I found found this chocolate cake recipe from Add a Pinch and loved it so here I am...sharing what I found with you + my fun filling addition🍓 Chocolate Cake: *Important Note— I did 3 tiers but this recipe only makes 2 so I just made it twice and ate the 4th separately lol👀) 2c All Purpose Flour 2c Sugar 3/4c Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 2tsp Baking Powder 1.5tsp Baking Soda 1tsp Salt 1tsp Espresso Powder 1c Milk 1/2c Veggie Oil 2 Eggs 2tsp Vanilla 1c Boiling Water Strawberry Buttercream: 2c Unsalted Butter (Softened) 6c Powdered Sugar Freeze Dried Strawberries 1-2tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 2-4tbsp Milk 2tsp Vanilla Salt (Not necessary if using salted butter!) 3 little gel bottles of Red Food Coloring Cake🍰: Preheat oven to 350 & spray 2 9in cake pans with baking spray. Add flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt and espresso powder to a bowl. Mix to combine. Next, add milk, veggie oil, eggs and vanilla and mix together on lowest speed until the wet & dry ingredients are combined enough to prevent the dry ingredients from flying out of the mixer lol. Once you’ve reached that point, mix on medium until combined. Then, reduce speed to *very* carefully add the boiling water a little at a time, mixing until fully combined. The mixture will seem thinner than usual which is okay :) Pour filling evenly into cake pans and bake for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the middle of each cake comes out clean. Remove the cakes from the oven and let cool. Then remove the cakes from the pan to cool completely before frosting! Buttercream😮‍💨: Add your softened butter to the bowl of your stand mixer and mix on medium speed for about 5 minutes until the butter is a pale yellow. Add the powdered sugar a little at a time until there is enough frosting in the mixer to prevent you from covering yourself in powdered sugar lol and then you can add in bigger batches. Get a separate bowl and put half of the frosting in it then add in crushed freeze dried strawberries. You don’t want large pieces in this separate batch, just not powdered because we want some texture! Put that separate bowl to the side and go back to your main bowl. Now add the freeze dried strawberries that you have processed into powder to give that strawberry taste, and add the cocoa powder. Then add the vanilla, milk and a pinch of salt. Start with 2tbsp of milk and then add more depending on what consistency you want your frosting! Once you have your desired consistency, start adding your food coloring. Sadly you have to put so much to get it this red, but if it’s only for special occasions it’s okay right?! 😅 Assembly: Lay your base cake layer on your cake stand and frost a thin layer of the lighter color, textured frosting. Don’t put a lot because you will need enough for two layers! Place your next cake layer on top and frost that. Then place the final layer on top of that and move to your super red frosting and get to work decorating however your little spooky Halloween heart desires!!!! :) Enjoy! #spookyseason #halloweenrecipe #chocolatecake