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Valentine’s Day Dessert-Hidden Heart Cake
This Valentine’s Day Dessert-Hidden Heart Cake will make a lovely dessert for your loved ones on Valentine’s Day. It is also great to serve at parties and afternoon teas. It is light, airy, and delicious.
Servings Prep Time
1loaf 15min
Cook Time Passive Time
2hrs 1hr
Servings Prep Time
1loaf 15min
Cook Time Passive Time
2hrs 1hr
Ingredients
Strawberry Heart Cake
Vanilla Heart Cake
Instructions
Hidden Strawberry Heart
  1. -Use baking spray to spray your loaf pan. -Then Preheat oven to 350 degrees. -Beat egg and sugar with electric beater on high, until light and fluffy. -Add eggs, one at a time. Beat well after each addition. -Gradually add in the flour, beating on low until all ingredients are combined. -Add several drops of the pink gel food coloring. -Pour the pink batter into the loaf pan. -Bake at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes (loaf will not be completely baked) . -Cool in pan 15 minutes. -Flip the loaf onto a wire rack to cool. -Turn upright to cool completely. -With the cookie cutter in hand measure for the width of each slice. -Cut each slice according to the above measurement. -Using the cookie cutter, cut out the hearts. Set aside.
Vanilla Loaf
  1. -Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prep a loaf pan with baking spray. -Set each heart slice into the loaf pan (these should reach from one end of the loaf pan to the other end of the loaf pan). -On high speed with an electric mixer beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. -Beat well after adding each of the eggs into the bowl, one at a time. Stir in the vanilla and salt. -Gradually add the flour beating on low until all ingredients are combined. -Begin by filling in the batter on both sides and in between the heart slices and lastly cover the top of the heart as well with the batter. -Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean . -Cool in pan 15 minutes. -Flip the loaf onto a wire rack to cool. -Turn upright to cool completely.
Royal Icing
  1. -Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl mixing on medium speed for 4 minutes. (except your food coloring) -If icing is not stiff enough add 1/4 C powdered sugar. -Divide the icing evenly into two bowls. -In the first bowl of icing add several drops of pink gel food coloring. Mix well. -Scoop the pink icing into a piping bag with a #2 tip. -In the second bowl this icing remains white. -Scoop the white icing into a piping bag with a #2 tip. -Drizzle the pink and white icing on the top of the loaf cake.
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