Prep: 20 minutes Bake + cooling 25-30 minutes

Strawberry is one of the unofficial mascots of Valentines and this cake combines strawberry with chocolate in a fun form. Using an ordinary cooking method, you can create something just a little extra. Strawberry mini cakes.

Ingredients

• Strawberry cake box mix

• egg as indicated on box

• water as indicated on box

• veggie oil as indicated on box

• 4 oz baking chocolate

• 1 tub of cream cheese icing

Prep

1. Preheat your oven to 350 F (177 C)

2. Follow the box to mix the strawberry cake batter

3. Take cupcake tins and spray and flour to make non stick

4. Pour in about half to three quarters full with mix (do not use paper cups)

5. Bake about 20 minutes or until fully cooked

6. Remove and allow to cool fully

7. While cooling, melt the bakers chocolate in the microwave

8. Pour it into a heart mold, you need at least 6

9. Place in freezer to set

10. Cut the tops off the cupcakes to make flat tops and have just the stems

11. Take one and spread icing on top

12. Stack another on top and repeat up to four high or 2 if you want. You can use tooth picks as dowels in the center to stabalize

13. Icing as desired

14. Take a chocolate heart and add on top

15. Crumble the removed heads for extra decoration on top

Afterthoughts

This was an extra way to handle cupcakes but still looked fun and brought joy to my family. Strawberry cake smelled and tasted like the strawberry milks my mom used to drink and the chocolate was a good compliment as we all well know. This was easy, fast and fun to make something a bit more fun.