How to Make a Heart Cake

By Kelly

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Published: Jan 14, 2018

Updated: Jan 23, 2020

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Today I’m showing you how to make the easiest, cutest, and quickest heart cake EVER! Great for Valentine’s Day or a birthday. I got all of the supplies from the dollar store and spent a total of $6.00!!

How to Make a Heart Cake

From start to finish, this adorable heart cake takes about 1 hour. I LOVE easy dessert recipes like this! Watch how easy it is to make a heart shaped cake:

How to Make a Heart Cake

Prepare the square and circle cake pans with non-stick spray

Gather all of the ingredients according to your cake mix of choice (or make a homemade recipe!)

Mix all of the ingredients until smooth

Pour 1/2 of the cake batter into the square pan and 1/2 into the circle pan. Eye ball the cake batter to make sure the thickness of it in each pan looks similar.

Bake the cakes according to the cake mix recipe

Remove the cakes from their pans

Cut the circle cake in half evenly.

Position the square cake so it looks like a diamond, then place each half of the circle cake like this:

Place the cake on a large plate or cake board. If you don’t have one, use wax paper or parchment paper and place the cake where you plan to serve it.

Liberally apply the frosting. It’s so easy! The frosting will fill in the imperfections and it will connect the 3 pieces like magic!

Add sprinkles, icing letters, birthday candles, whatever you want:)

Isn’t that adorable and easy?

Make a heart shaped cake for Valentine’s Day, a birthday, or a special gathering. People will be so impressed (plus it tastes so good too!).

More Valentine Recipes by Smart School House:

• Candy Heat Bouquet 

• Twinkie Heart Cakes

• Heart Shaped Tortilla Chips

• Pretzels Shaped Like Hearts

• Heart Shaped Quesadillas

• Pizza Braid with Heart Shaped Pepperoni

DIY Heart Cake Directions

How to make a homemade heart shaped cake for $6!

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You Will Need

• 1 square cake pan (about 8 inches)
• 1 round cake pan (about 8 inches but the same size as the square pan)
• 2 containers of frosting. I used strawberry.
• 1 box of cake mix (usually you’ll need oil, water, and eggs for the mix)
•  Sprinkles (optional)
• Non-stick spray

Directions

1. Prepare the square and circle cake pans with non-stick spray
2. Gather all of the ingredients according to your cake mix of choice (or make a homemade recipe!)
3. Mix all of the ingredients until smooth
4. Pour 1/2 of the cake batter into the square pan and 1/2 into the circle pan. Eye ball the cake batter to make sure the thickness of it in each pan looks similar.
5. Bake the cakes according to the cake mix recipe
6. Remove the cakes from their pans
7. Cut the circle cake in half evenly
8. Position the square cake so it looks like a diamond, then place each half of the circle cake on top
9. Place the cake on a large plate or cake board. If you don’t have one, use wax paper or parchment paper and place the cake where you plan to serve it.
10. Liberally apply the frosting. It’s so easy! The frosting will fill in the imperfections and it will connect the 3 pieces
11. Add sprinkles, icing letters, birthday candles, whatever you want:)