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Valentine’s Day Love Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

Equipment

  • 3 9-inch round cake pans
  • 1 10-inch round cake board

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 boxes white cake mix
  • 8 large egg whites
  • 2 ½ C water
  • 1 C canola oil
  • 2 tsp cinnamon extract

Vanilla Frosting Ingredients

  • 3 C unsalted butter softened
  • 6 C powdered sugar
  • 5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • Pink gel food coloring
  • 1 disposable piping bag
  • 1 large piping bag with star tip
  • Valentine’s Day Sprinkles
  • 3 Red Rock Candy Sticks
  • 2 Red Heart Marshmallow sticks
  • Red foiled chocolate hearts

Instructions

Cake Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 and spray cake pans with pam baking spray
  • Using a hand mixer and large bowl, beat all cake ingredients until combined and smooth
  • Pour batter evenly into the three pans
  • Place into the oven and back for 28-32 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
  • Allow to cool completely

Frosting Directions

  • Using a standing mixer, beat all ingredients except for the color until combined and smooth but stiff with peaks
  • Beat in a few drops of pink coloring until combined
  • Scoop 1 C of the pink frosting into another bowl and mix in a few more drops of pink to make it darker

Building the Cake directions

  • Place one cake layer onto the cake board and cut the dome off the cake to make an even layer
  • Repeat step with other two layers
  • Scoop 1 C of pink frosting onto the bottom layer and spread evenly
  • Place the second cake layer on top and spread evenly 1 more cup of frosting
  • Place the last layer of cake on top and frost with remaining pink frosting
  • Using some valentine’s day sprinkles, coat the bottom part of the cake with sprinkles
  • Place the darker pink frosting into the microwave for 10 seconds to soften it
  • Scoop it into the piping bag
  • Cut the tip off the piping bag and pipe drips around the top edge
  • Scoop the lighter pink frosting into the large piping bag
  • Pipe dollops around the top and sprinkle some more Valentine’s Day sprinkles on top
  • Enjoy!