Secret Heart Cake

Name: Secret Heart Cake
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 1 loaf
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 125 g soft margarine; 240 ml caster sugar; 4 extra large eggs; 5 ml vanilla essence; 515 ml cake flour; 125 ml cocoa powder; 10 ml baking powder; 250 ml milk; for the icing; 250 ml icing sugar; 30 ml cocoa powder; 30 ml boiling water; Heartshaped cookie cutter

Thamsi Mtshali @ThamsiM_mycooking

Soweto

Something fabulous, an inspiration from "ideas Magazine"

Thamsi Mtshali @ThamsiM_mycooking

Soweto

Something fabulous, an inspiration from "ideas Magazine"

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Ingredients

2 hours

1 loaf

125 gsoft margarine
240 mlcaster sugar
4extra large eggs
5 mlvanilla essence
515 mlcake flour
125 mlcocoa powder
10 mlbaking powder
250 mlmilk
for the icing
250 mlicing sugar
30 mlcocoa powder
30 mlboiling water
Heartshaped cookie cutter

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Steps

2 hours

1

FOR THE CHOCOLATE CAKE BATTER.Beat the margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add two eggs and beat well. Add the vanilla. Fold in 440ml of the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, pinch of salt, alternating with the milk. Mix well into soft batter.
2

Spoon into a greased loaf tin and bake in a 170°C preheated oven for 50-60 minutes. A skewer inserted should come out clean. Remove from the oven and let it cool completely. Then refrigerate to firm up.
3

Slice the loaf into 2cm slices, use a heart shaped cutter to cut the heart from the middle of each slice. Set the hearts aside.
4

FOR THE VANILLA BATTER. Prepare Vanilla Batter in the same way you prepared for the Chocolate batter but DO NOT ADD THE COCOA POWDER. Spread the third of the vanilla batter into the greased loaf tin, place the chocolate hearts upright in the centre of the batter, packing them closely to each other.
5

Spoon the remaining vanilla batter on top of the hearts to cover them completely. Bake on a 175°C preheat oven for 45-55 minutes. Remove and cool.
6

Place icing sugar in a bowl, add water, a little at a time, mix together to form a smooth spreadable consistency. Spread over the cake and decorate with pieces of white chocolate or sugar flowers.