Name: Chocolate Cream-Filled Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cups all purpose flour; 6 tablespoons cocoa powder; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; ¾ cup vegetable oil; 2 cups sugar; 2 tablespoons vinegar; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 2 cups water; 3 tablespoons flour; ½ cup milk; ½ cup softened butter; ½ cup sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla; ½ cup butter, softened; 2/3 cup cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 3 cups powdered sugar, sifted; 1/3 cup milk

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Chocolate Cream-Filled Cake tastes just like a Little Debbie Swiss Cake Roll! Layers of chocolate cake with vanilla cream filling and chocolate buttercream.

Chocolate Cream-Filled Cake - this cake tastes like a Little Debbie Swiss Cake Roll! Chocolate cake with vanilla cream filling and chocolate buttercream.

My husband and I have this weird thing where we hide boxes of Swiss Cake Rolls in each other’s closet and then laugh hysterically when the other person finds them. It never gets old. But anyway, he’s been gone for awhile now so there have been no Swiss Cake Rolls in the house.

And let me tell you, it does taste like a Swiss Cake Roll. But better! Because, in my world, a thick layer of buttercream is better than a thin glaze. The cake and the filling taste exactly like the rolls though!

Ingredients

All purpose flour – you will be using flour in the cake and the cream filling.
Cocoa powder – this is going in the cake and the frosting.
Baking soda
Salt
Vegetable oil – you can use canola oil or coconut oil if you prefer
Sugar – you will be using sugar in the cake and the filling.
Vinegar – this won’t make your cake vinegar-y. It reacts with the baking soda to create a really fluffy cake.
Vanilla – this is going in the cake, cream filling, and the frosting.
Milk – you will be using milk in the cake and the frosting.
Butter – this is going in the cream filling and the frosting.
Powdered sugar – you want to use powdered sugar in the frosting so the frosting is really smooth and creamy.

How To Make The Chocolate Cake

Prepare. Butter 2 (9-inch) round pans and then dust them with cocoa powder.
Dry ingredients. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
Wet ingredients. Add vegetable oil, sugar, vinegar, vanilla and water.
Combine. Beat batter until smooth.
Transfer. Divide evenly between prepared pans.
Bake. Bake for about 25 minutes.
Cool. Cool completely before filling and frosting

How To Make The Cream Filling

Cook flour and milk. Whisk together flour and milk in a saucepan. Cook mixture until thickened. Let cool.
Beat. Beat together cooled flour mixture, butter, sugar, and vanilla until fluffy.
Cool. Cool completely before filling the cake

How To Make The Chocolate Frosting

Combine. Beat together butter, cocoa powder, and vanilla.
Add sugar. Alternately add sugar and milk until desired consistency is reached
Frost. Use an icing spatula to frost cake

How Long Is Chocolate Cake Good For?

This chocolate cake will stay good for up to a week. Make sure to store it in an airtight cake carrier (or cover it very tightly) in the refrigerator.

I recommend bringing slices to room temperature before serving.

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Yield: 16 servings