Chocolate Strawberry Port Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate piece, divided
• 1/2 cup port wine, divided
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1/2 cup sugar, divided
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 pint fresh strawberries, stemmed and sliced
• 1 cup whipping cream, whipped and sweetened

Recipe

• 1 in double boiler over simmering water, melt butter and 1/2 cup of the chocolate in 1/3 cup of the port.
• 2 stir and cool.
• 3 in mixer bowl beat egg yolks with 6 tablespoons of the sugar until thick and pale.
• 4 gradually beat in chocolate mixture.
• 5 mix in flour and remaining chocolate.
• 6 in another bowl beat egg whites with remaining sugar just until stiff; gradually fold into chocolate batter to blend.
• 7 pour into greased and floured 9-inch round layer cake pan.
• 8 bake in 325-degree oven 25 to 30 minutes until pick inserted into center comes out clean.
• 9 cool in pan 5 minutes; loosen and invert onto plate. with back of spoon press shallow indentation into center of cake. toss strawberries with remaining port; spoon into center of cake. pipe or spoon whipped cream around edge.