Valentine's Day Cakelettes

Valentine's Day Cakelettes is a hor d'oeuvre that serves 36. One serving contains 172 calories, 2g of protein, and 9g of fat. For $1.19 per serving, this recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person were impressed by this recipe. This recipe from Foodista requires devils food cake mix, chocolate morsels, semi-sweet chocolate morsels, and vegetable shortening. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. With a spoonacular score of 10%, this dish is improvable. Similar recipes include Valentine’s Day Chocolates (for everyone!!!), Valentine’s Day S’mores, and Valentine’s Day Oreos.

  • Serves: 36
  • Time: 45 Mins
  • Category: antipasti, starter, snack, appetizer, antipasto, hor d'oeuvre
  • Health Rating: 1.0

Ingredients


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Instructions

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees (or 325 degrees if using a dark or coated pan).Line the bottom of a 15 x 10 x 1-inch jelly roll pan with baker's parchment.

Ingredients:

  • jelly
  • roll

Equipment:

  • oven
  • frying pan

Step 2: Mix cake according to box directions.

Step 3: Spread in prepared pan.

Ingredients:

  • spread

Equipment:

  • frying pan

Step 4: Bake cake 20-25 minutes, turning pan halfway through the baking time. Cake is done when center springs back or toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.Cool on rack 10 minutes. Release cake on rack and carefully remove parchment. DO NOT INVERT. The bottom will be the top! Cool completely.When cool, use heart-shaped cookie cutter (about 2-inches at widest part) and cut out heart-shaped portions of cake.

Ingredients:

  • cookies

Equipment:

  • cookie cutter
  • toothpicks
  • oven
  • frying pan

Step 5: Place portions on a rack set in a large cookie sheet or jelly roll pan.Prepare ganache by heating cream to a simmer.

Ingredients:

  • cookies
  • cream
  • jelly
  • roll

Equipment:

  • baking sheet
  • frying pan

Step 6: Remove from heat and add remaining ganache ingredients.

Step 7: Let sit for 2 minutes. With wire whisk, beat ganache until smooth.Using a small ladle or very large spoon, coat each cakelette with ganache. Ganache that has dripped into the pan beneath may be scraped up and reheated and used for additional glazing.

Equipment:

  • ladle
  • whisk
  • frying pan

Step 8: Let ganache set. This will take about 4 hrs.Melt white chocolate and shortening. Stir until completely smooth. Using a plastic sandwich bag or the squeeze bottle mentioned above, pipe thin lines of white chocolate diagonally across hearts.

Ingredients:

  • white chocolate
  • shortening

Step 9: Let set.


Dietary Information

    Nutrition Facts

    NutrientAmount% Daily Needs
    Calories172.25 kcal8.61%
    Fat8.56 g13.17%
    Saturated Fat4.18 g26.12%
    Carbohydrates23.69 g7.9%
    Net Carbohydrates19.08 g6.94%
    Sugar13.78 g15.31%
    Cholesterol8.22 mg2.74%
    Sodium119.34 mg5.19%
    Alcohol0.0 g100.0%
    Alcohol %0.0 %100.0%
    Caffeine5.5 mg1.83%
    Protein2.17 g4.33%
    Manganese0.49 mg24.73%
    Vitamin C15.97 mg19.36%
    Fiber4.61 g18.46%
    Copper0.17 mg8.44%
    Phosphorus75.19 mg7.52%
    Iron1.29 mg7.17%
    Magnesium28.4 mg7.1%
    Vitamin K6.31 µg6.01%
    Vitamin E0.82 mg5.45%
    Folate20.87 µg5.22%
    Potassium179.3 mg5.12%
    Calcium50.35 mg5.03%
    Vitamin B20.07 mg3.99%
    Zinc0.53 mg3.53%
    Selenium2.42 µg3.46%
    Vitamin B30.64 mg3.2%
    Vitamin B10.05 mg3.06%
    Vitamin B50.27 mg2.74%
    Vitamin B60.04 mg2.2%
    Vitamin A105.38 IU2.11%