1 c unsalted butter room temp 2 c flour 1 c sugar 4 eggs room temp 1 tsp strawberry extract 1 2 tsp salt pink gel food coloring heart cookie cutter vanilla loaf ingredients.
Hidden heart pound cake recipe.
Butter and flour a 9 by 4 1 2 inch loaf pan and a quarter sheet pan 13 by 9 inches.
Sift the flour and.
To reveal hearts cut frosted cupcakes in half across notches.
If using a frozen pound cake allow it to thaw before constructing the cake.
Use cookie cutter to cut heart shapes from each aand stack to side.
Stand cheesecake heart in batter in each cup lining up top curved edges of heart with notches.
Prepare the butter or vanilla pound cake mix.
A smaller cookie cutter may be used but not a larger one.
Place a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees f.
Place your heart cut outs down the middle keeping them straight and together.
Supplies for the hidden heart pound cake.
Soften 1 2 cup of the ice cream and spread in an even layer on the bottom of the loaf pan.
Hidden strawberry heart ingredients.
Bake for 1 hr or until a skewer comes out clean.
Cool for 10 mins in the tin then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Place the pound cake heart cut outs around the pan points up submerging in the batter by about inch 1 cm add the rest of the batter then gently tap the pan against the counter 2 3 times to release any air bubbles.
Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
All the specific steps to make hidden heart valentine s cake are in the recipe below it s printable too.
How to make hidden heart pound cake step by step.
Pour remaining batter over the heart cut outs in the pan.
Push the bottoms of the hearts into the batter in a tightly packed row.
Cut 2 1 4 inch deep notches in opposite sides of each cupcake liner before placing in muffin pans and filling with batter.
Spray loaf pan with cooking spray.
Prepare the other box of pound cake mix following box directions.
Pour 3 4 of the mixture into the prepared loaf tin.
Heart cookie cutter 3 1 2 inches at the widest spot and 3 inches tall note.
Add pink coloring and cherry extract.
In a medium bowl combine the sprinkles and 1 2 cup of crumbs from the heart shaped blondies.
1 c unsalted butter room temp 2 c flour 1 c sugar 4 eggs room temp.