Valentine's Day Recipes

Heart Cake

Perfect for a Valentine’s or anniversary party, this lovely Heart Cake requires just a half hour of preparation time and serves 12.

Prep: 30 min | Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) box white cake mix with pudding*
  • 1 1/4 cups water
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 (1 pound) can creamy vanilla ready-to-spread frosting
  • 1 tablespoon candy decors or nonpareils
  • 1/3 cup round candy-coated chocolate candies, if desired
  • 1/2 cup small conversation heart candies

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray the bottom only of an 8 inch round cake pan and 8 inch square pan with cooking spray or grease with shortening.
  2. In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and egg whites with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour 2 cups batter into round pan and remaining batter into square pan.
  3. Bake for 27 to 32 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
  4. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans; place on wire racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  5. Cut round cake in half. On serving tray or large platter, arrange square cake and round cake halves into heart shape (see diagram); attach cakes with small amount of frosting. Spread frosting on sides and top of cake. Arrange chocolate candies around top edge of cake. About 2 inches inside chocolate candies, arrange cinnamon candies in heart shape.
  6. Place 3-inch heart-shaped open cookie cutter in center of cake. Pour candy decors evenly inside cookie cutter; remove cookie cutter from cake. Arrange conversation heart candies and chocolate candies around smaller heart.
  7. Arrange square cake and round cake halves into heart shape; attach cakes with a little frosting.

Notes

* 18.25 ounce boxes of cake mix have been replaced by 16.5 ounce and 15.25 ounce boxes. To compensate for the volume loss in a 16 ounce box, whisk 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour into the dry cake mix before proceeding with the recipe. To compensate for the volume loss in a 15.25 ounce box, add 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Pillsbury


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