1
cup
butter or
margarine
2 cups
brown sugar
6 cups
fresh strawberries (stem removed and halved)
2
tablespoon granulated
sugar
1 box
yellow cake mix
½ cup
chocolate sauce
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter or margarine in
cake pan in oven. Remove from oven and cover butter in pan with brown
sugar. Mix strawberries and granulated sugar together in
bowl. Toss until juice is produced. Arrange strawberries cut-side
up in pan on top of sugar and butter. Save juice.
Prepare cake mix according to instructions. Pour batter
over strawberries, brown sugar, and butter. Bake cake until center
springs back when gently touched or toothpick is inserted and comes out clean.
Remove from oven and immediately place cake dish on top of cake
and invert and remove pan. Pour strawberry juice over cake and drizzle
with chocolate sauce (recipe to follow).
Chocolate Sauce:
4 oz.
semi-sweet
chocolate, chopped
7 tablespoon
water
¼ cup
heavy whipping cream
¼ cup
unsalted butter, diced
Put all ingredients in heatproof bowl and set it over a pot of
steaming water. Stir the mixture frequently until the chocolate has
melted and the sauce is very smooth. Remove the bowl from the heat and stir
well until the sauce is glassy and slightly thickened. As the sauce cools
it will thicken further.
