Chocolate-Dipped Strawberry Cake

Ingredients:

• 2 packages (520g each) strawberry cake mix (plus necessary ingredients)
• 2 packages (450 g each) of white cake cream
• Non-stick cooking spray
• 30 drops of red food coloring
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
• 340 g semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
• 110 g butter, cut into pieces
• 12 large mint leaves, plus 1 stalk of mint with leaves
• 110 g white chocolate, chopped

Preparation:

1. Take a glass measuring cup (240 ml) and two heat-resistant 1.4-liter bowls. Coat the insides with cooking spray. Prepare the cake mixes. Fill the measuring cup two-thirds full with batter, and divide the rest between the bowls.
2. Bake the dough in the mug for 15 minutes, or in the bowls for 35-40 minutes. Let cool. Using a serrated knife, smooth the tops of the cakes baked in the bowls. Press the cut sides together using a little frosting.
3. Cut off a 2.5 cm piece from one side of the resulting “sandwich”. Turn it over with the cut side down.
4. Trim one side of the small cake from the mug slightly so it lays flat. Then, using frosting, attach it to the cake layers from the bowls, as shown in the photo.
5. Cover the entire cake with cream and freeze to set for 30 minutes.
6. Place the cake on a serving tray. Mix food coloring and vanilla extract in a small bowl. Carefully spread the coloring over the wide half of the cake.
   
   Place sunflower seeds in rows on the red part of the cake.
7. Melt the semisweet chocolate with butter in the microwave: heat for 30-second intervals, stirring. Spread the chocolate mixture over the bottom two-thirds of the cake, allowing it to drip onto a serving tray.
8. Arrange mint leaves around the top of the "strawberry" and insert a long mint stem into the cake.
9. Melt the white chocolate in the microwave in 15-second intervals, stirring constantly. Transfer to a resealable plastic bag. Snip off a corner and pipe the white chocolate in a zigzag pattern onto the semisweet chocolate frosting. Let the cake sit for 15 minutes.
   
   Chocolate covered strawberries.