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CHOCOLATE LOVE CAKE E
CHOCOLATE LOVE CAK

ou don’t really need a mixture is chilled, and

heart-shaped cake to then it is whipped like
express feelings of cream. Garnish this

admiration for someone. A pretty cake with white and

cake made by you is certainly dark chocolate curls, fresh cherries
enough. But when you want that fes- on the stem, even rose petals.

tive presentation—for a Valentine’s
SERVES: 12 TO 16
Day party, a birthday, a coming-home
PREPARATION TIME: 10 MINUTES
fête—then this is it. The batter is BAKING TIME: 30 TO 35 MINUTES
baked in an 8-inch round and an 8- ASSEMBLY TIME: 10 MINUTES

inch square pan. To make a heart,
FROSTING:
the round layer is cut in half and
Whipped Chocolate Ganache (page 442),
these semicircles are placed on flavored with kirsch if desired

adjoining sides of the square and cov-
CAKE:
i
ered with frost ng. The cake has a
Solid vegetable shortening for greasing
wonderfully subtle flavor of cherries.
the pans
And the frosting . . . well, the frosting Flour for dusting the pans

is special because it is a whipped 1 package (18.25 ounces) devil’s food cake
mix with pudding
ganache: Heavy cream is heated and
1 can (21 ounces) cherry pie filling
poured over semisweet chocolate, a
2 large eggs
cherry liqueur is added if you like, the 1 teaspoon pure almond extract