Dark Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cake Food

DARK CHOCOLATE-COVERED STRAWBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with shortening, or spray with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir together cake mix and gelatin mix with whisk. With electric mixer, beat in pureed strawberries on medium speed. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add oil and water; beat about 2 minutes or until smooth. Divide batter evenly between cake pans.
• Bake about 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans 20 minutes. Carefully invert cakes onto cooling racks. Cool completely, about 45 minutes.
• Refrigerate cooled cakes 4 hours or overnight to make icing the cake easier.
• Place 1 cake, right side up, on serving plate. Spread frosting on top of cake. Place second cake layer, upside down, on top of frosted cake. Spread frosting over top and sides to completely cover cake. (You may not need all of second container of frosting.) Garnish cake with fresh strawberries.

DARK CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES

Steps:

• Step 1: Pour 2 cups of dark chocolate chips and 1tsp. of butter into a microwaveable bowl.
• Step 2: Place in the microwave, and microwave for approximately 30 seconds.
• Step 3: Take out and stir chocolate with a spoon, repeat this step until your chocolate is smooth.
• Step 4: Cut strawberries in ½, so each ½ gets part of the stem.
• Step 5: Place a piece of wax paper on a plate.
• Step 6: Take a strawberry and dip ½ of it in the dark chocolate.
• Step 7: Gently place the strawberry on the plate.
• Step 8: Repeat step 6-7 until you use all strawberries.
• Step 9: Refrigerate for an hour and ½ or until solid.
• Step 10: Enjoy your dark chocolate covered strawberries.

CHOCOLATE-COVERED STRAWBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 (325 for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms and sides of two 9-inch round cake pans with shortening and lightly flour, or spray with baking spray with flour.
• In large bowl, mix cake mix and gelatin. Beat in water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally (batter will be lumpy). Pour in pans.
• Bake as directed on box for 9-inch round cake pans. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, rinse strawberries and dry on paper towels (berries must be completely dry). Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. In 1-quart saucepan, melt vanilla baking chips and shortening over low heat, stirring frequesntly, Remove from heat.
• Dip lower half of each strawberry into vanilla chip mixture; allow excess to drip back into saucepan. Place on waxed paper-lined cookie sheet. Regrigerate until coating is firm, about 30 minutes, or until serving time.
• Split each cake horizontally into 2 layers. On serving plate place top of 1 layer, cut side up; spread with 1/3 cup of the jam. Add bottom half of layer, cut side down; spread with 1/3 cup jam. Add top of second layer, cut side up; spread with remaining 1/3 cup jam. Add bottom of remaining layer. Frost side and top of cake with frosting. Arrange dipped strawberries around top of cake. Place 5 strawberries on top of cake. Store in refrigerator.