Valentine's Day Heart Cake Recipe

Ingredients

Solid shortening

All-purpose flour

1 (18 1/2 oz.) pkg. yellow cake mix

Eggs as called for on cake mix pkg.

1 (14 oz.) pkg. white frosting mix

butter as called for on frosting pkg.

Red food coloring

Red hots or Valentine's Day candies

Additional Requirements:

Paper towel

1 (8 inch) sq. cake pan

1 (9 inch) round cake pan

Lg. mixing bowl

Measuring spoons

Measuring cups

Electric mixer

Mixing spoon

Rubber scraper

Potholders

Cooling racks

Lg. platter

Knife

Sm. mixing bowl

Table knife

Cooking Directions

Turn the oven to the temperature given on cake mix package. To grease the cake pans, dip a paper towel into solid shortening and spread on the insides of the cake pans. To flour, put about 1 tablespoon of flour in each pan and turn the pan in all directions to coat grease. Shake out the excess flour.

Prepare the cake mix as directed on the package, using the mixing bowl and electric mixer. Divide the batter evenly between the greased and floured 8 inch square cake pan and the 9 inch round cake pan. Set the timer on the stove and bake according to package directions. Cakes will be done when the top springs back when lightly touched. Using potholders, remove the cakes from the oven and place on cooling racks. Remove the cakes from the pans after they have cooled 10 minutes. While the cakes are cooling, make the frosting according to the package directions. Beat in 4 to 5 drops of red food coloring so the frosting is a pretty pink. (If you wish, save some of the white frosting before tinting and put it in a cake decorator to make other pretty designs on the cake.)

When the cakes are cooled, place the square cake toward the bottom of the large platter so that it looks like a diamond. Cut the round cake in half and place each half on the top of the diamond to make a heart shape. Frost the top and sides of the cake with pink frosting. Decorate the cake as you wish with red hots or Valentine's Day candies.

Yield: 12 to 15 Servings.