Cabernet Chocolate Cake With Strawberries

Submitted by little_wing

"This is a very romantic cake. Great for Valentine's or anniversary. Or for any wine and chocolate lover. I make it as a bundt cake and actually only use half of the glaze as I don't like too much getting in my way when it comes to chocolate cake. (I eat the rest of the glaze on the left over strawberries) Also, I have used skim milk(!)instead of cream in the glaze and it turned out fine. Great cupcakes too."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• cake

• 1 (18 ounce) box devil's food cake mix
• 4 eggs
• 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise or 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 cup cabernet sauvignon wine
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• glaze

• 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons cabernet sauvignon wine
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 pinch salt
• 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
• strawberry (to garnish)
• powdered sugar (to garnish)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Grease and lightly flour cake pan(s).
3. Mix eggs and mayo with electric mixer until smooth.
4. Add wine and beat until combined.
5. Add cake mix, salt and vanilla and beat for 3 minutes.
6. Pour into pan(s) and bake according to box directions, but check 5-10 minute early as this cake tends to bake "fast".

7. When cake is almost cool make glaze as follows:

8. Melt chocolate chips in microwave or double boiler being careful not to burn. If microwaving, start with about 45 sec., stir and continue in 10 sec. increments., stirring after each.
9. Whisk in butter, cream, salt and vanilla one at a time.
10. Cool slightly, then drizzle over cake.
11. Arrange strawberries whole or sliced, whatever looks pretty to you, over and around the cake and drizzle a bit more chocolate over them if you like. The glaze and berries are a good combination on their own! Dust with powdered sugar if desired.

Reviews

[Chef Regina V. Smith]

Mercy this is good... and from a cake mix no less! I used a good quality port instead of cabernet sauvignon. Cooking time for mine was 40 minutes exactly. Easy and spectacular! I will definitely make this again. Thanks for this Little Wing.

 

[CulinaryExplorer]

This cake is absolutely wonderful! The flavors are so complex and decadent! In fact it reminds me a lot of some expensive wine chocolates I found in Toronto, just more subtly flavored! I did have to use a cabernet/merlot blend since that is what I had on hand. My husband who hates wine even thought it was pretty good. I ended up dipping the strawberries in the extra glaze for both garnish and as the side to go along with it and it makes the best coating I have ever used! I will make just the glaze next time I want chocolate covered strawberries for sure! It was very simple to make and it turns out looking so beautiful! The glaze has such a pretty shine to it, and firms up perfectly on the cake. It was the perfect romantic ending to our Valentines Day meal enjoyed along with a glass of the leftover wine. Now if only it was lighter in calorie I would be in pure heaven! lol

 

[AmandaInOz]

Loved the complex flavours! I hope people aren't put off by the combo of mayonnaise and wine. The wine flavour is very subtle, and the end result is fantstic! Watch the time because it does cook quickly. Mine only took about 40 minutes, and use a good bottle of wine! Thank you so much little_wing!

 

[Mirj2338]

My husband thought I was absolutely bonkers when I opened a good bottle of cab to bake a cake! But a few hours later, as he was eating this cake and washing it down with that same cab, he didn't think I was insane at all. This was an expensive cake for me to make as all cake mixes in this country are imported, and the cab was, well, let's just say we don't have any plonk in the house, we buy good wine. You can definitely taste the wine in the cake, it's not something the kids would enjoy eating but it is certainly a romantic cake as it says in the description. My husband and I just had a piece each and I froze the rest of the cake in piece sections to savor at a later time.