• Backing cocoa ½ cup
• Hot water ½ cup
• Divided 1 ¼ cups sugar
• Four ¾ cups and baking soda ¾ tea spoon
• Salt ½ tea spoon, separated 4 eggs, vegetable oil ¼ cup
• Vanilla extracts 1 tea spoon and ¼ tea spoon cream of tartar

Frosting:-
Whipping cream 1 ½ cups

Confectioner sugar ¼ cup and 15 small but fresh strawberries, and optional halved fresh mint

Method:-
Firstly line two greased 9 in heart shaped pans with waxed paper and grease the paper and set a side. Take a small bowl and combine cocoa and water until smooth and cool mixture came.

Take a large mixing bowl and mix 1 cup sugar, flour, baking soda and salt in it. Also add egg yolks, oil, vanilla and cocoa in it and mix it until smooth.

In a small mixing bowl put eggs white and mix it until foamy. Add cream of tartar beat in egg bowl and bet it for 1 minute. After this process add the remaining sugar in it and again beat until soft peaks form.

Pour this mixture into pans and bake at 350F for up to 18 to 20 minutes or until when touched lightly you will see springs back.

Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan, after 10 minutes put it in the wire racks to cool completely. But before this carefully remove waxed paper.

Take a mixing bowl and mix cream and confectioner’s sugar and beat it. Spread frosting between layers and over top and also on the sides of the cake.

Spoon 1 ½ cups of frosting into a pastry bag with a star or round tip. Make a decorative lattice designs on top and sides of the cake. Garnish it strawberries and serve it.

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