Dog Bone Cake and Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ cups cocoa powder
• 1 tbsp baking soda
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 ½ tsp salt
• 1 ½ cups hot water
• 1 ½ cups buttermilk
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips
• 1 ¾ cups cake flour
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• ¾ tsp salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature and cut into cubes)
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• buttercream (recipe here)
• strawberry jam
• fresh strawberries (diced)
• chocolate chips
• bone-shaped sugar cookies (recipe here)