Valentine Cake

by Dina
(Staten Island, NY)

Happy Valentine's Day

1. Bake a 9" butter cake in a 9" heart-shaped pan.
2. Once cooled, wrap securely in plastic and place in the fridge overnight.
3. Tort and fill with cherry or strawberry filling.
4. Ice with buttercream frosting.
5. Put in the fridge
6. When chilled cover with pink fondant icing.
7. When set, airbrush with red airbrush food color.
8. When the airbrush color is set sprinkle lightly with edible sparkle dust.
9. Make a pink fondant ribbon and drape across the cake.
10. When the ribbon is set paint with edible gold luster dust. (Use a clear spirits and a fine art brush such as No. 0).
11. Pipe a royal icing bead border with No. 5 tip.


Roses:
11. Make fondant roses and leaves and make into a spray. Or simply purchase ready-made roses.

Tag
12. Roll out white fondant and cut heart shape with a cookie cutter. While still soft, take a No. 4 tip and press a hole into the top of the heart.
13. When set, paint your message with a fine art brush.
14. Take a small piece of fondant and roll in your hands to make a small rope. "Thread" through the hole on top of the heart shaped tag.


Place the roses and tag on the cake. Adhere with a small amount of royal icing.

15. Take a small amount of pink fondant and make a bow.
When set adhere to cake with a small amount of royal icing. Paint with edible gold luster dust.