Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Pound Cake



Happy Valentines day!! Since the hubby is still away I am going to spend my valentines day with my little man. We are heading back home to South Carolina this friday since the hubby will be back at the end of next week. We can't wait to see him!! After he is home the madness of moving begins. We are excited to be moving back to Miami, our hometown!! Ok, now back to the chocolate covered strawberry pound cakes. These little cakes are so yummy and great valentines day goodies.




Ingredients:

  • 3 Sticks of Butter, Room temperature
  • 2 Cups of All purpose flour
  • 1 Teaspoon of Salt
  • 1 1/2 Cups of Sugar, Plus 1 Tablespoon for Strawberries
  • 1 Teaspoon of Vanilla extract
  • 6 Eggs
  • 3/4 Cup of Frozen strawberries, thawed
  • 1 Bag of Candy melts, Red
  • Heart shaped muffin pan






Preheat oven 350 degrees. Put strawberries in a small bowl and add 1 Tablespoon of sugar. Mash the strawberries and set aside.






In a medium bowl whisk together flour and salt, set aside.





In a mixing bowl beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.






Add eggs one at a time until well combined.






Gradually add flour mixture until the batter forms.







Add in strawberries and mix until combined.





Spoon batter into muffin tin. Place in oven for 15 to 20 minutes.






Remove from oven and place on a cooling rack until complelety cooled.





Melt the candy melts as directed on the back of the bag.








Place cooled heart shaped cakes in candy melt. Complelety coat the hearts and place them on wax paper to dry.






Enjoy!!


With Love,
Jen

2 comments:

  1. Yum! These are beautiful. Happy Valentine's!

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  2. This is a great idea. These are very special Valentine or anytime treats. I am going to make this recipe it looks great. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great week end!
    Come Back Soon,
    Miz Helen

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