The Humpherys Family

Berry Truffle Cake

Source  Southern Living
Recipe Added:  1/29/2015
2 pkgs devil's food cake mix
6 large eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1 1/3 cups water
1 1/4 cups light sour cream
1 12-oz pkg semi chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups whipping cream
1/2 cup seedless blackberry jam
1/2 cup seedless raspberry jam
1/4 cup water
1 8-oz pkg cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 16-oz tub Cool Whip, thawed
1 tsp vanilla
3 1/2 cups chopped pecans, toasted
Preheat oven to 350°. Beat cake mix, eggs, oil, water, and sour cream at medium speed with mixer 2 minutes or until blended. Grease 3 9" cake pans and dust with powdered sugar. Pour batter evenly into pans. Bake 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool cake in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Remove from pans, and remove paper. Cool completely on wire racks.

Combine chocolate chips and whipping cream in a medium saucepan over medium heat, whisking constantly, 10 minutes or until mixture is smooth. Pour into a mixing bowl; cover and chill 1 1/2 hours or until mixture begins to thicken. Cook jams and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until jam melts. Brush tops of cake layers with jam mixture. Beat chocolate mixture at medium speed with an electric mixer about 20 seconds or until stiff peaks form. Do not over beat.

Place 1 layer, glazed side up, on a cake platter. Spread with half of chocolate mixture. Top with another cake layer, glazed side down; spread with remaining chocolate mixture. Top with remaining cake layer, glazed side down. Secure layers by inserting wooden skewers from the top layer down through the other two layers.

Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar at medium speed with mixer until smooth. Add whipped topping and vanilla, beating until smooth. Working quickly, frost top and sides of cake with cream cheese mixture. Press pecans around sides of cake. Garnish with fresh berries, if desired.

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