Chocolate Strawberry Heart
Chocolate Strawberry Heart
Submitted By: R.L.
Recipe Type: dessert
Ingredients
- Cake:
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 large egg
- ½ sup strong cold coffee
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Filling:
- 2 pints fresh strawberries
- 1 cup whip cream
- 1 tbsp water
- 6 oz white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 .
- Butter the heart flan pan.
- Sift the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl.
- Combine the liquid ingredients and add the dry ingredients.
- Beat at medium speed for two minutes.
- pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for 35-45 minutes or until a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Let cool in the pan for 8-10 minutes, and then invert onto a rack to cool completely.
- Filling: Reserve ⅔ of the best berries.
- Cut the remaining berries into ¼ cubes, and sprinkle sugar to taste.
- Soak until juice forms.
- Heat the chocolate pieces and water together, whisking constantly until melted and smooth.
- Set aside to cool.
- Whip the cream until firm peaks from.
- Fold into the cooled white chocolate.
- Spread the soaked berries and all the accumulated juice on the cake.
- Cover with the chocolate whipped cream.
- Decorate with the remaining berries.
- Chill