Mini chocolate cake for two is a chocolate lovers dream. Rich chocolate cake is smothered in gorgeous dark chocolate frosting with a little special decorating. Perfect for Valentine’s Day, birthdays or a delicious treat to enjoy with your significant other.

Mini chocolate cake for two on a grey plate with fresh raspberries

Have you ever been out to dinner with a partner, good friend or relative and they order a slice of cake. When it arrives you feel like a bite and one bite turns into 2 and before you know it, you’ve eaten a lot of their cake?

This is where this cake for two comes in. It is the ideal size for 2 people and with Valentine’s Day just around the corner, why not share with someone you love?

A side view of the cake showing the chocolate frosting

Homemade cake for two at home

Let’s face it, it is neither easy, nor cheap to go out on Valentine’s Day and I think anyones loved one appreciates a home-cooked meal anyway. If you’re cooking for someone, make this cake and you’ll see cupids arrow fly.

Not just for Valentine’s Day, make this cake for a cozy night in when you feel like eating cake, but not a whole cake (hello, portion control). Eat it all by yourself, no ones looking.

This decadent mini chocolate cake is made to look a little more elegant with a little two-tone frosting. To achieve this effect, I purchased a dual piping kit.

The kit includes special piping bags that have two compartments for two different colors of frosting and when it comes out of the bag, you get this lovely look. I am in no way a cake decorating expert (as you can see), but a little piping, I can manage.

How to make a chocolate heart

For the chocolate heart, I added melted chocolate to a ziptop bag and snipped off a corner. I piped the heart onto parchment paper and refrigerated it to let it harden. To make it even easier, you can print out a heart and place it under the parchment paper so you have an image to trace. How simple is that?

What size pan is best for a mini cake?

I use two, 4-inch x 2-inch (10 cm x 6 cm) round, springform cake pan.

I used a 4-inch x 2-inch (10 cm x 6 cm) cake pan that you can find online.

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Yield: 2

Mini Chocolate Cake for Two

A mini chocolate cake with red, white and chocolate frosting

Mini chocolate cake for two is a chocolate lovers dream. Rich chocolate cake is smothered in gorgeous dark chocolate frosting with a little special decorating.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 23 minutes
Total Time 33 minutes

Ingredients

  • ½ cup (75 grams) all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 ½ tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 ounces (55 grams) semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
  • ⅓ cup (66 grams) granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • ¼ cup milk (60 ml)

For the chocolate frosting

  • 2 sticks (227 grams) unsalted butter room temperature
  • 3 cups (360 grams) powdered sugar
  • 2 ounces (55 grams) semi-sweet chocolate melted and cooled
  • ½ cup (74 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder
  • A little room temperature milk

For the colored frosting

  • 16 ounces (453 grams) store bought white frosting
  • Red icing dye

Instructions

For the cakes:

  1. Position oven rack to center of oven and preheat to 325°F/165°C.
    Use butter to grease 2 each, 4-inch x 2-inch (10 cm x 6 cm) round, springform cake tins.
    To a mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa, set aside.
    Add the chocolate to a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high in 30 second increments, stirring in between until melted.
  2. To a large bowl beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 4 to 5 minutes. Add the eggs to the butter and sugar one-at-a-time while beating then the milk and mix.
  3. If it starts to look curdled or separates, don't worry it's not a fail. It just means the butter and sugar was not creamed long enough. It will turn out smooth when you fold in the flour. Fold in the flour mix and chocolate into the butter mix and fold until well mixed and smooth.
  4. Divide the batter evenly between the 2 pans and bake for 30 minutes (depending how your oven is calibrated) until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center. Remove the cakes from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
  5. Remove the cakes from the pan and place onto a wire cooling rack. Allow to cool completely.
  6. For the chocolate frosting:
    Cream the butter and powdered sugar using a hand or stand mixer until light and fluffy.
    Mix in the melted chocolate and cocoa (a little at a time) until well mixed. If the frosting is too thick, add a little of the milk to thin out. Set aside for 1 hour to firm up.
  7. For the red frosting:
  8. Divide the frosting between 2 bowls. Add the red dye to 1 bowl until you achieve the pink color you like.
    Add the frosting to a dual piping bag and set aside.
  9. To assemble the cake:
  10. Set one of the cake halves onto a flat surface that you can move. Spread 1/4 cup of the chocolate frosting onto the top. Place the other half of the cake on top. Spread an even layer of chocolate frosting all over the cake in a thin layer (this is call the crumb coat. if there are cake crumbs caught in the frosting, they will be covered with the next layer) and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  11. Remove the cake from the fridge and add another layer of chocolate frosting, smoothing with an offset spatula.
  12. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  13. After 30 minutes, pipe the pink and white frosting on the top in your preferred design.
  14. To make the chocolate heart:
  15. Add melted chocolate (not baking chocolate as it does not harden) to a ziptop bag and snipped off a corner. Pipe the heart onto parchment paper and refrigerated it to let it harden. To make it even easier, you can print out a heart and place it under the parchment paper so you have an image to trace. How simple is that?

Nutrition Information

Yield

2

Serving Size

1

Amount Per Serving Calories 863Total Fat 55gSaturated Fat 30gTrans Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 21gCholesterol 293mgSodium 710mgCarbohydrates 78gFiber 3gSugar 46gProtein 18g

This nutrition calculation is provided by Nutronix that is only a guideline and not intended for any particular diet.

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