Valentine's Day Love Cake with Vanilla Buttercream - My Incredible Recipes (2024)

Cake

• ▢ 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

Vanilla Frosting

• ▢ 3 C unsalted butter softened
• ▢ 6 C powdered sugar
• ▢ 5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
• ▢ 2 tsp vanilla extract
• ▢ Pink gel food coloring

Things needed

• ▢ 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)

• 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!