Heart-Shaped Cake

A delicious and easy-to-make Valentine's Day Cake!

I love preparing homemade desserts for Valentine's Day! This year I was browsing Delish for some new dessert recipes when I came across the Heart-Shaped Cake recipe. It looked great so I gave it a try, and I loved it!

It details an easy hack with a square and round cake pan, as well as a tasty red velvet cake recipe. The cream cheese frosting it to die for as well.

The recipe for Heart-Shaped Cake is very easy to make, and yields 16 servings with a prep time of 25 minutes and a total time of 2 hours. If anyone is interested in checking out the instructions, please click on the image up above.

The following ingredients were used:

FOR THE CAKE
- Cooking spray
- 1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 1 c. granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
- 1/4 c. Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 c. buttermilk
- 2 tsp. distilled white vinegar
- 2 tbsp. red food coloring

FOR CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
- 1 (8-oz.) block cream cheese, softened
- 4 tbsp. butter, softened
- 4 1/4 c. powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- Pinch kosher salt
- Colorful sprinkles, for serving (optional)

- Yields 16 servings
- Quick prep time
- Delicious cream cheese frosting
- Easy to make
- Perfect for Valentine's Day or romantic occasions

I can't wait to make this again. It's so tasty and perfect for sharing the love!

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