Ingredient:

• 1 c sifted Cake flour, plus 1 tb, divided
• 3/4 c Sugar, divided
• 1/3 c Cocoa powder
• 1 ts Baking powder
• 1/2 ts Baking soda
• 1/8 ts Salt
• 1/2 c Water
• 1/4 c Vegetable oil
• 2 ts Vanilla extract
• Egg whites — at room Temperature
• 1 ts Powdered sugar — sifted
• 1 3/4 c Strawberries — very thinly Sliced

CHOCOLATEY-ORANGE SAUCE

• 1/3 c Sugar
• 1/3 c Cocoa powder
• 1/4 c Water
• 2 tb Orange liqueur
• 1/4 c corn syrup
• 1 ts Vanilla extract

Method

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

• Line a 15 x 10-inch jelly roll pan with aluminum foil. Spray on vegetable cooking spray and dust pan with flour; set aside.

• Combine 3/4 cup flour, 1/4 cup sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl; stir well. Make a well in the center of the mixture.

• Combine water, oil and vanilla; add to dry ingredients, stirring until blended. Set aside.

• Beat egg whites in a large bowl until foamy. Add 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form.

• Fold 1/3 of egg white mixture into chocolate mixture. Carefully fold in remaining egg whites and 1/4 cup flour.

• Spoon batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly to the sides of the pan.

• Bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 30 minutes.

• Invert pan onto a baking sheet; remove pan, and peel foil away from cake.

• Cut cake into heart shapes, using desired size of heart-shared cookie cutters.

• Sprinkle valentine hearts with powdered sugar and set aside.

• Combine sliced strawberries and 2 teaspoons sugar in a small bowl; toss well.

• Place a cake heart onto a dessert plate. spoon on about 2 tablespoons of the sliced strawberries, and another cake heart and then spoon 1 tablespoon of the Chocolatey-Orange Sauce over the cake.

• Repeat with the rest of the valentine hearts.

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