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How to Make a Heart-Shaped Cake

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Don't have a heart-shaped cake pan? Not to worry. Follow the steps below and you'll have a perfect heart-shaped cake for Valentine's Day.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Aluminum Foil
  • Cake Decorations
  • Lace Doilies
  • Aluminum Foil
  • Cake Mix For Two-layer Cake
  • Frostings For Two-layer Cake
  • 1 Round Cakes Pan
  • 1 Square Cake Pans
  • Cake Platters Or Cardboard Base
  • Cooking Racks
  1. Step 1

    Prepare your favorite cake mix or batter, making sure you have enough for a two-layer cake.

  2. Step 2

    Put half of the batter in the square cake pan and half of the batter in the round cake pan. Bake as directed and let cool.

  3. Step 3

    Prepare a platter, cookie sheet or cardboard base for the cake. It should measure about 15 by 15 inches. Cover with aluminum foil or paper doilies as desired.

  4. Step 4

    Place the square layer on the platter so that one corner faces down at the bottom of the platter, forming a diamond shape.

  5. Step 5

    Cut the round layer in half, then place the cut side of each half of the round layer against one upper side of the square layer to form a one-layer heart.

  6. Step 6

    Frost the cake, using frosting to cover the seams.

  7. Step 7

    Decorate the cake as desired. Consider using colored decorating sugar, candy conversation hearts, red hots or other decorating candies.

Tips & Warnings
  • Make sure the sides of the square cake pan are the same size as the diameter of the round cake pan, so the edges line up correctly.
  • Spread the batter evenly in both pans so that the square and round layers are equal in size. This will avoid a major height difference at the seams.
  • Heart-shaped cake pans are also available.

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OMahony said

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on 2/1/2008 For Valentine's Day information, and chat about love and relationships, check out the Valentine's Day thread on the eHow Forum pages http://www.ehow.com/community/forums/topic_33827_valentine’s-day:-in-love?-broken-hearted?-alone?-how-do-you-deal?.aspx

theoworlds said

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on 1/30/2007 And here is a link to a virtual heart-shaped cake that you can decorate online and then send as an ecard to the person you love:
http://www.theoworlds.com/valentine/
Send a sweet ecard to your sweetheart! :-)

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