Valentine Chocolate Festival

(WTNH) - The Valentine Chocolate Festival is an elegant chocolate competition for both amateurs and professionals and a sumptuous sampling session benefitting the Montessori School On Edgewood.

Get back in your kitchen after the December holidays and dream up a chocolate confection. Or, just come and enjoy the fruits of another’s labor and a fabulous silent auction.

 11/2c canola oil
11/2c sugar
2 eggs
21/2c cake flour
1c cocoa powder
1/2tsp salt
1tsp baking soda
11/2c buttermilk
Beat the eggs, sugar, and oil together for about 3 minutes.
Sift all dry ingredients together.
Add dry and wet in at same time. Mix batter until it's just combined. Lumps are okay.
Scoop into lined cupcake pan
Bake @350 for 12-15min

1lb unsalted butter at room temperature
3c confectioners sugar
1c cocoa powder
17oz container of marshmallow fluff

Cream butter, sugar, and cocoa together.
Then add whole container of fluff
The frosting should take about 5-8min to come together. Make sure the sugar and cocoa powder are both sifted.