Surprise your loved ones with this beautiful and delicious heart-shaped chocolate cake - perfect dessert for Valentine’s Day.
Chocolate Sweetheart Cake
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 1 package ( 1 pound 2.25 ounces) devil's food cake mix with pudding
- 1 1/3 cups water
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 tub (12 ounces) chocolate whipped frosting or 1 tub (16 ounces) chocolate ready-to-spread frosting
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Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°. Grease bottom only of 1 round pan, 8x1 1/2 inches, and 1 square pan, 8x8x2 inches, with shortening. Make cake mix as directed on package, using water, oil and eggs. Pour into pans.
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Step2Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pans to loosen cakes; remove from pans to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
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Step3Cut round layer in half. (See link below for diagram.) Freeze uncovered about 1 hour for easier frosting, if desired. Arrange pieces on serving platter to form heart. Frost cake with frosting, attaching pieces with small amount of frosting. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
Nutrition
410
Calories
21g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
51g
Total Carbohydrate
38g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 410
- Calories from Fat
- 190
- Total Fat
- 21g
- 32%
- Saturated Fat
- 8g
- 40%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 55mg
- 18%
- Sodium
- 400mg
- 17%
- Potassium
- 200mg
- 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 51g
- 17%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 8%
- Sugars
- 38g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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