Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Love Heart Cake

It was Anna's birthday last week and to celebrate we had a lunch with a small group family and close friends on Sunday to celebrate. She has recently discovered a love for dim sims so we went to Yum Cha which delicious and lots of fun.

The brief was: a 'lub heart' cake with pink and sprinkles please Mum.


This one was very much a home style cake. I know I've made much fancier cakes in the past, with professional piped icing and decorating, but this time I went for a more rustic, easy approach. (aka I didn't have much time and I had a bunch of other stuff to do!)

I also had a bit of a baking fail. I must have knocked the oven dial somehow - I have a fan forced oven that bakes cakes nicely at 170C. After a while baking it was giving off a burnt smell - I checked the oven and it was set to over 200C! Eek! The outer edge was a bit burnt so I ended up cutting all the edges off and trimming the cake down.


I can't take credit for the musk stick border (which I love, mainly because musk sticks are a huge favourite of mine!) My friend Anne from Domesblissity shared a picture of a cake she made for her daughter's birthday a few months ago. She used the musk sticks around the edge and I loved how it looked so I copied her :) I used little candy hearts for the four, which I got at a specialty lolly shop at my local shopping centre, and the finished the edge with sprinkles, as per Anna's instructions.

A big discovery during this cake baking project was Abby's pan coat to grease the cake tin, which was not a non-stick tin. She gave me some the other day to try - the recipe is on her blog here - it was brilliant! I just brushed it on my cake tin and not one single crumb stuck. If you bake a lot you MUST make up a batch.


One happy girl and one yummy cake which didn't last long. Especially with my father-in-law around-  I think he had four slices!

12 comments:

  1. Oh Ros! It looks just beautiful. So does little Anna. Thanks so much for the shout out. I can't remember where I got the idea from for the musk sticks. I'm sure I got it from somewhere. I don't have an original idea in my head! LOL

    (Might have to make one of these for the kidlets for Valentine's day.)

    Anne xx

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  2. Four slices as commanded by the heart number on top!!

    It looks lovely, really tasty x

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  3. The cake looks great! Glad to hear the pan coat works like a dream for you too! I love musk sticks...have you ever made musk vodka? It's one of my favourites.

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  4. Cute! Julie said she wants that 4 cake haha. what is a musk stick?

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    1. The pink stick lollies in the picture - usually they are longer, I cut them for the cake. They are pretty much a stick made of sugar, usually pink and they have a musk flavour. They are very sweet, but very yum and addictive!

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  5. Oh that looks amazing- I love the musk stick border idea.. my cake decorating skills are limited at best but that looks like something even I could manage!

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  7. I made a love heart cake last week too. It was very pink with sprinkles as per the brief from Mahli.

    Your cake looks great and Anna looks absolutely delighted by it!

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  8. That looks great. I'm so stealing this idea for Elizabeth's birthday! Lub heart cute. I am going to check that pan coat I'm intrigued!

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  9. What a beautiful cake! Coming your way from Mellywoods and love the little skirt and tie you made for her kids! Any friend of Mels is a friend of mine! Happy to be following along via GFC.

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  10. Happy belated Birthday to Anna. Lots of lub from the kids at A Fresh Legacy. xx

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