar,vanilla, and corn oil, add in the dry ingredients alternately with the coffee. 
4. Fold in the egg whites. Pour into two 8" round pan lined with parchment paper. Bake at preheated oven 350F for 15 minutes, then lower the temperature to 315F bake another 15 minutes.
5. Let cool in wire rack. Once cooled slice each cake into half horizontally. Coat both cut sides with Jam. Add some whipped cream on top of the first layer,  cover the whipped cream with the second layer Jam side facing down.
6. cover the rest of the cake with whipped cream.  

Strawberries

1. dissolve the gelatin in 1/4 cup water add in sugar heat at microwave for 30 seconds, let it cool then coat the strawberries. This will keep fruits fresh and shiny.

Oreo

1. crushed the oreos and stick it to the sides of the cake, or you can use shaved chocolate bars.

Whipped cream

1.  Chill the mixing bowl and wire whisk
2. Beat sugar, vanilla and cream cheese, when it becomes fluffy gradually add in the cold whipping cream do not over beat.