Layered vanilla heart cake

Pretty as a picture, this heart-shaped cake is sure to sweeten up your next celebration. With pink icing and sprinkles, what's not to love?

Layered vanilla heart cake

Serves

12

Prep

20m

Note: + cooling time

Cooking

1h 15m

Ingredients

  • 2 x 400g pkts Coles Vanilla Flavoured Cake Mix
  • 4 Coles Australian Free Range Eggs
  • 140g unsalted butter, softened
  • 300ml milk
  • 1/4 cup (25g) Coles Mini Heart Sprinkles
  • 125g unsalted butter, extra, softened
  • Red liquid food colouring, to tint
  • 2 x 300g tubs Coles Vanilla Buttercream
  • Coles Mini Heart Sprinkles, extra, to decorate

Method

STEP 1

Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 23cm heart-shaped pan and line with baking paper. Use an electric mixer to beat the cake mix, eggs, butter and milk in a large bowl on low speed until combined. Increase speed to medium and beat for 2 mins or until thick and creamy. Add the sprinkles and fold to combine. 

STEP 2

 Pour the cake mixture into the prepared pan. Bake, covering with foil if necessary to prevent overbrowning, for 1¼ hours or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Set aside for 5 mins to cool before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

STEP 3

Use a clean electric mixer to beat the extra butter and icing sachets from the cake mix packets in a bowl for 3-4 mins or until light and fluffy. Add a few drops of food colouring to tint pink and beat to combine. 

STEP 4

Use a large serrated knife to trim the top of the cake to level. Cut the cake in half horizontally. Spread a little buttercream on a cake platter. Top with 1 cake layer. Use a palette knife to spread half the pink icing over the cake to form a smooth, even layer. Top with the remaining cake layer. Spread the remaining buttercream over the top and side of the cake. 

STEP 5

Place the remaining pink icing in a piping bag fitted with a small fluted nozzle. Pipe around the top edge of the cake. Sprinkle with extra sprinkles to decorate.

 

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