Pink Velvet Cakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

None None Pink Velvet Cakes
1/3 cup butter, chopped, at room temperature
2/3 cup sugar, 1 tbsp reserved
2 None eggs
1 cup self-rising flour
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
Few drops pink food coloring
2 None plums, halved, stone removed
1/4 cup berry liqueur, brandy or sherry
None None White Chocolate Ganache
1/4 cup cream
3.5 oz white chocolate
None None Whipped cream, to serve

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Grease and line an 8 inch square cake pan.
In a small bowl, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift flour and cocoa together. Lightly fold into creamed mixture alternating with milk, beginning and ending with flour. Add food coloring with last portion.
Spoon into prepared pan and bake for 25 -30 mins, until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 mins, then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Meanwhile, make the ganache: heat cream in small saucepan over low heat until almost boiling. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate until melted. Cool until spreadable.
Cut heart shapes from cake using a 4 inch heart cutter. Spread with ganache. Set aside.
Preheat a frying pan or grill pan. Sprinkle reserved sugar over plums and cook for 2-3 mins, until tender and caramelized. Drizzle with berry liqueur. Serve cakes with plums and whipped cream.