Copycat Suzy Q Cake Recipe with Cream Filling
This homemade treat is easy to make and absolutely delicious!
Equipment
- 1-2 mini loaf pans That holds 8 loaves each.
- 1 medium bowl
- 1 Large bowl
- 1 Electric mixer
- 1 cake spatula
- 1 Airtight container
Ingredients
Devil's food cake mix from scratch
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup warm water
Homemade cream filling
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup flour
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly grease mini loaf pans. If you do not have them, you can use a cake pan.
- Mix all of the ingredients together in a large bowl.
- Using an electric mixer on medium to high speed, mix well. Be sure to include the ingredients along the sides of the bowl.
- Let the devil's food cake mix rest for a few minutes to thicken a little bit.
- Pour each loaf three fourths full of mixture.
- Cook in the oven for approximately fifteen minutes. Or until a toothpick inserted comes out with nothing on it.
- Allow to cool completely.
- In a medium bowl, mix all of the ingredients together for the cream filling.
- Mix together well with an electric mixer.
- To help mixture to set, refrigerate the cream filling for about thirty minutes.
- Slice each cake loaf horizontally in half.
- Spread some cream filling on the bottom layer of each loaf making a second cake layer.
- Place the top layer of each cake on top of the filling.
Notes
Keep your Copycat Suzy Q Cakes refrigerated in an airtight container. Enjoy!