For red velvet cake:
- 1 ⅓ cups All-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
- ¾ tsp Baking soda
- 1 cup Sugar
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 Large eggs
- ½ cup Vegetable oil
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- ⅔ cup Milk
- 1 tbsp Food coloringred gel
For cream cheese frosting:
- 1 (8-oz) block Cream Cheese
- 1 tbsp Vanilla extract
- 5 cups Powdered sugar
- Colored sprinklesoptional
Red Velvet Heart Cake
This wowzer cake uses my favorite red velvet cake recipe and turns it into a Red Velvet Heart Cake. It’s the ultimate Valentine’s Day gift made with love. The deep red color and vanilla-flavored cream cheese frosting make this heart cake a perfect choice for your Valentine’s Day dessert table.
Since this cake is only one layer, it’s easy to whip up with only one bowl and a hand-held mixer. The vegetable oil makes this red velvet cake extra moist and tender. For this recipe, I use red gel food coloring but feel free to use beetroot powder or any natural food coloring if that is what you prefer. As for the cream cheese frosting, you have two options: Pipe it on top or spread the frosting over the cake. If you plan to pipe, I recommend sifting the powdered sugar. And cut a cup of powdered sugar out if you plan to spread it over the cake.
To make the Red Velvet Heart Cake, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Red Velvet Heart Cake
1 | Preheat oven | 5 |
Preheat the oven to 350 °F. | ||
2 | Combine dry ingredients | 2 |
3 | Add wet ingredients | 2 |
4 | Add food coloring | 1 |
5 | Bake | 25 |
6 | Let cool | |
7 | Make frosting | 5 |
8 | Frost | |
9 | Serve | |
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