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Heart shaped cake with sprinkles and kid's hand

How to Make a Heart Shaped Cake

Making this cake is so much fun, especially if you have kids in the house.   In this post, I'll show you how to make a heart shaped cake, using only one circle and one square cake pan.
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Ingredients

  • 1 Box or homemade cake
  • 1 1/2 cups Store bought or homemade frosting

Instructions

  • Spray square and circle cake pans with cooking spray.
    One circle and one square Gold Touch cake pan
  • Line round cake pan with parchment paper. I do this by setting the cake pan on a piece of parchment paper and tracing it with a pen, then cutting out the circle. 
    Parchment paper lined cake pans
  • Spray parchment paper with cooking spray. 
  • Preheat oven to 350. 
  • Make cake batter (you could use this chocolate cake or this maple syrup cake. 
  • Divide batter evenly between square and round baking dishes. 
    Cake batter in square and round cake pans
  • Bake until done.
  • While cake is baking, make the frosting.
    Homemade vanilla frosting for chocolate cakes
  • Remove cakes from oven and allow to cool completely on a wire cooling rack. 
    Cakes cooling on wire rack
  • Cut the circle down the middle.
    Circular cake cut in half
  • Put the square cake on a plate, diagonally, and then add the 1/2 circles to form the heart. 
    Chocolate cake shaped like a heart
  • Frost the cake and enjoy.
    Frosted heart-shaped cake with sprinkles