A sweet, soft, and moist red and white cake is a nice way to enjoy a tasty dessert on this festive day of admiration and love. Valentine's Day is a wonderful day to celebrate with a heart-shaped dessert cake layered with a creamy red cream cheese frosting that is connected to romance and affection.
Valentine's Day Heart-Shaped Cake
Valentine's Day is a popular romantic celebration in the states. It is celebrated among romantic partners, family, and friends. This is one day out of the year where sweet desserts are especially enjoyed. Desserts such as cupcakes and cakes are popular Valentine's desserts. Heart-shaped cakes are ideal dessert cakes for Valentine's Day. This is a nice way of expressing and showing affection and love and a great way to be creative on this romantic day. Restaurants and many bakeries often offer heart-shaped cakes for purchase prior to Valentine's Day. Heart-shaped cakes are simple cakes to make at home and can be customized to one's preference.
Heart-Shaped Pan
The essential kitchen tool to achieve a heart shape is a heart-shaped pan. Nonstick heart-shaped pans are great for baking on Valentine's Day. For this cake recipe, I used a heart-shaped fluted cake pan. This is different from heart-shaped pans, as this type of pan consists of a smooth surface pan with fluted sides. The fluted heart-shaped mold gives this cake an elegant yet heartwarming Valentine's dessert to enjoy.
Red & White Heart Cake with Red Cream Cheese Frosting
This red and white cake is made with red and white cake mix, red cream cheese frosting, and then garnished with red sprinkles. The red cream cheese is optional, as this adds a pop of a beautiful red color that is ideal for this Valentine's Day cake. If the red cream cheese frosting becomes a dull light red color, add the red cream cheese frosting to the microwave for 5-10 seconds, then mix to get a rich and deep red color. The cream cheese can be used to cover the entire cake or only the top part of the cake. I layered the red cream cheese on the top part of this heart cake. This adds a great touch to the cake.
Red & White Heart Cake with Red Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients
Red Velvet Cake Mix: Makes a tasty, soft, buttery, lightly sweet, and velvety cake.
White Cake Mix: The classic and popular vanilla flavor makes a moist, soft, and sweet cake.
Eggs: An essential ingredient for cakes. Eggs help to hold the cake together and add moisture to the cake mixture.
Vegetable Oil: A common cooking oil for baking cakes that consists of a mild and neutral taste. Alternative: canola oil.
Butter (unsalted butter): A mild yet hint of sweet taste that is creamy in texture. Alternative: margarine.
Cream Cheese: A tasty type of cheese that is mild and makes the frosting smooth and creamy.
Powdered Sugar: Sweet-flavored sugar that is smooth and fine in texture that is great to add to homemade frosting resulting in a velvety cream cheese frosting texture for the cake. Alternative: granulated sugar.
Food Coloring: (red food coloring) Adds a vibrant red color to the frosting.
Sprinkles: A sweet and visually appealing garnish for the cake that has a nice, slight crunch.
Red & White Heart Cake with Red Cream Cheese Frosting Instructions
Red Velvet Cake Mix
- In a bowl, add the red cake mix.
- Add the egg, vegetable oil, and water.
- Mix the ingredients until combined.
White Cake Mix
- In a bowl, add the white cake mix.
- Add the egg, vegetable oil, and water.
- Mix the ingredients until combined.
Red and White Cake Mix
- Grease the heart-shaped fluted cake pan with butter.
- Sprinkle red cake mix. (This helps from the baked cake from sticking to the pan.)
- Add the red cake mix.
- Then add the white cake mix.
Mixing the Red and White Cake Mix
With a butter knife, swirl the red and white cake mix.
Oven
Add the cake to the oven.
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until golden brown and fully cooked.
Red Cream Cheese Frosting
- In a bowl, add the powdered sugar, cream cheese, and slightly melted butter. (Melt butter slightly but not completely liquefied.
- Mix the mixture until combined.
- Add the red food coloring. (Microwave 5-10 seconds if frosting color becomes a light red color.)
- Mix the cream cheese mixture until the cream cheese becomes red.
Remove the red and white cake from the oven and let it cool.
Once the cake is cool, remove the cake from the cake pan, then add the red cream cheese frosting to the top of the cake. Sprinkle with red sprinkles.
Storage
This red and white heart cake with cream cheese is recommended to be stored in the refrigerator. Cakes with any type of cream cheese need to be kept cold. Store in an airtight container or wrap in aluminum foil or plastic wrap. Make sure to cover the entire portion of the cake with the wrap so the cake will not spoil.
Summary
Valentine's Day is a special day for many people. It is a distinctive day to celebrate love and admiration. Desserts like cakes are a nice way of sharing a sweet and tasty dessert on this special day. Heart-shaped cakes are ideal for Valentine's. Hearts can have many different symbolic meanings to many people. For most, it centers on expressing emotions. For this Valentine's Day, I wanted to create a small heart-shaped Valentine's cake. This cake was a small-sized cake shape that represented the color of Valentine's and was also an appetizing cake filled with warmth and flavors.
Recipe
Ingredients
Red Velvet Cake
- ½ red velvet cake mix box
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup water
White Cake
- ½ white cake mix box
- 1 egg
- ¼ vegetable oil
- ½ cup water
Heart-Shaped Fluted Cake Pan
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon red cake mix
Red Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 pack cream cheese
- 1 cup butter
- ½ red food coloring tube
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Red cake mix. In a bowl, add the red cake mix, egg, vegetable oil, and water. Mix until combined.
White cake mix. In a bowl, add the white cake mix, egg, vegetable oil, and water. Mix until combined.
Heart-shaped fluted cake pan. Grease the cake pan with butter and cake mix. Add the red cake mix. Then add the white cake mix. With a butter knife, swirl the red and white cake mix. Add the cake to the oven and bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown and fully cooked.
Cream cheese frosting. In a bowl, add the powdered sugar, cream cheese, and butter. Mix until combined. Then add the red food coloring. Mix until the cream cheese mixture is creamy and red.
Cake. Once the cake is cool, add the red cream cheese frosting to the top of the cake. Then garnish with red sprinkles.
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