Valentine’s Day is right around the corner so I thought it was appropriate to bring you a recipe for a heart-shaped dessert to share with your sweetheart. Don’t you just love the play on words for the name – get it, chocolate lovers, for those who love chocolate and lovers cake, for people in love. I know, clever right? 🙂
Why chocolate? Well, maybe it was due to Richard Cadbury of Cadbury Chocolates who, back in 1861, created the first ever heart-shaped box for Valentine’s Day and filled it with chocolate thus cementing the link between chocolate and Valentine’s Day or maybe it’s simply that chocolate is the #1 favorite food in the world. Whichever it is, I can’t think of a better dessert than a rich devil’s food cake (in the shape of a heart naturally) with an even richer chocolate ganache topping! Add to that a no-bake strawberry cheesecake filling and you have a winner!
This cake has a few steps but none of them are very difficult. I think the hardest thing about this recipe will be finding the heart-shaped cookie cutter. The cake is sure to impress and, if the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, you’ll be feeling lots of love coming your way.
Not only is this cake sensational but it leaves enough scraps to make cake pops too! But wait, these cake pops are just for adults – alright! The chocolate cake is already flavored with Grand Marnier, or your favorite liqueur, so I thought, why not flavor the chocolate coating too. Yum, what a great idea! And the pops are so good you just might want to keep them all to yourself. Oh wait, it’s Valentine’s Day so you should share – I’m just sayin’!
Have a sweet Valentine’s Day!
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What’s your favorite dessert to make for your special sweetheart?
