Heart Cake
A soft, moist heart-shaped cake perfect for expressing love on Valentine's Day, weddings, anniversaries, or any special occasion. Easy to bake and beautifully customizable with buttercream, fondant, or fresh fruit decorations. ❤️
Equipment
- Heart-shaped cake pan (or 1 square and 1 round pan)
- Electric mixer or hand whisk
- Mixing bowls
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Spatula
- Parchment paper
- Wire cooling rack
- Serrated knife (for leveling)
Ingredients
- Ingredient Quantity
- All-purpose flour 2 ½ cups
- Granulated sugar 1 ¾ cups
- Baking powder 2 ½ tsp
- Salt ½ tsp
- Unsalted butter softened 1 cup
- Eggs 4 large
- Vanilla extract 2 tsp
- Whole milk 1 cup
- Optional Cocoa powder ½ cup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line the heart-shaped pan (or round and square pans).
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Alternately add dry ingredients and milk to the wet mixture, beginning and ending with the dry.
- Pour batter into prepared pan(s).
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool completely before removing from pan and decorating.
Notes
For a DIY heart shape, bake in one round and one square pan. Cut the round cake in half and position it against two sides of the square cake to form a heart.
Flavor variations: Add cocoa powder for chocolate flavor or red food coloring for a red velvet look.
Chill the cake before trimming or decorating for best results.