dressed up valentine cake

How To Make dressed up valentine cake

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  Step 1
  CAKE: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour 10 inch bundt cake pan.
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  Step 2
  Combine cake mix, "dry" Jell-O, vegetable oil, nuts, eggs, flour, and strawberries in large bowl.
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  Step 3
  Beat with electric mixer on medium speed 4 minutes or until well blended.
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  Step 4
  Pour batter into bundt pan and bake 55-65 minutes until cake tester is clean from center of cake.
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  Step 5
  Cool ten minutes before removing from pan.
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  Step 6
  Have the top of cake facing up. Use strips of parchment paper to keep cake plate clean and remove when icing has set up.
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  Step 7
  For icing, chop chocolate into fine pieces and place in stainless steel mixing bowl.
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  Step 8
  Place heavy cream and butter in small sauce pan over medium/ high heat on top of stove. Stir mixture until it is simmering.
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  Step 9
  Remove from heat and pour butter/cream mixture over chopped chocolate. Stir with a non-stick spatula until fully melted.
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  Step 10
  Drizzle icing over entire cake.
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  Step 11
  CHOCOLATE COATED WHOLE STRAWBERRIES: Wash and dry the strawberries. Make sure the berries are fully dried.
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  Step 12
  Melt white chocolate according to directions. Dip half of the strawberries in white chocolate, holding the stem of strawberries.
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  Step 13
  Give it a quick twist then shake off excess.
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  Step 14
  Point to ceiling for a couple of seconds until chocolate adheres.
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  Step 15
  Place on wax paper, let dry.
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  Step 16
  Melt dark chocolate according to package directions. Dip strawberries at a 45-degree angle.
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  Step 17
  Let excess drip off. Place on wax paper to dry.
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  Step 18
  Can dip a few white chocolate coated strawberries in dark chocolate to stripe coat for added color. Make sure the top 1/3 of strawberry is free from chocolate coating so the red color of strawberry and green stem and leaves are showing.
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  Step 19
  Leave chocolate coated strawberries on wax paper until cake and chocolate drizzle are completely cooled.
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  Step 20
  Remove strips of parchment paper placed around edge of cake placed there to catch drips of drizzled icing.
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  Step 21
  DECORATION: Cut stems of red long stem roses so they will crisscross between the 2 gold chargers and the buds will fully protrude and be exposed in a complete circle between the chargers. Place cake on cake plate and place on top of chargers. You may find it easier to poke the rosebuds between the chargers after the plate with the cake is placed on top. If you do it that way, you will simply trim the stems and poke them in far enough to hold and expose the buds.
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  Step 22
  Once you have gotten the roses set correctly between the charges under the cake, take the chocolate coated strawberries and place half on top of a cake and half around the bottom of the cake. Mix the colors to dress up the cake. The chocolate coated strawberries, gold chargers, and red roses makes the cake very attractive.
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  Step 23
  Cut out one slice of cake so the color of cake is exposed to add color.
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