THE LOVE CAKE

by LISA ROSALES
(CORONA,CA.)

The love cake is an easy cake to do for Valentine's day or just to give to your honey!

To make this cake, bake 2 cakes in a heart shaped pan. Fill and frost them and then cover the cake in white fondant.

Using a ribbon cutter, cut out a strip of red fondant and lay it diagonally across the cake, as shown.

At the top, left side of the heart cake, lay a red bow made from a combination of fondant and gum paste.

On the part of this red fondant strip that shows on the cake after the bow is in place, you will write your inscription.

Using heart shaped fondant cutters in different sizes, cut out a bunch of heart shapes in red and pink. Wet the back of these cut outs just a bit and place them on the cake.

This is a quick cake to decorate. The bow will take some time to set. Use a piece of rolled up wax paper inside the bow and leave it in place until the bow dries. Remove the wax paper before serving the cake.