Chocolate Strawberry Cake

Name: Chocolate Strawberry Cake
Total time: 55
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour; 2 ¼ cups white sugar; 3 ½ teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; ¾ cup shortening; 4 egg whites; ¾ cup milk; ¾ cup strawberry syrup; 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 (1 ounce) squares semi-sweet baking chocolate (such as Baker's®); 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese (such as Philadelphia®), softened; ⅓ cup white sugar; 2 ½ cups whipped topping (such as Cool Whip®); 1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix; ½ cup crushed chocolate sandwich cookies (such as Oreo®) (Optional)

Recipe by Loves2Bake from allrecipes.com

Dessert 55 Mins.

Ingredients

16 servings

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3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
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2 ¼ cups white sugar
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3 ½ teaspoons baking powder
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1 teaspoon salt
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¾ cup shortening
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4 egg whites
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¾ cup milk
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¾ cup strawberry syrup

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1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
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2 (1 ounce) squares semi-sweet baking chocolate (such as Baker's®)
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2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese (such as Philadelphia®), softened
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⅓ cup white sugar
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2 ½ cups whipped topping (such as Cool Whip®)
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1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
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½ cup crushed chocolate sandwich cookies (such as Oreo®) (Optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Grease and flour three round 9-inch baking pans.
Sift flour, 2 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; cut shortening into flour mixture until fine crumbs are formed.
Beat egg whites, milk, strawberry syrup, and vanilla extract into flour mixture with an electric mixer on low for 1 minute; increase to high until smooth and blended, about 2 more minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl frequently.
Pour batter into prepared baking pans.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
Place chocolate in a small microwave-safe bowl; heat on High in microwave until melted, about 1 minute. Stir chocolate until smooth.
Beat cream cheese and 1/3 cup sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on High until combined, 1 minute; stir chocolate into mixture until well mixed.
Gently fold whipped topping, pudding mix, and chocolate sandwich cookies into cream cheese mixture to form the filling.
Spread about 1/3 filling on top of one cake. Place second cake atop filling layer. Repeat with a filling layer, the third cake, and a final layer of filling on top.