The Last Minute Sweetheart Cake
So its the night before Valentine's Day and you need to come up with a scrumptious dessert. Don't panic, you can make this cake from start to finish in less than 2 hours. It really only takes about 45 minutes of work, but we have to take into account the time for the cake to cool enough so that it can be decorated.
- 1 box of chocolate cake mix or any flavor you enjoy
- 1 large container of white fluff frosting
- 1 container of chocolate frosting
- red gel food tint
- a few fresh strawberries cut in half
- white chocolate block (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Line the bottom of two 9 inch pans with parchment paper. This will ensure that the cakes will slip out of the pans easily.
- Mix and bake cakes according to package instructions. Cool and remove the cakes from the pan.
- Peel the parchment paper and place one of the cakes on a platter.
- Stir the chocolate frosting and frost the top of the first cake. Don't frost all the way to the edge of the cake. Leave about a 1/2 gap.
- Taking a vegetable peeler or cheese slicer, peel enough off the white chocolate to sprinkle over the chocolate frosting.
- Place the second cake on top of the first, making sure the edges are fairly even.
- Stir the white fluff frosting and take about 1/2 of the container and tint it with red gel to a bright pink color. You can use the red food coloring, if you don't have the food gel. Be careful when adding the coloring, start with a little and add a bit more until you get a tone you like.
- Frost the sides with the bright pink frosting. Make sure you don't frost over to the top. Using a spatula, create pretty swirls with the flat part of the spatula.
- Frost the top with the white frosting.
- With the left over pink and white frosting, combine them to create a soft pink color.
- If you have a piping tip, use it to decorate the edge of the cake and add a few decorations to the bottom of the cake. This will soften the look of the cake and make it really eye appealing.
- If you don't have a tip, just cut a small hole in a zip-lock bag and put the soft pink frosting in it. Zip it and squeeze the frosting toward the hole. Pipe the frosting out and decorate the cake.
- Add the strawberry halves to the center of the cake. Enjoy. Seems like a lot of steps, but it really is very easy and the finished work is scrumptious.
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