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Fudgey Valentine Cake

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Category: Cakes, Desserts

 Ingredients List

  • 2/3 c Butter or margarine
  • - softened
  • 1 3/4 c Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 ts Vanilla extract
  • 1 3/4 c All-purpose flour
  • 3/4 c HERSHEY'S Cocoa
  • -OR- European Style Cocoa
  • 1 1/2 ts Baking soda
  • 1 ts Salt
  • 1 1/2 c Dairy sour cream

 Directions

PINK BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
1/2 c Butter or margarine
- softened
4 1/4 c Powdered sugar
4 tb -to...
5 tb Milk
2 ts Vanilla extract
1/4 ts Red food color
Maraschino cherries, or
Chocolate curls (optional)

1. Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour two 9-inch heart-shaped pans.*

2. In large bowl, beat butter and sugar on medium speed of electric
mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.

3. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to butter
mixture alternately with sour cream, blending well. Beat 3 minutes on
medium speed.

4. Pour into prepared pans. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until wooden pick
inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to
wire racks. Cool completely.

5. Prepare PINK BUTTERCREAM FROSTING. Frost top of 1 layer; place second
layer on top. Frost top & sides of entire cake. Garnish with maraschino
cherries or chocolate curls, if desired. 10 to 12 servings.

PINK BUTTERCREAM FROSTING: In small bowl, beat butter until light and
fluffy. Gradually add powdered sugar alternately with milk and vanilla
until smooth and of desired consistency; stir in food color.

*NOTE: One 8-inch square baking pan and one 8-inch round baking pan
(each must be 2-inches deep) may be substituted for heart-shaped pans.
Prepare, bake and cool cake as directed above. Cut round layer in half,
forming 2 half circles; place cut edge against adjacent sides of square
layer to form heart. Frost entire cake.

Hershey's is a registered trademark of Hershey Foods Corporation.
Recipe may be reprinted courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens.

Meal-Master format by Karen Mintzias

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