Chocolate Cake for Valentine's Day
A moist chocolate layered cake filled with layers of fresh strawberries and amazing strawberry icing. A delicious cake for Valentine's day thats the perfect Valentine's dessert.
Servings 6
Cost $7
Ingredients
- 1 package chocolate cake mix
- Ingredients required to mix the cake. Follow package instructions
Strawberry Buttercream Icing
- 2 cups butter not margarine
- 4 cups icing sugar
- ½ cup strawberry syrup
Strawberry Filling
- ½ pound sliced fresh strawberries about 2 cups when sliced
- 1 cup strawberry icing
- 10 Valentine's candy necklaces for decorating
Instructions
Chocolate Cake
- Grease and flour two 6 inch or 8 inch cake pans.
- Mix cake mix as per instructions and bake.
- Once the cake is cool, if making a 6 inch cake cut each cake layer horizontally to make 4 layers. Skip this step with larger cake.
Strawberry Icing
- Place 2 cups of butter into the mixer bowl. Beat on high for three or four minutes until the butter is light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Add the icing sugar, 1 cup at a time. Once the icing sugar is incorporated turn the mixer onto high and whip for 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Add the half cup of strawberry syrup, whip on high for another two minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Strawberry Cake Filling
- Wash, hull and cut a half pound of strawberries. You will have about two cups of sliced strawberries.
- Place the cut strawberries in a bowl. Add a cup of icing to the bowl. Mix them together.
- Place the cakes on top of each other. If your making the tall six inch cake I suggest placing a skewer in the middle to hold the cake steady.
