Surprise cake for valentine's day

Ingredients

For each cake (2 cakes):

• 1.5 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 tsp baking powder
• + 1 drop of food coloring or 3.5 oz chocolate for one of the cakes.

Materials

• Heart-shaped cookie cutter
• Cake pan

Preparation

• Prepare the first cake: mix together the flour, sugar, and baking powder, and form a well. Add the eggs and mix well. Finally, add the melted butter and mix until the batter is smooth.
• Add a drop of food coloring (or 100g of melted chocolate). Mix well and pour into a greased and floured cake pan.
  
• Bake for 30 minutes at 320°F (160°C). Let it cool before unmolding.
• Cut the cake into slices, and using the heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out the desired pattern from each slice.
  
• Put all the cut cake pieces together, wrap them in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours (or overnight).
• Prepare a second cake batter, without food coloring this time. In the same previously greased pan, pour half of the batter. Then place the colored cake pieces. Finally, cover with the remaining batter, spreading it well over all the pieces.
  
• Bake again for 30 minutes at 320°F (160°C).
• And there you have it, your surprise cake is ready!
  

Observations

Cake recipes: you can use any cake recipe (pound cake, yogurt cake, condensed milk cake, etc.). Prefer denser cake batters so that the pattern is well defined when cut.

Without coloring: here we used red food coloring to honor the color of love. However, if you prefer not to use coloring but still want a marked heart, add chocolate to your first cake.

Waste reduction: with this recipe, there will be many leftover cake pieces. DO NOT THROW THEM AWAY!! Instead, use them to make cake pops, puddings, or simply snack on them during a break.

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