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How to make a Heart Cake! It’s 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 1 layer cake takes about 1 hour to make. I LOVE easy dessert recipes like this! Decorate the heart with a border of pastel sprinkles for an extra special touch.
Ingredients
- Pre-made frosting of choice- vanilla, buttercream, cream cheese frosting, pre-colored frosting, or food coloring.
- Non-stick spray
- Cake mix (usually, you’ll need oil, water, and eggs for the mix)
- Sprinkles (optional)
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Prepare the 8-inch square and round pan with non-stick cooking spray. The top of the heart is made with the round cake pan. The bottom of the heart is made with the square pan.
Gather all ingredients according to your cake mix of choice (or make a homemade recipe!). For this recipe, we used chocolate cake mix.
In a large bowl, mix all of the dry ingredients with the egg, oil, and water until smooth. You can do this by hand, using an electric hand mixer, or stand mixer.
Pour 1/2 of the cake batter into the square pan and 1/2 into the circle pan. Eyeball the cake batter to make sure the thickness of it in each pan looks similar.
Bake the cakes according to the cake mix recipe. The cooking time will vary based on the size of the pans you use. I always recommend inserting a toothpick in the middle of the cake to ensure it is fully baked. Allow the cakes to cool to room temperature.
Remove the cakes from their pans. Using a serrated knife, cut the circle cake in half evenly.
Position the square cake so it looks like a diamond. Place the circle halves on top of the cake in adjacent sides of the square cake. You can arrange the heart cake on parchment paper, a cake stand, or a cooling rack.
Liberally apply the frosting. It’s so easy! The frosting will fill in the imperfections and connect the 3 pieces like magic! Be sure to frost the sides of the cake too.
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 Cake Recipes
Homemade Heart Cake
Equipment
- 1 square cake pan (about 8 inches)
- 1 round cake pan (about 8 inches but the same size as the square pan)
- Serving plate, large tray, wax paper, or parchment paper
Ingredients
- 2 tubs pre-made frosting of choice
- Non-stick spray
- 1 box cake mix (usually you’ll need oil, water, and eggs for the mix)
- Sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- 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. Eyeball the cake batter to make sure the thickness of it in each pan looks similar.
- Bake the cakes according to the cake mix recipe
- Once cooled, 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 on top
- 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
- Add sprinkles, icing letters, birthday candles, whatever you want:)
Fabulous idea! MY Moms birthday is on Valentine’s Day and it’s tradition to make a heart shaped cake but I don’t have a heart pan was trying to think of what i could do this is the perfect solution thanku!!!
I’m making this for a church Valentine supper! Thank you, love it!!???