Victorian Strawberry Chocolate Cake

Name: Victorian Strawberry Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 86 grams baking cocoa; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 227 grams butter, softened; 12 servings Chocolate shavings and additional confectioners sugar, optional; 907 grams package confectioners sugar; 4 eggs; 344 grams all-purpose flour; 79 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 270 milliliters semisweet chocolate chips; 137 grams shortening; 946 grams fresh strawberries; 500 grams sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 118 milliliters water

Victorian Strawberry Chocolate Cake takes around 1 hour and 5 minutes from beginning to end. This dessert has 1018 calories, 9g of protein, and 41g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 12. If you have vanillan extract, shortening, baking soda, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It will be a hit at your Mother's Day event. Victorian Strawberry Chocolate Cake, Victorian Rose Geranium Cake, and Victorian diable sandwich are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

In a small bowl, combine water and cocoa until blended; set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar until light and fluffy.

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Cream

Sugar

Water

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Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.

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Vanilla

Egg

Combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with cocoa mixture, beating well after each addition.

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All Purpose Flour

Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. heart-shaped pans.

Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

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Slice 10 strawberries; set aside. Dip remaining whole strawberries into melted chocolate, about three-fourths to top; allowing excess to drip off.

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Chocolate

Dip

Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet; refrigerate until set.

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For frosting, cream shortening and confectioners' sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy; gradually add water, beating until smooth.

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Shortening

Frosting

Cream

Water

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Spread between layers and over top and sides of cake. Set aside to set, about 30 minutes.

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Spread

For icing, heat chocolate chips and cream in a small saucepan over medium heat until chocolate is melted, stirring occasionally.

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Spread over frosted cake until smooth. Refrigerate until set.

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Before serving, arrange two rows of sliced strawberries on top of cake in a heart shape. Fill center with chocolate shavings and dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.

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Strawberries

Place dipped strawberries around base. Store in the refrigerator.

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Servings:

86grams

baking cocoa 2teaspoons

baking powder 2teaspoons

baking soda 227grams

butter, softened 12servings

Chocolate shavings and additional confectioners' sugar, optional 907grams

package confectioners' sugar 4

eggs 344grams

all-purpose flour 79milliliters

heavy whipping cream 270milliliters

semisweet chocolate chips 137grams

shortening 946grams

fresh strawberries 500grams

sugar 2teaspoons

vanilla extract 118milliliters

water

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Port, Moscato Dasti

Chocolate Cake on the menu? Try pairing with Cream Sherry, Port, and Moscato d'Asti. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. One wine you could try is Trefethen Merlot. It has 4.4 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 34 dollars.

Trefethen Merlot

On the nose, floral notes of crushed violet lead the way to dark fruit aromas of black cherries, ripe plum and summertime blackberries. Complex aromas that continue to evolve in the glass. On the palate, the wine is well structured and balanced, offering flavors of blackberry and plum, with a hint of dark chocolate and fine leather. The mouthfeel is full and rich, with velvety soft tannins that continue through the wines long-lasting finishDelicious with duck, barbecued chicken, cherry-glazed pork tenderloin, beef and lamb dishes, tomato-based pastas and black olive and mushroom pizza.Blend: 89% Merlot, 8% Malbec, 2% Cabernet Franc, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon