Chocolate Strawberry Valentines
By
Jane Whittaker
@janenov46
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These are a version of the Strawberry Valentines, but these are on a Devil's Food rectangular shaped cupcake. The benefit of these is you CAN make these ahead of time. I usually make the cupcakes, pipe the strawberry cream cheese on, add the strawberry filling, cover and refrigerate. When ready to eat I put on a dollop of whipped cream and a strawberry fan.
Blue Ribbon Recipe
These cakes make a beautiful presentation - and they're so yummy! These are really easy to prepare and we love using a cake mix base. A great Valentine's Day treat.
Ingredients
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18 1/4 ozPillsbury Moist Supreme Devil's Food cake mix
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1 1/4 cwater
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1/2 coil
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3 largeeggs
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20 ozfrozen sweetened strawberries thawed, juice reserved; two 10 oz pkgs
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2 Tbspcornstarch
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2/3 creserved strawberry juice
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5 to 8 Tbspsugar
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1/2 to 1 tspKirsch more or less to your taste, and this is optional
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16 ozstrawberry cream cheese spread, two 8 oz containers
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14 mediumfresh whole strawberries made into fans
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4 ozCool Whip, thawed
How to Make Chocolate Strawberry Valentines
- Make your cupcakes to package directions using the water, oil, and eggs. Let cool completely before decorating.
- I use a rectangular cupcake pan that makes 8 cupcakes to a pan I measure out 1/3 cup batter per cupcake so they are all uniform.
- While cupcakes are baking, thaw your strawberries, cutting them up smaller. Reserve 2/3 cup juice.
- In a sauce pan, add your strawberry juice, sugar, and cornstarch, stirring to smooth, bring to boil and cook til thickened. Add strawberries and cook a minute more. Remove from heat and stir in kirsch.
- Cover and chill filling.
- To each cupcake, take a sharp knife and level off the rounded tops. You can save those to snack on.
- Put the strawberry cream cheese in a Ziploc bag, cut off the corner to make a piping bag. Pipe all around the outside of the cupcake.
- Put your strawberry filling in the middle of the piped cream cheese, top with a dollop of Cool Whip, and top with a strawberry fan.
