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
- 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.
- 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.
- Bake for 27 to 32 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans; place on wire racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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* 18.25 ounce boxes of cake mix have been replaced by 16.5 ounce and 15.25 ounce boxes.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