Peek-a-Boo Heart Pound Cake!
The recipe
Peek-a-Boo Heart Pound Cake!
- Servings0
Ingredients
- 2 boxes of pound cake mix calls for eggs, milk, and butter
- Pink food coloring
- 2 oz cream cheese softened
- Double heart cookie cutter
- Glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 cup Wilton micro heart sprinkles
Instructions
- Prepare your pound cake as directed on box, add cream cheese.
- Add in a few drops of pink food coloring, more if you want a deeper color, and mix
- Grease a loaf pan with butter then lightly flour it
- Pour your pink pound cake batter into your loaf pan
- Bake as directed on box (usually around 50 minutes)
- Let cool completely for a couple hours or an hour in the fridge
- Slice your cake into 1 1/2 inch slices like you would a loaf of bread
- Lay your cake slices flat and then use your double heart cookie cutter to cut out your heart shapes
- Now mix up another box of pound cake and pour a small amount in the bottom of another loaf pan
- Start placing your double hearts onto your batter in the bottom of your pan standing upright (make sure they are close together)
- Now pour your remaining batter on top of your hearts
- Bake for another 50 minutes
- Once your cake is finished baking, let cool completely for a couple hours or an hour in the fridge
- Mix together your powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until you have a creamy icing texture
- Remove your cake from your pan and pour your icing onto your cake, letting it drip down the sides
- Top off with a handful of micro heart sprinkles
- Slice and enjoy!