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    Hidden Heart Cake Recipe

    February 10, 2023 By Aarthi 13 Comments

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

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    1. About Hidden Heart Cake Recipe
    2. Video for Hidden Heart Cake Recipe
    3. 📖 Recipe
    4. Hidden Heart Cake Recipe
    5. Hidden Heart Cake Recipe with Step by Step Pictures
    6. Chocolate Hidden Heart Cake Recipe
    7. Rainbow Hidden Heart Cake Recipe
    8. Tips & Tricks
    9. Storage Suggestions

    Hidden Heart Cake

    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.

    About Hidden Heart Cake Recipe

    Hidden heart cake is a simple loaf cake in which there is a heart shape hidden inside. The technique of making hidden heart cake is very simple. But the joy and surprise you create when you slice the cake is unbeatable. 

    In this recipe I have shared two version of hidden heart cake. One is a chocolate hidden heart cake and a Rainbow hidden heart cake recipe.

    I made a rainbow heart because i love anything rainbow or colourful. But you can add just red colour and place the heart inside. 

    More Valentines Day Cakes, 

    Strawberry Sparkle Cake

    Mascarpone Strawberry Cheesecake

    Strawberry Shortcake
    6 Layer Rainbow Cake
    Eggless Chocolate Cake
    Devils Cake
    Triple Chocolate Cake

     
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    How to Make Hidden Heart Cake Recipe

    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.

    Making of Chocolate Cake Batter

    Make chocolate cake batter. I used my pound cake batter recipe. It makes the most delicious cake.

    Assembling

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

    Decorating and Serving

    You can leave the cake as it is. Or you can pour a chocolate glaze on top and serve.

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    Video for Hidden Heart Cake Recipe

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    📖 Recipe

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    Hidden Heart Cake Recipe

    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 mins
    Cook Time 1 hr 30 mins
    Total Time 1 hr 45 mins
    Course Deserts
    Cuisine American
    Servings 8 servings
    Calories 158 kcal

    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 Facts
    Hidden Heart Cake Recipe
    Amount Per Serving (1 g)
    Calories 158 Calories from Fat 36
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 4g6%
    Saturated Fat 2g13%
    Trans Fat 1g
    Cholesterol 140mg47%
    Sodium 362mg16%
    Potassium 125mg4%
    Carbohydrates 21g7%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 1g1%
    Protein 8g16%
    Vitamin A 215IU4%
    Calcium 124mg12%
    Iron 2mg11%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Keyword Cake with Heart inside, Chocolate Heart Cake, Heart cake, Hidden Heart Cake
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    Hidden Heart Cake Recipe with Step by Step Pictures

    Chocolate Hidden Heart Cake Recipe 

    1)Take all your ingredients

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    2)Take flour in a bowl

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    3)Add in baking powder

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    4)Mix well and set aside.

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    5)Take butter in a bowl

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    6)Add sugar

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    7)Add vanilla extract

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    8)Whisk till creamy.

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    9)Add eggs and mix well

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    10)Make sure you add one egg at a time and cream well.

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    11)Add in red food colour.

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    12)Add flour mix 

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    13)Add milk little at a time.

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    14)Red Batter is done.

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    15)Spoon it into loaf pan.

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    16)Spread evenly.

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    17)Bake till cake is cooked.

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    18)Slice the cake. Use a heart shaped cutter and cut it.

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    19)The cake is sliced.

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    20)Make chocolate cake batter.

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    21)Take flour in a bowl.

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    22)Add coffee powder, baking agent.

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    23)cocoa powder and mix well and set aside.

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    24)Take butter in a bowl.

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    25)Add sugar

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    26)Add vanilla.

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    27)Cream together

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    28)Add eggs

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    29)Mix till creamy.

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    30)Add in flour mix in.

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    32)Pour little milk and fold gently.

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    33)Batter done.

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    34)Spoon little batter into the loaf pan.

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    35)Arrange red heart cake in

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    36)Spoon more batter in.Pin

    37)Baked.

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    38)Slice and serve.

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    Rainbow Hidden Heart Cake Recipe

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    This version of valentines hidden heart cake is rainbow version. Unleash the colourful rainbow pattern when you slice into the cake. 

    Eggless Chocolate Cake
    Devils Cake
    Triple Chocolate Cake
    Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

    Similar Rainbow Recipes,
    Rainbow Zebra Cake
    Tri Colour Rainbow Cake
    Rainbow Layer Cake

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    Preparation Time : 30 mins
    Baking Time : 1 hour and 30 mins
    Serves: 6 to 8

    Ingredients for Hidden Rainbow Cake

    For Rainbow Cake

    1. All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1.5 cup / 180 grams

    2. Sugar - 1 cup / 200 grams

    3. Vanilla Essence - 1 tblspn

    4. Eggs - 3

    5. Baking Powder-2 tsp

    6. Salt - ½ tsp

    7. Unsalted Butter - 175 grams

    8. Milk - ¼ cup / 60 ml

    9. Food Colours as needed (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, pink)

    For Vanilla Cake:

    1. All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1.5 cup / 180 grams

    2. Sugar - ¾ cup / 150 grams

    3. Unsalted Butter - 180 grams

    4. Vanilla Essence - 2 tsp

    5. Baking Powder - 1.5 tsp

    6. Eggs - 3

    (My 1 cup measures 240 ml)

    How to Make Rainbow Heart Cake Recipe

    Prepreparation

    Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan with oil and dust it with flour. Coat on all sides and set aside.

    Making Rainbow Loaf Cake

    Now take butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and whisk well. Add in eggs one at a time and whip till creamy. Now add in flour, baking powder and salt and fold gently. Add in milk and fold gently. Divide the batter between 6 bowls and add one food colouring in each one and mix well. Now spoon this into the loaf pan and use a skewer to make swirls on it.

    Baking & Cutting Hearts

    Now bake this in oven for 45 mins to 1 hour till the cake is done. Remove it and cool down completely. Now slice this into pieces and cut out heart shape using this. Put this in fridge for 30 mins to 1 hour or so.

    Vanilla Cake Batter

    Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan with oil and dust it with flour. Coat on all sides and set aside. Now take butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and whisk well. Now add in eggs one at a time and whip till creamy. Add in flour, baking powder and salt and fold gently.

    Assembling Hidden Heart Cake

    Now take the loaf pan, spoon ¼ of the cake batter, spread evenly, now arrange the hearts on it and spoon the remaining batter in and bake for 35 mins to 45 mins. Now let the cake cool down, slice and serve. 

    Pictorial:

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    First lets make the rainbow heart cake
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    take butter in a bowl
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    add in sugar
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    add in vanilla
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    mix till creamy
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    add one egg at a time and whip again till mixed
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    i added remaining two eggs as well
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    mix well
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    add in flour
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    baking powder
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    add in salt
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    add milk
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    fold gently
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    divide the batter between 6 bowls
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    add one colour in each
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    mix well
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    grease a loaf pan and dust with flour
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    spoon one batter in
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    now other and repeat with all the batter
     
     
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    now take a skewer and make swirls
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    like this
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    now bake this
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    now it is done
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    slice it into slices
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    use a hear shape cutter to cut out shapes
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    put this in a plate 
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    chill this for 30 mins or so
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    now lets make vanilla cake
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    take butter in a bowl
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    add in sugar
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    now add in vanilla
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    mix well
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    add in eggs
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    mix again
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    add in flour
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    add in baking powder
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    mix well
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    fold gently
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    i prepared pan by greasing it and dusting it with flour
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    spoon little batter 
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    spread evenly
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    arrange the hearts
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    like this
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    spoon remaining batter
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    spread evenly
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    bake till done
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    slice and admire..
     
     
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    Tips & Tricks

    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 Suggestions

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

    If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @[email protected] and I’ll help as soon as I can.

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    Comments

    1. Anonymous

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      Hey u posted the recipe as told.... Just now searched and took recipe to do tomo.. Thought to search in ur blog whether u posted or not... Nice dear... I will mail u how mine came out ... Planned for cupcake with hidden heart and hidden message cake in loaf pan... Thanks for posting the recipe

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    2. Anonymous

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      Nice..thanks aarti

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    3. Anonymous

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      Dear Aarthi,

      I have a question on a recipe but not related to the cake recipe above. When we make rice flour at home after grinding, it will be slightly wet. This you can roast lightly if you want to keep it for several weeks. My question is can we use this lightly roasted rice flour to make dosas or should it always be freshly milled rice flour. Will it affect the end result of the dosa? I really want to try your dosa recipes but I don't always have time to keep making fresh rice flour (and I can't buy it in the shops here either).

      Thank you for your answer!! (Btw I love all your recipes- first thing I do in the morning is check your blog!!!)

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    4. Eleonora Gambon

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      Beautiful!

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    5. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousu can roast it lightly and use

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    6. Arati Rahalkar

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      I tried the rainbow cake today and it turned out just fine. However, I did not go ahead and bake the second cake. I am doubtful how the inside rainbow cake that is done / baked already would turn out to be if it is baked one more time alongwith the outside cake... Won't it turn hard?

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    7. Aarthi

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      @Arati Rahalkarno it wont get hard

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    8. Anonymous

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      Hi, wanted to know if the rainbow hearts have to be kept in the freezer section of the refrigerator or the other part.

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    9. Anonymous

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      Hey Aarthi..Wonderful cake..want to make this for my Husband. I make cakes in Microwave and they are done in 7-10min. Same can i use with these cakes??

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      • Aarthi

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        this cake has to be done in microwave convection mode.

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    10. Giftbasketworldwide

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      Now, that's what called Perfection. Keep up!!

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    11. Prabhjot singh

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      great

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    12. Love Heart Cake

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      5 stars
      The Hidden Chocolate Heart Cake recipe is most amazing. I tried this recipe and getting a lot of comments from my near and dear. Lots of love!!

      Reply

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