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This fudgey chocolate torte
has a fluffy cream cheese and whipped cream frosting, and is
romantically decorated on top with a "cherry pie filling
heart" outlined with chocolate Kisses.
Covered
with Kisses Chocolate-Cherry Torte
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine,
melted
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup chilled whipping cream
1 (21-ounce) can cherry pie filling, chilled
1 3/4 cups (10-ounce) package HERSHEY'S MINI KISSES Brand Milk
Chocolates
- Heat oven to 350°F
(175°C). Grease bottom only of 9-inch springform pan, or
line 9-inch round cake pan with foil; grease bottom of foil.
- Stir together melted butter,
granulated sugar and vanilla in large bowl. Add eggs; using spoon,
beat well.
- Stir together flour, cocoa,
baking powder and salt; gradually add to egg mixture, beating
with spoon until well blended.
- Spread batter into prepared
pan.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes
or until cake is set. (Cake is fudgey and will not test done.)
Remove from oven; cool completely in pan on wire rack.
- Beat cream cheese and
powdered sugar in medium bowl until well blended.
- Beat cream until stiff;
gradually fold into cream cheese mixture, blending well. Spread
over top of torte; refrigerate several hours or until set.
- With knife loosen cake
from side of pan; remove side of pan. (Or, lift torte out of
pan, using foil; remove foil.).
- Just before serving, put
chocolates in 6-inch-wide heart outline in center of cake. Fill
heart shape with cherries from pie filling; put chocolates all
around outside edge.
- Serve cold, cut into wedges,
with remaining pie filling. Cover; refrigerate leftover dessert.
Makes 10 to 12 servings.
Recipe courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens,
and reprinted with permission of The Hershey Company. ©
The Hershey Company.
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