Valentine's Day Heart Chocolate Pound Cake

Take a look at this spectacular heart-shaped chocolate cake! Topped with fresh flowers, sweet berries, icing hearts and pastel stars, it is the perfect cake for every celebration of love--Valentine's Day, Bridal Showers, and Weddings!

Amount4-6 Servings

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, softened
3/4 cups granulated sugar
2 Eggs
3 ounces bittersweet chocolate
1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract, 4 Oz.
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup sour cream
vegetable pan spray
1 cup confectioners' Sugar
4 teaspoons milk
3/4 cup Buttercream Frosting
Pink Icing Color, 1 oz.
Kelly Green Icing Color, 1 oz.
Sky Blue Icing Color, 1 oz.
Fill Your Heart Sprinkles
fresh raspberries
edible flowers

Tools
8inch Heart Fluted Tube Pan
Open Star Cake Decorating Tip 18
2 Open Star Cake Decorating Tip 16
Perfect Results Premium Non-Stick Cooling Rack, 16 x 10-Inch
Decorating Bags, 16-Inch Disposable Piping Bags, 12-Count

Instructions

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Make Heart Fluted Chocolate Pound CakePreheat oven to 325°F. Prepare heart fluted tube pan with vegetable pan spray.
In large bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well in between each. Add chocolate and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; mix well. Combine flour and salt; stir baking soda into sour cream. Alternately add sour cream and flour to butter mixture, beating until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on cooling grid 15 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely.
Make and tint buttercream icing. Prepare buttercream icing and divide into three 1/4 cup portions. Tint portions light pink, dark pink and green (combine Kelly Green with a little Sky Blue for green shown). Set icing aside.
Make glaze. Combine confectioners’ sugar, milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. Stir until smooth and pour over top of cake.
Decorate cake. Top cake with raspberries and flowers, support with dots of light pink icing. Pipe tip 16 and 18 stars in light pink, dark pink and green icings on cake top. Add sprinkles. Let dry 1 hour.