Strawberry Heart Cake
This awesome strawberry heart cake recipe makes the best strawberry cake and is too good to save for only Valentine’s Day. Turn into a round layered cake year-round with 9-inch round pans. It begins with a cake mix and is easy to make.
Servings
16servings
Servings
16servings
Ingredients
  • 118.25-ounce box white cake mix
  • 1/4cup canola oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 egg whites
  • 13-ounce package strawberry gelatin
  • 1/210-ounce package frozen sliced strawberries(1/2 cup) (reserve extra for frosting)
  • 1/2cup skim milk
  • Strawberry Frosting
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Coat one 9 x 9 x 2-inch square pan and one 9-inch round cake pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. In mixing bowl, combine cake mix, oil, eggs, egg whites, strawberry gelatin, 1/2 cup strawberries, milk, mixing until well blended. Divide batter, pour into prepared pans. Bake 25 – 30 minutes, or until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pans, cool completely.
  3. To form heart: Place square cake on large platter. Cut round cake in half, place each half with cut side next to square side. You may need to trim corners. This now makes a heart. Turn cakes so square cake’s pointed end is down and round halves are at top. Frost heart cake with Strawberry Frosting (see recipe below).