Straight to the heart
Straight to the heart
If you want an easy dessert full of romance to celebrate Valentine's Day, you have to try this cake. Not only is it super simple, but it is also delicious and irresistible.
Make the dough
Make the dough
Crack three eggs. Add 225 g of sugar. Add 125 g of softened butter, 200 g of flour and 125 ml of milk, and beat until you get a homogeneous mixture.
Pour and bake
Pour and bake
Pour the dough into a mold in the oven preheated to 170 or for 45 or 50 minutes or so. Prick the center with a toothpick and, if it comes out clean, remove it; if not, cook for a few more minutes until you get a golden brown cake.
Unmold and cut
Unmold and cut
Once cooked, remove the cake from the oven, let it cool, remove it from the mold and cut it in half. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk the whipping cream together with 1 tablespoon of sugar until firm.
Fill
Fill
Spread a layer of strawberry jam on the bottom and cover with the top. The cake is also very rich if you fill the cake with pastry cream instead of jam.
Cut strawberries
Cut strawberries
Wash the strawberries or strawberries, clean and filleted or cut in half lengthwise.
Garnish and serve
Garnish and serve
Cover the cake evenly with the whipped cream and arrange the fruit on top in a decorative way. If you don't have a heart-shaped mold, you can use a normal one and cut the cake with this shape or place the cream and strawberries on the surface forming the heart.
Sweet accompaniment
Sweet accompaniment
You can accompany the cake with some strawberries dipped in melted chocolate. A truly irresistible temptation.
And other delicious ideas
And other delicious ideas
If you prefer other proposals, you can take note of those that our blogger Delicious Martha has prepared to fill the table with romance this Valentine's Day.
If you want an easy dessert full of romance, you have to try this Valentine's cake. Not only is it super simple, but it is also delicious and makes everyone fall in love.
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 250g sugar
- 125g butter
- 200 g flour
- 125 ml milk
- 300 ml of whipping cream
- Strawberry jam
- 300 g strawberries or strawberries
Step by step reminder
- Make the dough. Crack the eggs into a large bowl. Add 225 g of sugar and beat it vigorously with the help of a few rods. Add 125 g of softened butter, 200 g of flour and 125 ml of milk, and keep stirring until you get a homogeneous mixture.
- Pour and bake. Pour the dough into a heart-shaped mold and bake it in the oven preheated to 170 or for 45 or 50 minutes or so. Prick the center with a toothpick and, if it comes out clean, remove it; if not, cook for a few more minutes until you get a golden brown cake.
- Unmold and whip the cream. Once cooked, remove the cake from the oven, let it cool down and remove it from the mold. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat the whipping cream together with 1 tablespoon of sugar, with the electric rods; It should be very firm.
- Cut and fill. Cut the cake in half, horizontally. Spread a layer of strawberry jam on the bottom and cover with the top. The cake is also very rich if you fill the cake with pastry cream instead of jam. If you have little time, you can the one they sell prepared.
- Decorate and serve. Wash the strawberries or strawberries, clean them and cut them in half lengthwise. Cover the cake evenly with the whipped cream and arrange the fruit on top in a decorative way.
Other molds
- If you don't have a non-stick mold, you can use a normal one, but grease it with butter and sprinkle it with flour before pouring the dough into it so that you can easily unmold the cake.
- You can also use a round mold if you don't have a heart-shaped one, and then cut it with this shape or place the cream and strawberries on the surface forming the heart.
Clara trick
Different flavors
You can also use other fruits to decorate it: raspberries, kiwis, sliced peaches in syrup, pineapple slices …
And a super sweet side: Strawberries with chocolate
You can accompany the cake with this delicious temptation. You only need 8 strawberries, 50 g of chocolate for dessert, and a shot of skim milk.
- Melt the chocolate. In a saucepan, chop the chocolate for dessert, pour the milk and melt it all in a bain-marie over low heat.
- Wash the strawberries. Clean the strawberries well and pat them dry with kitchen paper. You can leave the green leaves as a decorative detail.
- Bathe in chocolate. Click each strawberry onto a skewer stick and dip it into the melted chocolate until it is almost covered.
- Cool. As you dip the strawberries in the chocolate, place them on a tray lined with greaseproof paper. And then, put them in the fridge so that the chocolate solidifies.
