Need a fun and easy Valentines Day recipe? Try this hidden hearts pound cake with a delicious glaze. Your friends and family will wonder how you did it!
Here is another Valentines Day recipe that you can make for your family or friends - a Hidden Hearts pound cake! Everyone will be "wowed" when you cut in to it to reveal pink hearts baked right in to the cake and wonder how you did it!
The truth is? It's not that hard! I was concerned that the "regular" pound cake batter would seep in the cracks of the pink pound cake, but that wasn't a problem. Pound cake batter is so thick that it doesn't "seep" anywhere!
You will need to pick up a hearts cookie cutter to make this Hidden Hearts Pound cake, but you should be able to easily find it at AC Moore or Michael's right now!
Making it is easy, but it does require some extra time and you will have some leftover pink cake pieces and white batter. To minimize waste, just bake the rest of the batter in a small bread pan and freeze the cooked "extra pound cake" for later (or even use them to make cake balls)
Hennyway - to make this Hidden Hearts Pound Cake, you will need:
For the Cakes:
- 2 boxes Pound Cake mix
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 4 Eggs
- 1 1/3 cup Milk
- red food coloring
For the glaze:
- 1 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
- 2 tbsp Milk
Scroll down for complete directions!
Need another Valentine's Day recipe?
- Strawberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Strawberry French Toast Roll Ups
- My Valentine's Day Board on Pinterest
- Cupid Floats
Hidden Hearts Pound Cake | Valentines Day Recipe
Ingredients
For the Cakes
- 2 boxes Pound Cake mix
- 1/2 cup Butter softened
- 4 Eggs
- 1 1/3 cup Milk
- red food coloring
For the Glaze
- 1 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
- 2 tbsp Milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Spray loaf pan with cooking spray.
- Prepare your first pound cake following box directions. Add food coloring to get good pink color in batter.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 45 minutes (about 10 less than box directions.
- Let cool on rack for an hour.
- Remove cake from pan and refrigerate for several hours.
- Slice cold cake into slices no thicker than your cookie cutter.
- Use cookie cutter to cut heart shapes from each aand stack to side.
- Prepare the other box of pound cake mix following box directions.
- Spray loaf pan with cooking spray.
- Pour ¼" of batter in the bottom.
- Place your heart cut-outs down the middle, keeping them straight and together.
- Pour remaining batter over the heart cut-outs in the pan. Ensure it gets down the sides and covers the top. (There will be a lot of batter left!)
- Bake according to box directions.
- Let cool on rack for an hour.
- Remove from pan and place on platter.
- In a medium bowl, put powdered sugar and slowly add milk until desired consistency is reached.
- Drizzle icing over cake and serve.
hi this cake is soooo adorable. I'm coming over from What Meegan Makes Link Party. We're also having one tomorrow morning at 6 am Est and would love for you to link this up if you have time (and anything else you like). Thank you,
Lisa at Concord Cottage
love this what a cute surprise to say Happy Valentines Day
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Love this idea. I've done a similar one with cake pops but this is much cuter. Thanks. Pinned!
This is SO cute for Valentine's Day. Your creativity is awesome!
Such a cute idea and easier than I would have imagined! thanks for sharing! Visiting from Wonderful Wednesday Block Party!
Oh that looks so pretty! I'd love to try this sometime.
I have always wondered how to achieve this effect. I love it!
found this on You're Gonna Love It
Ive always wanted to make something like this but haven't built up enough nerve. lol. This cake looks so cute! 🙂
This is adorable, Mindi! Really cute idea. I'm a new food blogger and found you on a link party. I've followed your social sites and hope we can connect on those. Can't wait to read more of your blog. Becky
This cake is such a cute idea! If you had a spare moment, I would be delighted if you'd drop this (and anything else you'd like to share) by at the #PureBlogLove anything goes link party! You can find me here: http://picnicnz.blogspot.co.nz/
This is such a fun idea. Thanks for sharing! Pinned it. Found you on the Weekend Retreat Link Party. Come stop by sometime....www.leeshandlusrecipebox.com
Congratulations!! Your wonderful Valentine Cake is featured on our Simple Supper Tuesday Linky Party at Moore or Less Cooking Food Blog! Nettie
Love this tutorial! I'm going to have to try it out! Looks delicious too! Thanks so much for sharing at #merrymonday