Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate Strawberry Sensation Cake

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Jayne Wenger of Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, won the Hershey’s Cocoa Classic Cake Contest Jan. 7 at the 2012 Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. After topping 75 other entries, Wenger’s Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate Strawberry Sensation Cake earned a $500 prize.

Ingredients

  • Cake:
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup Hershey’s Cocoa Special Dark
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • Frosting:
  • 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 3 squares Hershey’s Unsweetened
  • Baking Bar
  • 1/4 cup Hershey’s Cocoa Special Dark
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Garnishes:
  • Sliced, toasted almonds
  • Whole strawberries
  • Strawberry preserves
  • Chocolate Triangles

Directions

Cake: Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans. Set aside. Combine sugar, flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add eggs, oil, and milk. Mix at medium speed for two minutes. Add boiling water. Divide batter between prepared pans and bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool in pans for five minutes. Remove to wire racks and cool completely. Frosting: Combine sugar and whipping cream in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat and simmer for 6 minutes. Add Hershey’s Unsweetened Baking Bar Squares, Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa, and butter pieces and stir until melted and smooth. Pour in a glass bowl and add vanilla extract. Allow frosting to cool, occasionally stirring. Chocolate Triangles: Melt a bag of Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate Chips in the microwave in a bowl at 30 second intervals on high. Stir until smooth. Pour chocolate in a round cake pan lined with wax paper. Sprinkle with toasted almonds. Refrigerate until hardened. Remove from pan, remove wax paper and break into wedges. Assembly: Frost cake. Pat toasted almonds around the side of cake. Dip whole strawberries in strawberry preserves so they will stick to the frosting. Place chocolate triangles between strawberries.
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