Chocolate Sweetheart Cake

Surprise your loved ones with this beautiful and delicious heart-shaped chocolate cake - perfect dessert for Valentine’s Day.

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ingredients 5
Prep Time 15 min
Total Time 2 hr 0 min

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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Directions

1 Heat 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.
2 Bake 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.
3 Cut round layer in half as shown in diagram. Freeze uncovered about 1 hour for easier frosting if desired. Arrange pieces on serving platter to form heart as shown in diagram. Frost cake with frosting, attaching pieces with small amount of frosting. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

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Expert Tips

For a truly special presentation to make hearts flutter, garnish with fresh small strawberries or raspberries and curls of white chocolate. Or for real chocolate lovers, press miniature chocolate chips onto the side of the frosted cake.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 410
Calories from Fat: 190),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 21g; 21%
(Saturated Fat 8g, 8% Trans Fat 1g 1% ),
Cholesterol: 55mg; 55%;
Sodium: 400mg; 400%;
Total Carbohydrate: 51g; 51%
(Dietary Fiber 2g 2% Sugars 38g 38% ),
Protein: 4g; 4%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 6%;
Iron: 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 Choices:

3 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Cakelovr

report Posted Dec. 17, 2012 11:10 AM

This is soo good i really recommend this!

youngEskimo

report Posted Apr. 20, 2011 10:46 PM

Wow!!! This looks and tastes really much better than you would think.

dmwicke

report Posted Feb. 8, 2011 4:14 PM

Right there is no diagram, but if you look at the picture, you can see the square cake with the round cake pan cut in 1/2 and placed on the top of the square cake opposite each other. Hope this helps

zeke2004

report Posted Feb. 3, 2011 8:09 PM

DITTO! Where's the Diagram?

abodie0150

report Posted Jan. 6, 2011 8:02 AM

what diagram?