Name: Valentine's Day Love Cake
Ingredients: 2 boxes of white cake mix; 8 large Egg whites; 1 jar of Maraschino cherries with stems (No oz preference); 2 1/2 C water; 1 C canola oil; pink gel food coloring; 3 C unsalted butter (softened); 6 C powdered sugar; 5 tbsp heavy whipping cream; 2 tsp vanilla extract; Pink gel food coloring; 1 large piping bag with star tip; 3 - 9 inch round cake pans; 1 - 10 inch round cake board; 2 medium mixing bowls; 1 medium piping bag; 1 medium piping bag with #17 tip; 3 inch bubble heart cookie cutter; Valentines day pink and white heart sprinkles (Found at walmart (Hobby); Lobby (Amazon and Etsy))

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 and spray cake pans with pam baking spray
Using a hand mixer and large bowl, beat all cake ingredients until
combined and smooth
Divide the cake batter into two bowls
Mix in a few drops of Pink food coloring into one bowl
Leave the batter in the second bowl white
Alternate the batters by scooping in ¼ C of colored batter into each
cake pan on top of each other to create a tye dye effect
Place into the oven and back for 28-32 minutes or until a toothpick
comes out clean
Allow to cool completely

Frosting directions

Using a standing mixer, beat all ingredients except for the color
until combined and smooth but stiff with peaks
Scoop 2 C of frosting into one of the two medium bowls
Scoop 1 C of frosting into the second of the two medium bowls
Mix in 2 drops of pink gel food coloring into one of the bowls
with the 2 C of frosting.
Mix in 4 drops of gel food coloring into the second bowl

Building the Cake directions :

Scoop 1 C of white frosting into 1 side of the large piping bag with
the star tip
Scoop 1 C of the light pink frosting into the other side of the same piping bag
Place one cake layer onto the cake board and cut the dome off the cake
to make an even layer
Repeat step with other two layers
Scoop 1 C of white frosting onto the bottom layer and spread evenly
Place the second cake layer on top and spread evenly 1 more cup of frosting
Place the last layer of cake on top and frost with remaining white frosting
Place the cake in the fridge to allow the base frosting to harden for
about 30 minutes
Using the remaining light pink frosting, place into the microwave for
about 10 second to soften it
Scoop into the piping bag
Scoop the darker pink into the other piping bag with the #17 tip

Decorating Directions

Using the piping bag with the lighter pink, cut the tip off the bag
Pipe drips around the edge of the cake
Sprinkle some of the heart sprinkles onto the drips
Lightly push the cookie cutter into the front center of the cake to
create an outline
Using the darker pink frosting, pipe and fill in the heart
Using the larger piping bag with the star tip, pipe dollops of
frosting onto the top of the cake
Sprinkle some more sprinkles
Top with cherries and enjoy!

Valentine’s Day Love Cake with Vanilla Buttercream

Valentine’s Day Love Cake is deliciously moist covered in homemade vanilla buttercream frosting! It makes one beautiful cake especially for your loved one!

This cake in insanely delicious and pretty easy considering it is a layered cake. I love to make my husband a sweet treat every valentines day as a special treat for both of us to indulge in!

Make sure that your gorgeous cake cools completely before frosting it! If it’s warm at all, it will probably begin melt the frosting and make it impossible to get even smooth layers.

Store your cake in an airtight container/cake carrier. It will keep at room temperature for 2 days or stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

You can decorate it any way you’d like but I wanted to add the heart on the front for valentines day- I am so happy to be able to share this one with you!

Here on my food blog, I have many many cake recipes- just use the search bar to go through them all! you are sure to find a few you will want to add to your ‘bake list’!

This cake is moist, dense and above all delicious! Not too sweet, with the perfect homemade frosting sandwiched between each layer! You can do a homemade white cake instead of the box mixes if you would prefer- this is a great one here-> White Cake from Scratch

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