Valentine Conversation Heart Cakes Tutorial
Conversation Heart Cakes
Recipe and Tutorial
Write your favorite message on a cake with these cute conversation heart cakes. Perfect for Valentine's Day, anniversary or engagement. You will be surprised how easy these are to make and your loved ones will think you spent hours creating these.
These Valentine Conversation Heart Cakes are perfect to give away treats for Valentine Day Celebration. Say more with little words of love. In this video, I show you how simple and easy they are to create with tools or freehand.
These are one of the cake tutorials from my Heart Cake Tutorials collections.
If you remember I shared with you this Valentine pillow cake and floral heart cake as well as my Valentine strawberry gift box cake. For those of you that don't like decorating, I have a naked strawberry red velvet heart cake as well.
Table Of Contents
About these conversation heart cakes for Valentine's Day
- The Cake Shape - Instead of using a heart pan I used a sheet cake. I made two heart cakes.
- If you do not have a heart cake pan you can just print the image of the heart you want from the internet. Cut out the shape as use it as your guide.
- Cake Flavor - This cake is my vanilla cream cake (recipe below) baked in a sheet pan but you can certainly use any other firm butter-based cake from my over 50 cake recipes. Often a pound cake or sponge cake works better for carving.
- Frosting - I've used my Velvet American Buttercream but ganache would work just as well.
- Fondant - This is my Homemade Sugar paste /Fondant Recipe. You can also use my quick and easy marshmallow fondant. You can also try any of my other frostings recipes. See 30 plus frosting recipes here
When should I decorate my cakes
Timeline for decorating cakes - The active time on this cake is close to two hours but this does not include the negative time you need in between. This also does not include time for making homemade fondant which would be another 10 mins + 3 hours chilling.
- Bake the sheet cake - 35 mins (10 mins prep - 25 mins baking)
- Frosting - 5 minutes
- Chill the cake - 2 hours at least (negative time)
- Carve and crumb coat - 30 mins
- Chill the cake - 15 mins (negative time)
- Smoothing - 20 mins
- Chill the cakes - 1 hour (negative time)
- Fondant work - 30 mins
- Embossing - 20 mins
Useful Tips and Tools
The tools here are really simple and easy. I wanted to make sure I do not fuss with anything on the must-have list.
- You can use mini heart pans they create less waste but then again you can enjoy some cake pops with the leftover cake if you bake in a sheet pan.
- I have shown you how to use a paper template to cut around the sheet cake in the previous heart cake video tutorial and that works well here too.
- For the lettering, I have used craft shop alphabet press but I have also shown you how to do it free-hand with a brush
- It's best to use edible food gel colors for this but if you are careful the supermarket diluted colors work too.
How to Make Conversation Heart Cakes (Save/Pin)
Bake the cake
- Preheat the oven to 160 C/320 F.
- Grease and line one 7-inch heart cake pan or 8 x 8-inch square pan
- Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Add eggs one at a time.
- Followed by the vanilla extract.
- Lastly, add flour mixture and cream.
- Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
- Always cool cakes completely before you decorate or store cakes away
- Freeze the cake for an hour (optional) as it makes it easier to carve.
Prepare the frosting
- Cream butter for a minute
- Add vanilla and whipping cream - whip some more
- Add the powdered sugar - one cup at a time
- Once all the powdered sugar is in - whip for three minutes until the buttercream is light and fluffy.
Carve the cakes
- If you bake a sheet pan like me - Using the heart template, cut out the heart cakes. Hold the knife at a 90% angle - straight up - so you get a nice straight side (not beveled)
- Simple syrup the cakes (optional)
- Crumb coat the cakes and let chill for 15 minutes
- Add a second coat of buttercream and smooth as much as you can, using a spatula and scraper.
- I like to use a cling wrap over the chilled cake and use my hand to create a smooth surface.
- Chill the cake for at least an hour.
Cover with fondant
- Roll red color fondant larger than the diameter of the cake.
- Place it on the cake and smooth it out. Cut any excess as necessary.
- Use a fondant smoother or your hands to smooth the sides and edges.
Emboss the words
- As you can see I have used plastic alphabets to emboss into the fondant. I then painted those in different colors.
- If you don't have these alphabet cutters, you can simply use a paintbrush and edible gel food colors and write the words freehand. It sounds scary but it's not as hard as it sounds. Use single strokes as shown in the video below.
This is one of the cakes from my Heart Cake Tutorials collections. You may like to also see the videos for my Heart Pillow Cake and Conversation Heart cakes
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Description
You don’t need to spend hours over a cake for valentine’s day. Today I share with you a valentine heart cake with easy to follow techniques that are surprisingly simple and easy to follow. Your valentine will think you slaved over this cake for hours
ADJUST SERVINGS HERE - 8 servings
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 1/2 cups (310 g) All-purpose flour
- 6 oz (170 g) Butter (1 1/2 stick) unsalted, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cup (300 g) White sugar
- 2 large Eggs
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 3/4 cup (180 ml) Fresh whipping cream
- 3 tsp Baking powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
Frosting
- 8 oz (227 g) Butter unsalted
- 4 cups (480 g) Powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) Whipping cream
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
FOR THE FONDANT
- 1 batch Marshmallow fondant
Instructions
BAKE THE CAKE
- Preheat the oven to 160 C/320 F.
- Grease and line one 7-inch heart cake pan or 8 x 8-inch square pan
- Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Add eggs one at a time.
- Followed by the vanilla extract.
- Lastly, add flour mixture and cream.
- Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
- Always cool cakes completely before you decorate or store cakes away
- Freeze the cake for an hour (optional) as it makes it easier to carve.
PREPARE THE FROSTING
- Cream butter for a minute
- Add vanilla and whipping cream – whip some more
- Add the powdered sugar – one cup at a time
- Once all the powdered sugar is in – whip for three minutes until the buttercream is light and fluffy.
CARVE THE CAKES
- If you bake a sheet pan like me – Using the heart template, cut out the heart cakes. Hold the knife at a 90% angle – straight up – so you get a nice straight side (not beveled)
- Simple syrup the cakes (optional)
- Crumb coat the cakes and let chill for 15 minutes
- Add a second coat of buttercream and smooth as much as you can, using a spatula and scraper.
- I like to use a cling wrap over the chilled cake and use my hand to create a smooth surface.
- Chill the cake for at least an hour.
COVER WITH FONDANT
- Roll red color fondant larger than the diameter of the cake.
- Place it on the cake and smooth it out. Cut any excess as necessary.
- Use a fondant smoother or your hands to smooth the sides and edges.
EMBOSS THE WORDS
- As you can see I have used plastic alphabets to emboss into the fondant. I then painted those in different colors.
- If you don’t have these alphabet cutters, you can simply use a paintbrush and edible gel food colors and write the words freehand. It sounds scary but it’s not as hard as it sounds. Use single strokes as shown in the video below.
Recipe Notes
Equipment
Nutrition Information
Calories: 503kcalCarbohydrates: 65gProtein: 3gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 107mgSodium: 249mgPotassium: 85mgFiber: 1gSugar: 53gVitamin A: 883IUCalcium: 43mgIron: 1mg
The nutrition information and metric conversion are calculated automatically. I cannot guarantee its accuracy. If this data is important to you please verify with your trusted nutrition calculator. Thank you
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Arlene Dsouza
These are so cute n you make the videos so detailed that it motivates me to keep trying new things. Wish you could have a class in Mumbai I would be the first student..... .?☺
Veena Azmanov
Aww thank you Arlene. I know what you mean. May be some day I will come visit Mumbai and have a class too!
Karen @ Seasonal Cravings
These cakes are the cutest things ever. Love your instructions...makes me feel like even I could do this. I'm not great at decorating cakes. Thanks for the detailed directions!
Veena Azmanov
Thanks Karen. Sure you can..! They are so easy. I tried to use regular home equipment so one does not have to rely on tools.
Willow | Will Cook For Friends
These are so cute! Great tutorial, too. I love that these are the perfect size for a two person dessert, instead of a giant cake. Thanks for sharing!
Veena Azmanov
Yup! They sure are perfect for a two person dessert serving. Thanks for the comment Willow
Tina Dawson | Love is in my Tummy
Ahhh it's that time of year! Thanks for the tutorial! Heart cakes always frighten me - like it's got to be PERFECT!
Veena Azmanov
Aww Tina.. they are quite easy nothing to be frightened. Use heart pans makes things quick and easy.
Emily
These are so cute and they look so fun to make! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂
Veena Azmanov
You are very welcome Emily. So happy to hear that. Thanks for the lovely comment
Sia | Monsoon Spice
How adorable are these! I love to give personalised gifts and these just fit the bill 🙂
Veena Azmanov
Thank you Sia.. SO happy to hear that. thanks
Megan Marlowe
These are absolutely precious! I would love to make a batch and give them to my kid's teachers. They'd love them! ♥
Veena Azmanov
They would absolutely love them. I make such small treats for my kids teachers too!
Tara
How adorable! I love the tutorials you included too. The pillow heart is my favorite.
Veena Azmanov
Mine too Tara. thank you ! So glad you like it.
Amanda
These are truly creative. I especially like the "quilted" one. Pinning this one for later 🙂
Veena Azmanov
Thank you so much Amanda! So glad you like the quilted pillow
Lisa | Garlic & Zest
Veena - these cakes are absolutely gorgeous! You are so talented!
Veena Azmanov
Thank you so much Lisa! Thank you !
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche
These are so cute! I love the idea of making a batch of these and giving them away to your friends and loved ones as a little Valentine's treat 🙂
Veena Azmanov
Exactly Becca.. wouldn't that be adorable..! I love the idea of send sweet greetings like this. Thanks for your lovely comment