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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,
Mascarpone Strawberry Cheesecake
Strawberry Shortcake
6 Layer Rainbow Cake
Eggless Chocolate Cake
Devils Cake
Triple Chocolate Cake
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.
Video for Hidden Heart Cake Recipe
📖 Recipe
Hidden Heart Cake Recipe
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.
Video
Notes
- Use small heart cookie cutter so the entire cake is hidden inside the chocolate cake batter.
- You can use any shaped cookie cutter instead of heart shape.
- Don't over bake the cake.
- 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
Hidden Heart Cake Recipe with Step by Step Pictures
Chocolate Hidden Heart Cake Recipe
1)Take all your ingredients
2)Take flour in a bowl
3)Add in baking powder
4)Mix well and set aside.
5)Take butter in a bowl
6)Add sugar
7)Add vanilla extract
8)Whisk till creamy.
9)Add eggs and mix well
10)Make sure you add one egg at a time and cream well.
11)Add in red food colour.
12)Add flour mix
13)Add milk little at a time.
14)Red Batter is done.
15)Spoon it into loaf pan.
16)Spread evenly.
17)Bake till cake is cooked.
18)Slice the cake. Use a heart shaped cutter and cut it.
19)The cake is sliced.
20)Make chocolate cake batter.
21)Take flour in a bowl.
22)Add coffee powder, baking agent.
23)cocoa powder and mix well and set aside.
24)Take butter in a bowl.
25)Add sugar
26)Add vanilla.
27)Cream together
28)Add eggs
29)Mix till creamy.
30)Add in flour mix in.
32)Pour little milk and fold gently.
33)Batter done.
34)Spoon little batter into the loaf pan.
35)Arrange red heart cake in
36)Spoon more batter in.
37)Baked.
38)Slice and serve.
Rainbow Hidden Heart Cake Recipe
This version of valentines hidden heart cake is rainbow version. Unleash the colourful rainbow pattern when you slice into the cake.
Similar Rainbow Recipes,
Rainbow Zebra Cake
Tri Colour Rainbow Cake
Rainbow Layer Cake
Preparation Time : 30 mins
Baking Time : 1 hour and 30 mins
Serves: 6 to 8
Ingredients for Hidden Rainbow Cake
For Rainbow Cake
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All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1.5 cup / 180 grams
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Sugar - 1 cup / 200 grams
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Vanilla Essence - 1 tblspn
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Eggs - 3
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Baking Powder-2 tsp
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Salt - ½ tsp
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Unsalted Butter - 175 grams
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Milk - ¼ cup / 60 ml
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Food Colours as needed (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, pink)
For Vanilla Cake:
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All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1.5 cup / 180 grams
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Sugar - ¾ cup / 150 grams
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Unsalted Butter - 180 grams
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Vanilla Essence - 2 tsp
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Baking Powder - 1.5 tsp
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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 |
Tips & Tricks
- Use small heart cookie cutter so the entire cake is hidden inside the chocolate cake batter.
- You can use any shaped cookie cutter instead of heart shape.
- Don't over bake the cake.
- 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.
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Anonymous
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
Anonymous
Nice..thanks aarti
Anonymous
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!!!)
Eleonora Gambon
Beautiful!
Aarthi
@Anonymousu can roast it lightly and use
Arati Rahalkar
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?
Aarthi
@Arati Rahalkarno it wont get hard
Anonymous
Hi, wanted to know if the rainbow hearts have to be kept in the freezer section of the refrigerator or the other part.
Anonymous
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??
Aarthi
this cake has to be done in microwave convection mode.
Giftbasketworldwide
Now, that's what called Perfection. Keep up!!
Prabhjot singh
great
Love Heart Cake
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!!