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Heart Shaped Cake
Festive and delicious, this heart-shaped cake is ready to impress your valentine! You can't go wrong with a red velvet cake topped with luscious cream cheese frosting!
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 45m⏳ Prep: 40 min🔥 Cook: 35 min👤 The Recipe Critic📖 therecipecritic
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●oven
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●mixing bowl
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Cake
2
Preheat the oven to 350°. Spray one 8-inch round pan and one 8-inch square pan with pan spray and line with parchment paper. Spray the parchment and set it aside.
3
In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and baking powder. Add the sugar and salt to the flour mixture and whisk together. Set aside.
baking powder1 teaspoon
4
In a large bowl combine the buttermilk, oil, eggs, vinegar, vanilla, and red food coloring together with a whisk. Add the flour mixture to the liquid ingredients and whisk until smooth.
large eggs (room temperature)2
5
Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared pans and bake for ⏱️ 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out of the center of the cakes cleanly or the cake springs back when gently pressed on.
6
Let the cakes cool for ⏱️ 10-15 minutes before turning them out on a cooling rack to finish cooling. While the cake cools, prepare the cream cheese frosting.
cream cheese (room temperature)1 pound
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Cream Cheese Frosting
cream cheese (room temperature)1 pound
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In a large mixing bowl or a stand mixer cream the butter and cream cheese together until thoroughly mixed and creamy.
cream cheese (room temperature)1 pound
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Add the vanilla extract and beat to combine. You may need to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl to be sure everything is evenly mixed.
vanilla extract1 teaspoon
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Add the powdered sugar and mix slowly until incorporated. Gradually increase the speed and beat until fluffy.
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Assembly
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Once the cakes are completely cooled cut the round cake in half so you have two equal half circles. On your chosen serving plat place the square cake with the two half circles on two sides to form the rounded part of the heart.
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Create a crumb coat to hold in the loose crumbs of the cake by smoothing a thin layer of frosting over the whole cake. Once the whole cake has a nice crumb coat, smooth the remaining frosting over the whole cake. Add the sprinkles and decorations of your choice.
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Refrigerate for at least ⏱️ 30 minutes before serving to allow the frosting to set.
Nutrition Facts
calories
553 kcal
fat Content
31 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
43 g
sodium Content
402 mg
protein Content
7 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
117 mg
carbohydrate Content
64 g
saturated Fat Content
18 g
unsaturated Fat Content
9 g
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