Easy Valentine's Day Cake

Easy Valentine's Day Cake
Easy Valentine's Day Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 873 calories, 10g of protein, and 28g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. If you have baking powder, sugar, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours.

Instructions

1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch square pan and an 8-inch round pan.
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2
Beat white sugar and 1 cup butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy and smooth.
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3
Mix eggs, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, and almond extract into creamed butter mixture. Stir baking powder and baking soda into butter mixture until just combined.
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4
Stir 1 cup flour into butter mixture until just combined.
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Add 2/3 cup milk into butter-flour mixture; mix well. Continue adding 1 cup flour and 2/3 cup milk, alternating until all the flour and milk are used and batter is smooth.
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6
Pour batter into the 2 prepared pans.
7
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool cakes completely before removing from pans, at least 2 hours.
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8
Beat confectioners' sugar, 1 cup butter, and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract together in a bowl with an electric mixer until icing is fluffy and smooth.
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9
Remove cakes from pans and slice round cake in half.
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Lay the square cake on a work surface so it resembles a diamond-shape.
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Lay 1 round cake half on the top left side of the 'diamond' cake.
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Lay the second round cake half on the top right side of the 'diamond' cake, creating a 'heart-shaped' cake on top.
13
Spread icing over the assembled cake.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In3 hrs
Servings8
Health Score3
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