Mini Naked Chocolate Cake Hearts
These mini naked chocolate cake hearts are perfect for Valentine’s Day. Red wine chocolate cake with berry mascarpone filling & decorated with fondant hearts!
Servings: 4 mini cakes
Ingredients
For the Cake:
- 6 ounces superfine sugar / caster sugar (165 grams)
- 5 ounces plain flour (140 grams)
- 1.2 ounces Dutch processed cocoa powder , see note 1 (35 grams)
- ½ cup sunflower oil (120 milliliters)
- ⅓ cup red wine (90 milliliters)
- ¼ cup milk (60 milliliters)
- 2 eggs (small)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder , see note 1
- ½ teaspoon salt
For the Filling:
- 4.2 ounces mascarpone cheese (120 grams)
- 3 ounces frozen berries (90 grams)
- 1 ounce brown sugar (30 grams)
For Fondant Hearts:
- 2 ounces pink fondant (60 grams)
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar / icing sugar
Instructions
Cake:
- Sift the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder in a large bowl. Add sugar & salt. Mix until all ingredients are well combined.
- Pour in the oil, milk and add eggs. Using a wooden spoon, combine all the ingredients until you get a nice smooth batter. Pour in wine - a small amount at a time. After each addition, mix well. Line 2 round cake tins with baking paper (The tins should be 8 inches/20 centimeters wide).
- Pour in the mixture and place in a preheated oven. Bake at 350° Fahrenheit/180° Celsius for 30 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
- Cool completely. Trim off the top part if necessary.
Filling:
- In a frying pan (or saucepan) simmer berries with sugar for about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and let it cool down.
- In a bowl whisk together mascarpone, icing sugar and cooled berry mix until smooth.
Fondant Hearts:
- Roll out the fondant and cut out 4 hearts that are smaller than the cake hearts.
Heart Assembling:
- Cut 4 hearts out of each cake. Take 4 of them and spread/pipe the filling over. Cover with another cake heart. Dust with icing sugar. Place a fondant heart on top and you are done!
Notes
- If using Dutch processed cocoa powder in this recipe use baking powder. If using natural unsweetened cocoa powder use baking soda.
Nutrition
Calories: 770 kcal (39%), Carbohydrates: 88 g (29%), Protein: 10 g (20%), Fat: 42 g (65%), Saturated Fat: 12 g (75%), Cholesterol: 113 mg (38%), Fiber: 4 g (17%), Sugar: 52 g (58%), Vitamin A: 560 IU (11%), Vitamin C: 0.5 mg (1%), Calcium: 223 mg (22%), Iron: 3.6 mg (20%)
Did you make this recipe? I’d love to hear how it turned out! Leave a comment and rating below or tag me on Instagram @happyfoodstube.
