Hidden Chocolate Heart Cake

Bright red heart cake hidden inside a chocolate cake. This cake is perfect for this valentines day. Surprise your valentine using this.

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“Hidden Chocolate Heart Cake Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Surprise Heart Cake inside a chocolate cake is everything you want to make for this valentines day.”

If you want to make anything special for this valentine then this is the answer. This is a special cake which has a hidden heart inside it, it may seem complicated to look at, but actually it is super easy to make. I am sure your valentine will be very excited if you serve this for desert.

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HOW TO MAKE SURPRISE HEART CAKE

1)Making of Heart Cake Batter: Start by making a red coloured batter and bake it in a loaf pan. Cool the cake completely and then use a cookie cutter to cut it into heart shapes.

2)Making of Chocolate Cake Batter: Make chocolate cake batter. I used my pound cake batter recipe. It makes the most delicious cake.

3)Assembling: Spoon some chocolate batter in the bottom, then place the heart and then cover the entire cake with chocolate batter and bake.

4)Decorating and Serving: You can leave the cake as it is. Or you can pour a chocolate glaze on top and serve.

TIPS FOR HEART CAKE

1. Use small heart cookie cutter so the entire cake is hidden inside the chocolate cake batter.
2. You can use any shaped cookie cutter instead of heart shape.
3. Don’t over bake the cake.
4. You can use any colour. Rainbow colour will look cute too.

STORAGE

• You can wrap the cake and store in room temperature for 2 days.
• Store in fridge upto a week.

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Hidden Chocolate Heart Cake

Bright red heart cake hidden inside a chocolate cake. This cake is perfect for this valentines day. Surprise your valentine using this.

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Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes

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Course: Deserts

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cake with Heart inside, Chocolate Heart Cake, Heart cake, Hidden Heart Cake

Servings: 8 servings

Calories: 158kcal

Ingredients

FOR CHOCOLATE CAKE

• ½ cup Unsalted butter (100 grams)
• 3 Large Eggs
• ½ cup Cocoa Powder (50 grams)
• 1 cup Sugar (200 grams)
• 1 cup All Purpose Flour / Maida (120 grams)
• 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
• 1 ½ tsp Baking powder
• 1 tsp Instant Coffee Powder
• ⅓ cup Milk (80 ml)
• ¼ tsp Salt

FOR RED HEART CAKE

• ½ cup Unsalted butter (100 grams)
• 1 cup Sugar (200 grams)
• 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
• ¼ cup Milk
• 1½ tsp Baking Powder
• ¼ tsp Salt
• 2 tsp Red Food Colouring
• 3 Large Egg
• 1½ cup All Purpose Flour / Maida

FOR CHOCOLATE GLAZE

• 1 cup Icing Sugar | Confectioners Sugar
• 3 tbsp Cocoa Powder
• 2 tbsp Water

Instructions

FOR RED HEART CAKE

• Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper and set aside.
• Take butter, sugar, vanilla in a bowl and use a beater to whip till creamy.
• Now add in one egg at a time and beat till creamy.
• Now in a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt.
• Now add this dry ingredients into the egg mixture along with milk and food colour and combine well.
• Spoon this into the baking pan and bake for 35 to 45 mins.
• Remove and cool completely. Now un mould the cake, slice it into thick slices.
• Now use a heart cookie cutter, and cut out hearts. Set aside.

FOR CHOCOLATE CAKE

• Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper and set aside.
• Take butter, sugar, vanilla in a bowl and use a beater to whip till creamy.
• Now add in one egg at a time and beat till creamy.
• Now in a separate bowl, mix flour, cocoa powder, coffee powder, baking powder and salt.
• Now add this dry ingredients into the egg mixture along with milk and mix well
• Now take the loaf pan, Spoon little chocolate batter in, now spread it evenly.
• Now place heart side down and arrange it over the chocolate batter.
• Spoon remaining chocolate batter in and tap gently.
• Bake this for 40 to 45 mins. Remove and cool completely.

Making Chocolate Glaze

• Take icing sugar, cocoa powder, water in a sauce pan, heat till it melts and becomes creamy.
• Now pour this over the cake. Decorate it as you like. Leave to set for 1 hour
• Slice and serve.

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Notes

1. Use small heart cookie cutter so the entire cake is hidden inside the chocolate cake batter.
2. You can use any shaped cookie cutter instead of heart shape. 
3. Don't over bake the cake.
4. You can use any colour. Rainbow colour will look cute too.

STORAGE

• You can wrap the cake and store in room temperature for 2 days.
• Store in fridge upto a week.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 158kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 140mg | Sodium: 362mg | Potassium: 125mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 215IU | Calcium: 124mg | Iron: 2mg

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1)Take all your ingredients

2)Take flour in a bowl

3)Add in baking