Valentine Heart Cake

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Valentine Heart Cake

 

1 tbsp. shortening

1 tbsp. flour

1/3 c. shortening

1-1/2 c. flour

3/4 c. sugar

2 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

3/4 c. milk

1 egg

1- 1/2 tsp. vanilla

13 maraschino cherries

1 pkg. white frosting mix

Coconut flakes** see note

 

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease 9 x 9 x 2 inch square pan* or use a heart cake

pan with 1 tablespoon of shortening. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of flour over the

pan. Beat shortening, flour, half of the milk, sugar, baking powder, egg and

vanilla in large bowl. Add the remaining milk and mix together. Then beat for 2

minutes. Scrape batter into the pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove and set aside

to cool. Prepare frosting as shown on package. Remove cake from pan and cut into

heart shape. Spread frosting over cake. Sprinkle with coconut flakes and

decorate with cherries.

 

Notes: **We do not use coconuts unless they are cooked in.. * The original

recipe called for a square pan so I left it in for those who dont have the heart

pan.

 

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[Guest guest]

I seem to remember making a heart-shaped cake in my youth by cooking one square

and

one round layer. Turn the square layer on point, so it looks like a diamond,

then cut the

round in half and put the flat edge of each half against an upper edge of the

diamond and

frost in place. This seems easier to me than trying to cut a heart out of a

square and

dealing with a gazillion crumbs. Maybe I need to practice my cake cutting

technique. ;-)

 

-ginger

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