Cabernet Chocolate Cake With Strawberries

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 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
• 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)

Recipe

• 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.