Valentine Heart Cake

Without any special tools, this cake can be made.

One can go all out, and make it from scratch, or one can get a really good boxed cake, and work from that.


PS: the dates on the photos are incorrect. They reset when we took batteries out to recharge them, and I forgot to reset them to the proper time.

Step 1 Getting started / Gathering materials

I started with a plan.

Found a drawing of a heart, and divided it so I had a pattern to work with.

Then, I gathered my ingredients.

You may use your favorite recipe for chocolate cake if you like, or you can go with a box mix if you do not feel comfortable with doing everything.

I used a box, to keep it fairly simple.

Along with the Double Dutch Chocolate cake
I also needed 3 large eggs
1 1/3 cups of COLD water
1/2 cup of cooking oil (I used a light Olive oil)
and for extra moisture, I added one half cup of REAL mayonnaise (this is an old trick, passed down to me from my Grandmother)

Later, you will need icing for the cake; I used strawberry icing, and mixed in a little red food coloring to get it really red.

You will also need,
one 9 inch round pan
one 9 inch square pan
a sturdy spatula
an icing spreading spatula
the measures mentioned above
and a few toothpicks (we'll get to those later)

Comments

[mg0930mg]

Oh god. Sorry I missed this. I would have voted. Great job.

[Goodhart]

Thanks, Its ok, it would have only bumped me up into, like 15th place or something :-) I am just not much for putting icing on cakes...this is the second tasty but ugly cake I have published....maybe now that my wife is a member I can get her to collaborate with me :-)

[mg0930mg]

That's cool. My brother and me are going to start collaborating. He just started. Plus, it's not ugly. :P

[Goodhart]

Well, it did make it to just above last place, so I guess it wasn't totally ugly. But it wasn't overly pretty either (although it WAS better looking then the one I did in Chocolate Ganache icing ;-)

[Goodhart]

I can't wait until my wife remembers her password and comes in here to tell you all just how good tasting it really was.....and moist ? Wow !

[thermoelectric]

:-)

[Goodhart]

She did (she uses the name mrsm) below

[thermoelectric]

Oh, Cool. I am going to say hello to her :-)

[Goodhart]

Yay! MrsGoodhart voted for my cake....now I have 2 votes LOL (DebH57 also gave me a vote)

[thermoelectric]

Is it in a contest? If it is, I'll give it a vote for sure.

[thermoelectric]

Voted :-)

[Goodhart]

Thanks....

[thermoelectric]

You're welcome, Good luck.

[Goodhart]

Well, if it's votes that count, I am in 25th place out of 33 or so

[thermoelectric]

Oh, Well your slowly getting more votes....

[Goodhart]

Is there a place I can see how many votes I have so far? Rather then just go on the 3 I have been told about :-)

[thermoelectric]

I tohught you could go into the contest page, But it doesn't tell you how many votes, Maybe ask one of the Administrators, Or make it a suggestion...

[Goodhart]

Yeah, I just figured that, when I organized them by votes. and I was number 25th in line, that I was not quite in the running ;-)

[thermoelectric]

Oh.

[Goodhart]

as far as I know, that is about the only way to tell, right?

[thermoelectric]

Possibly....

[Goodhart]

well, if you know of another way, could I be let in on the secret :-)

[thermoelectric]

Unfortunatly, I don't know any other ways, Sorry to say.

[Goodhart]

She found the taxidermy ible and I have dutifully reprimanded her for not being nice.

[thermoelectric]

Oh.

[mrsm]

Thanks Goodhart, Mrs. Goodhart says this cake was really yummy and moist days later. try it.

[thermoelectric]

Hi Mrs. Goodhart. I'm glad you liked Mr. Goodhart's cake.

[Goodhart]

It may not have been pretty, but it was quite moist and tasty. I only wish I had had the time to make it from scratch . . .

[thermoelectric]

Yeah....

[DebH57]

You got my vote!

[Goodhart]

so, our votes kind of canceled each others out then ? :-) Thanks though...

[thermoelectric]

Mmmmm, Yum. Looks great Goodhart!

[Goodhart]

Thanks :-)

[thermoelectric]

You is welcome.

[gmjhowe]

YAY CAKE! Good work.

[Goodhart]

Thanks

[gmjhowe]

YW

[DebH57]

This is so sweet GoodHart, I would be thrilled if my Hubby went to all this time and trouble to make this cake just for me! 5/5, a big E for effort and a hug for the thoughtfulness it took to design this!

[Goodhart]

Thanks, and even if it didn't look so good, it tasted a little better then the box cake without the additions :-) _{we both had some today} BTW: I am more of a cook than I am a baker

[DebH57]

Never judge a book by it's cover or a cake by it's icing - there's lots of love in there which is the spice of life anyway. I love cooking too - it's a wonderful form of expression.