| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | 120 minutes |
| Servings |
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Ingredients
- 2 cups All purpose flour
- 4 Eggs
- 1 cup Unsalted butter cooking oil /
- 3/4 cup milk Whole fat
- 1 tbsp Baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar granulated
- 4 – 5 drops Red color
- 2 tbsp Cocoa powder
- 1 tsp Vanilla essence
- 1 tsp Chocolate essence
- 1 Heart cookie shaped cutter
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Instructions
- Sift all purpose flour and baking powder together in a large bowl and keep aside.
- In a separate bowl take granulated sugar and unsalted butter. Blend them nicely till the sugar dissolves and the mixture acquires a creamy texture.
- Now add egg one at a time and keep beating the mixture.
- Once the eggs are added and the mixture is beaten well till it becomes creamy n fluffy, add whole milk and blend the mix again for few mins.
- Now take the liquid mixture and start pouring it gradually on the dry mixture. Keep folding both the mixtures in clockwise direction till it becomes a smooth batter.
- Separate the batter into two equal portions in different bowls.
- In the first bowl add few drops of red food color and vanilla essence and stir well till the color incorporates in the batter well. Keep aside.
- In the second bowl add cocoa powder and chocolate essence and blend all together till the cocoa powder incorporates well. Keep aside.
RED SPONGE CAKE METHOD:
- Grease a 6″inch loaf baking tray and pour in the red batter completely.
- Bake the red cake in a pre heated oven at 180degree C for around 35 mins or till the skewer comes out clean.
- Once the cake is done, allow it to cool and then cut into medium slices (like bread slice)
- Now take a heart shape cookie cutter and press it on the center of slice so that u get a heart shape cake piece.
- Repeat the same process for rest of the slices too.
- Collect all the red hearts in a separate plate and keep aside.
- Note: The left over corners of the red sponge cake can be used in making pudding or mouse.
CHOCOLATE SPONGE CAKE:
- Now again grease a 6″inch baking tray and pour one large spoon of cocoa batter on the base.
- Take the red sponge hearts and arrange them in a row in the center of the baking tray (from one end to the other)
- Make sure the red hearts don’t have gap between each other.
- Now pour the rest of the cocoa batter all over red sponge heart row covering from all sides.
- Put the baking tray in the pre heated oven and bake the cake for around 35-40 mins. Or till the skewer/tooth pick comes out clean.
- Once the cake is done allow it to cool. Cut into slices and u will find a hidden heart in every slice.
Recipe Notes
Happy Valentine’s To All
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