Strawberry Chocolate Heart Cake
A delicious chocolate cake sandwiched and topped with a luscious strawberry and mascarpone cream. Keep romance alive: make this strawberry chocolate heart cake small and just for two or share the love and increase the quantities.
Last year I made a recipe for strawberry fol-de-rol. It was a rich chocolate sponge which was meant to be filled with raspberry coulis, raspberries and cream. Raspberries weren’t in season here in the UK and I wasn’t going to start buying imported ones from Spain. So strawberries it was. Luckily my local green grocer didn’t let me down and Cornish strawberries were in – hoorah!
Strawberry Chocolate Heart Cake
Turns out strawberries and chocolate cake go very well together. So when I bought a punnet of local strawberries this year, I had a strawberry chocolate cake very much in mind.
I had strawberries, I had mascarpone, I had two little heart shaped cake moulds to use and I was in the mood for pink. The strawberry chocolate heart cake I envisaged was also to be my initial stab at We Should Cocoa.
For the cake I adapted the recipe from Baked & Delicious that came with the heart moulds. For the strawberry cream, I threw a few delicious ingredients together which I thought would work well. And they did.
I was really happy with this strawberry chocolate heart cake. CT was happier still as he wasn’t expecting such a show of affection. It’s no exaggeration to say we were both in gastronomic ecstasy.
The strawberry mascarpone cream was sooooo delicious. It was surprisingly light as well as creamy. In fact, it tasted a bit like Angel Delight, only not as artificial nor as sweet. A sure fire winner I will be making again.
It’s also the perfect cake to make for Valentine’s Day, although you won’t get Cornish strawberries in February. Not yet anyway.
Elegance is Not Everything
One thing I was sure of was that my strawberry chocolate heart cake was going to look a little more elegant than the fol-de-rol.
“Oh and can I just say I simply love the way you plonked the four large strawberries onto the ‘roulade’” I haven’t forgotten that comment Dom. The Viking was a little kinder: “Is it a small cake or are they giant strawberries? Either way it looks very tasty.”
This time I quartered the strawberries before “plonking them on top”.
Other Strawberry Chocolate Cakes You Might Like
- Gluten free chocolate cake with mint strawberry cream
- Chocolate cake waffles with lemon curd and strawberries
- Chocolate pomegranate cake with lemon curd and strawberries
- Eton Mess chocolate cake
- Roasted strawberry chocolate cupcakes
Or take a look at this collection of chocolate and strawberry recipes.
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Choclette x
Strawberry Chocolate Heart Cake. PIN IT.
Strawberry Chocolate Heart Cake
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake
- 60 g unsalted butter softened
- 60 g dark muscovado sugar
- 1 large egg (I used a duck egg)
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 100 g wholemeal spelt flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 ½ tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp milk
Strawberry Mascarpone Cream
- 75 g strawberries + 2 for decoration
- 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
- 50 g mascarpone cheese
- 50 ml double cream (heavy cream)
Instructions
Chocolate Cake
- Cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.60 g unsalted butter, 60 g dark muscovado sugar
- Beat in the egg and vanilla extract until the mixture is well combined.1 large egg, ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Sift in the dry ingredients and mix along with the milk.100 g wholemeal spelt flour, ½ tsp baking powder, 1 ½ tbsp cocoa powder, 2 tbsp milk
- Divide the mixture between 2 x 10 cm heart shaped moulds and bake at 180℃ (350℉, Gas 4) for 15-20 minutes or until the tops are firm to the touch.
- Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
Strawberry Mascarpone Cream
- Blitz the strawberries with the caster sugar in a blender or mini food processor until you have a smooth red sauce.75 g strawberries, 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
- Whisk the double cream until soft peaks form, then whisk in some of the strawberry sauce.50 ml double cream (heavy cream)
- Beat the mascarpone with some more of the strawberry sauce until well incorporated and slightly runny.50 g mascarpone cheese
- Whisk this into the double cream until it’s firm enough to spread over the cakes and stay put.
- Spread the strawberry cream over one cake, lay the other one on top and cover with some more of the strawberry cream. Quarter two strawberries and place these on top of the cake.
- Try not to polish off the rest of the cream if there’s anything left over!
I missed your We Should Cocoa, my cake was a definite miss 🙁 Next time….
Johanna – as a real cream lover, I find this hard to get my head around 😉 But I guess you could always use yogurt, buttercream or silken tofu instead?
this looks splendid – just the sort of thing that E would love me to whisk up – but I get cream-shy, having hated it for most of my life – though now I appreciate there are some places where it is a must and this looks like one
Gloria – thank goodness for strawberries 🙂
FoodyCat – that frosting is gorgeous 😉
BVG – it comes highly recommended 😉
C – thank you. I think he appreciated it.
Looks absolutely delicious – and that frosting looks lush! What a lovely gesture!
It looks as wonderful as I’m imagining it tasted – going to have to make that icing very, very soon!
I can’t believe how luscious that top layer of frosting is! It looks gorgeous.
The strawberries look georgeous, look delicious! gloria
Sushma – thank you
Jac – I do my best 😉
You are torturing me here Choclette! That looks so, so good!
wow this looks so nice !
Ananda – your vanilla cake sounds lovely too and especially good with cream and strawberries.
Baking Addict – thank you, I was really pleased with the heart shape moulds and the strawberry cream is delicious.
You’ve put your heart shaped mould to good use. I should have used mine for my challenge! I love the sound of the strawberry mascarpone cream.
I heart ur heart shaped cake, couple of days before i made vanilla cake with fresh cream and strawberries…mine is nothing in front of urs have to so soon try it 😀
Janice – I try to keep up 😉
CityHippy – indeed you have taught me a valuable lesson – next step is making my own.
Girl, didn’t I tell you? Mascarpone is where it’s AT!
Looks delicious.
Very Wimbledon!
Chele – sometimes girlie is just what is needed. Look forwarding to seeing your post. Hope you have a great time tonight with Bon Jovi.
Suelle – strawberry puree is a revelation 🙂
Nazima – thank you. I quite like shocking raspberry pink, but this makes a nice change.
Manu – thank you.
Kath – wish you’d tell CT that 😉 Angle Delight was something I was only allowed as a special treat – wholesome and hearty puds were more my mother’s style, so I also have very fond memories of the stuff. Think this is probably better though!
RhyleysGranny – the good thing about such a wee cake, is it’s really hard to make a pig of yourself 😉
Anna – thank you, I can do it sometimes :-S
Kate – thank you. Down with the “romance is dead’ brigade!
Grazing Kate – it’s certainly the time of year to cover cakes with strawberries and raspberries. Anything specific in mind?
Suman – the frosting was delicious and so were the strawberries.
Maria – thank you.
Absolutely gorgeous!
Maria
x
Lovely! I have a heart shaped tin which just lends itself to yummy cakes covered in strawbs or raspberries
Beautiful cake..love the frosting and those big chunks of starwbeery on top…
What a lovely, strawberry bake- not to mention romantic… I’m a sucker for anything romantic, and cake of course, so by combining both, this is such a winner!
That’s very pretty!
They look gorgeous. I could that wee cake off the screen.
That CT just gets luckier and luckier. What a lovely cake to present to him. You have completely sold me with the Angel Delight thing. I haven’t tasted it in years but as it was the staple dessert in our house for many a year I have very fond memories. I daren’t try it again in case my fond memories are dashed. I will make your strawberry cream instead!
So lovely, so cute! LOL
looks lovely! I love the heart shaped moulds. And a great colour! Nazima
This looks delicious. I like the idea of how to get some extra strawberry flavour into the cream filling and topping.
They are so cute! Love how girly they are too, perfect for a girls get together with some bubbles me thinks. I have now made three different recipes for this month’s challenge so I totally understand where you are coming from. Hoping to get mine posted today before I head off to see BON JOVI!!! So excited ;0)