Valentines day chocolate,walnut & cranberry cake

Valentines day chocolate cake

INGREDIENTS

•  Butter 1/2 cup
• Unsweetened condensed milk 1/3 cup
• Sugar 1/2 cup
• All purpose flour 1 cup
• Unsweetened coco powder 4-5tbsp
• Baking powder 1tbsp
• Baking soda 1/4 tbsp
• Vanilla extract 1 tbsp
• Crushed walnuts 1 OZ
• Dried & crushed cranberries/cherries 2 OZ

 For Butter cream frosting

• Butter 1cup

• Powdered sugar 4 cups

• Vanilla extract 1 tbsp

 Others

• Heart shaped pan

if u don`t have heart shaped baking pan,don`t panic.i also had none,so what i did,i just cut two long strips of sheet aroud 2 inch wide & stapled then in shape of a heart.i placed this on my regular round pan & poured the batter,& it worked.just check the pics you`ll get the idea.

RECIPE

1. Preheat oven at 350 F.
2. In a mixing bowl take butter & sugar,make a cream of butter & sugar by hand blender,till the mixture is light & fluffy.

3.Add vanilla essence & blend again.

4.In a separate bowl take all purpose flour,baking powder,baking soda & coco powder.sieve them together & mix well.
5.Now add this mix to the batter of butter & sugar,along with condensed milk little by little & blend it for 2-3 mins.
6.Add chopped walnuts & dried cherries/cranberries in this mix.

7.Pour this mixture in a greased baking dish.keep dish in the oven bake it for 35 mins.
8.To check if the cake is ready insert a knife in the center,if it comes out clean it means the cake is done,otherwise u need to bake it more.

Delicious chocolate cake is ready.

Butter cream frosting

• Take 4 cups of sugar in a bowl.
• Add 1&1/2 cups of butter(at room temp) in this sugar.
• Add few drops of vanilla extract.
• Mix all these together,with the help of a hand blender.
• Butter cream frosting is ready,if u need to add any color u can do at this point,but i am gonna go with traditional all white frosting.

For decorating i have used a regular frosting bag with a regular tip,add the above butter cream in the bag & make whatever pattern u like,i have just made the border with this & covered all the edges with the cream.u can also write messages like "happy valentines day" with this.just be creative,after all its all your effort & u must be making it for your special someone!!