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recipe image Hidden Heart Cake

Hidden Heart Cake

Surprise someone special with this hidden heart cake. It’s just as delicious as it looks and much easier to make than you’d imagine.

Surprise someone special with this hidden heart cake. It’s just as delicious as it looks and much easier to make than you’d imagine.

  • Prep time
    20 minutes
  • Ready in
    2 hour 10 minutes
  • Servings
    16
  • Difficulty
    Medium

Ingredients

  • 2x 200 g Stork
  • 2x 200 g sugar
  • 2x 4 eggs
  • 2x 300 g plain flour
  • 2x 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2x 100 ml milk
  • red food colouring
For topping (optional)
  • 200 g chocolate

      Instructions

      1. Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Grease and flour a long rectangle baking pan (approximately 30cm or a 2lb loaf tin).
      2. Cream together 200g Stork and 200g sugar. Add the 4 eggs to the mixture one by one and beat in.
      3. In a separate bowl mix together 300g flour, 2 tsp baking powder and a pinch of salt and stir into the mixture alternately with 100 ml milk.
      4. Colour the mixture bright red with the food coloring (start with a small amount and then keep adding until you get the colour you want).
      5. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake in the oven for approximately 55 minutes. Test with a skewer; it should come out clean when the cake is done. Let the cake cool for about 10 minutes and remove it from the tin.
      6. Leave the cake to cool entirely on a wire rack. Once completely cooled cut into thick slices. Cut heart shapes out of the slices of cake.
      7. Prepare the cake mixture a second time as described in steps 1-3. Pour a small amount of the mixture onto the bottom of the prepared pan. Arrange the hearts closely together in a row in the mixture. Fill pan with the rest of the mixture. Bake for approximately 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Once cooked remove from the oven and leave to cool as before.
      You can play around with different colours and cookie cutters to create other hidden effect cakes. If you don’t fancy a heart, how about a butterfly or a star?