Cake "Cupid"

Cake "Cupid" for Valentine's Day

To prepare a chocolate cup "Cupid" in the glaze we need the following ingredients.

For the test:

• flour - 1,5 tbsp


• sugar - 1 tbsp.


• sour cream - 1 tbsp.


• large egg - 1 pc.


• cocoa powder - 0.5 tbsp.


• water - 0.3 tbsp.


• vegetable oil - 0.3 tbsp.


• vinegar - 1.5 tsp.


• vanillin - 1.5 tsp.


• soda - 0.5 tsp.


• salt - 0,25 tsp.

For glaze:

• fatty whipped cream - 1 tbsp.


• grated bitter chocolate - 250 g


• unsalted butter - 3 tbsp.


• corn syrup (optional) - 2 tbsp.


• vanilla - 1 tsp.

In addition, we will need molds for baking in the form of a heart (5 pieces).

First, heat the oven to 180 ° C. Flour, cocoa powder, sugar, salt and soda mix in a bowl until smooth. Egg, sour cream, vinegar, vegetable oil, water and vanilla beat with a mixer and add to the dough. Stir thoroughly the dough, pour into the baking dish and put in the oven.

Bake cakes for about half an hour. How to determine that the cake is ready? The dough should rise in the middle, and if you try to puncture the cake with a wooden stick in the center, it should remain perfectly clean. We remove the finished cakes from the oven and let them cool for 10 minutes. Then turn the molds to get ready cakes from them, and let the cakes completely cool.

While the cakes cool, prepare the icing. To do this, butter, corn syrup and cream are heated in a medium-sized saucepan, bring to a boil, remove the pan from the fire and add chocolate to it. Let the glaze stand for five minutes, and then knock down until a homogeneous mass is obtained and add vanillin to the glaze. Leave the glaze for 20 minutes at room temperature.

We fill the cakes with glaze and leave for a while, so that they are well impregnated.

Bon Appetit!