Celebration Cake with Chocolate Covered Strawberries

An early Father's Day, a birthday, a day to celebrate family and friends, what other great reasons do we need to eat cake?!   As with most cakes, this cake was fun to make and fairly easy to assemble. This Strawberry Celebration Cake is two 10" round dark chocolate cakes. They are washed with a vanilla wash, a thin layer of buttercream, a thin layer of strawberry preserves, a thick layer of strawberry marscapone filling topped with fresh strawberries.   The 2nd chocolate round was put on top and frosted with delicate buttercream frosting.  The strawberries were dipped in Ghirardelli chocolate. Some [...]