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Heart and Flowers Cake

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Updated May 19, 2022
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Gumdrops are the secret to the decorations. Ordinary square and round baking pans create the heart-shaped cake!

Heart and Flowers Cake

  • Prep Time 25 min
  • Total 2 hr 13 min
  • Servings 16
  • Ingredients 5
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Make, bake and cool cake as directed on box--except use one 8-inch round pan and one 8-inch square pan. Check square pan for doneness about 2 minutes before round pan.
  • Step 
    2
    Cut round cake in half. Place cut sides against sides of square cake to form heart shape, attaching pieces with small amount of frosting.
  • Step 
    3
    Spread frosting on cake. Make flowers with assorted gumdrops: Flatten gumdrops with rolling pin. Cut out small petal-shaped flowers. Pinch flower in center to make it 3-dimensional. Cut out gumdrop leaves and stems. Arrange gumdrop flowers on cake. Arrange candied orange slices to form butterfly wings and butterfly body. Store loosely covered.

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