Valentine's Day Cakelettes
Basic Information
- Servings: 36
- Ready in: 45 minutes
- Preparation time: -
- Cooking time: -
- Rating: 27.92
- Health score: 1.00
- Weight Watcher points: 6.00
Summary
Valentine's Day Cakelettes is a hor d'oeuvre that serves 36. One serving contains 172 calories, 2g of protein, and 9g of fat. For $1.19 per serving, this recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person were impressed by this recipe. This recipe from Foodista requires devils food cake mix, chocolate morsels, semi-sweet chocolate morsels, and vegetable shortening. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. With a spoonacular score of 10%, this dish is improvable. Similar recipes include Valentine’s Day Chocolates (for everyone!!!), Valentine’s Day S’mores, and Valentine’s Day Oreos.
Ingredients
devils food cake mix1 box
butter5 tablespoons
chocolate drizzle36 servings
heavy cream0.33333334 cup
chocolate raspberry ganache36 servings
raspberry preserves0.25 cup
semi-sweet chocolate morsels1 cup
vegetable shortening1 tsp
chocolate morsels1 cup
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees (or 325 degrees if using a dark or coated pan).Line the bottom of a 15 x 10 x 1-inch jelly roll pan with baker's parchment.
Step 2
Mix cake according to box directions.
Step 3
Spread in prepared pan.
Step 4
Bake cake 20-25 minutes, turning pan halfway through the baking time. Cake is done when center springs back or toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.Cool on rack 10 minutes. Release cake on rack and carefully remove parchment. DO NOT INVERT. The bottom will be the top! Cool completely.When cool, use heart-shaped cookie cutter (about 2-inches at widest part) and cut out heart-shaped portions of cake.
Step 5
Place portions on a rack set in a large cookie sheet or jelly roll pan.Prepare ganache by heating cream to a simmer.
Step 6
Remove from heat and add remaining ganache ingredients.
Step 7
Let sit for 2 minutes. With wire whisk, beat ganache until smooth.Using a small ladle or very large spoon, coat each cakelette with ganache. Ganache that has dripped into the pan beneath may be scraped up and reheated and used for additional glazing.
Step 8
Let ganache set. This will take about 4 hrs.Melt white chocolate and shortening. Stir until completely smooth. Using a plastic sandwich bag or the squeeze bottle mentioned above, pipe thin lines of white chocolate diagonally across hearts.
Step 9
Let set.
Categories
Dish Types: antipasti, starter, snack, appetizer, antipasto, hor d'oeuvre