Valentine's Day Celebration Ideas

Hows your Valentine's day preparations going on?? 

Here are some of the dishes which help you to impress your dear ones. This post gives link for Heart shaped Red Velvet cake, Heart shaped Brownies and Home made chocolates. Don't worry if you don't have Heart shaped mould for preparing Cake, I have also mentioned how to cut a Heart shaped cake from a round cake. Here you go!!

Red Velvet Cake With Cheese Cream frosting:

Heart Shaped Brownies:

Home made Milk Powder - Cocoa Powder chocolate:

Heart shaped Red Velvet Cake With Cheese Cream Frosting ( Step wise pictures)

Heart shaped Red Velvet Cake With Chesse Cream Frosting 

( Step Wise Pictures)

I found this cake on a website. Was waiting for a long time to prepare this. Since its Valentine's day special prepared it in heart shape. I had only round pan, so Prepared the round cake first, then cut it in heart shape. .Used remaining crumbs over frosting. Have also included how to transfer round cake to a Heart cake.

Specialty of the cake is that red color and the texture because of Butter Milk. Just add correct quantity of  ingredients. That would be fine.

Ingredients:

Dry Ingredients:

All Purpose Flour ( Maida)                                - 1 cup

Powdered Sugar                                                  - ¾ cup

Cocoa Powder                                                    -  Little less than ½ tbsp

Baking Soda                                                       - a pinch

Salt                                                                     - a pinch

Wet Ingredients:

Butter                                                                  - Little less than 1/3 cup

Butter Milk                                                         - Little less than 1/3 cup

Egg                                                                      -1

Vannila Essence                                                  - Little less than ½ tsp

Vinegar                                                                - Little less than ½ tbsp

Red Food Color                                                   - ¾ tbsp

For Frosting:

Cream Cheese                                                     - 200 gm

Butter                                                                  - Little less than 1/2 cup

Powdered sugar                                                  - 2 cups

Things Needed:

• Hand Blender
• Electric Oven
• Cake Pan

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Procedure:

For Sponge:

1. Sieve well maida, cocoa powder, salt n baking soda.
2. Mix cocoa powder and red color. Mix well so that there is no lumps. This is done for even distribution of red color in cake. keep it aside ( picture 1)
3. Beat butter in a deep pan. once it gets fluffy add sugar.
4. Beat in a egg.
5. Add vannila extract
6. To the above, add dry ingredients which we have sieved before in small quantities.
7. Add butter milk and Vinegar.  Beat it well. The batter will be thick only.. 
8. Grease the cake  pan.
9. Pour the batter and bake in the preheated convection oven for 180 degree celsius.. ( picture 2)
10. .Bake for 15 - 20 minutes  Insert a toothpick in the cake. If it comes out clearly (i.e no wet pieces of cake should come with it) , you can take the cake from oven.. Let it cool ( picture 3)
11. If you have heart shaped cake mould. then no problem. or else follow the link here
12. Place the cake in a plate. Cut the cake into layers horizontally. Rotating the plate while cutting helps in correct partitioning of cake.

For Frosting:

1. Beat cream cheese, butter and sugar together.
2. Keep the vessel in which you are going to whip the cream in a pot of ice and start whisking the cream.
3.  Keep on whisking till the whipping cream reaches its consistency. Whipping cream shouldn't fall down from the spoon in which you are taking it out. That is the consistency.

Assembling:

1. Take a plate in which you are going to serve cake. Add whipping cream to the center. Place the bottom sponge layer to it. This is done to prevent the cake from moving
2.  Spread a  ½ inch layer of  whipping cream to it.  ( picture 4)
3. Now the next layer, keep it upside down and then spread another  big dollop of  cream and then spread it on top as well on sides. Then make it smooth! ( picture 5)
4. Now sprinkle the crumbs from the left over cake. ( picture 6)
5. Refrigerate for some time.
6. Cake is ready to serve




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