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Vegan Heart Cake


Are you looking for the perfect cake to make for your valentine? This vegan heart cake is so impressive and fun to make, it is sure to dazzle your valentine!


This cake is 3 layers and I made it using mint chocolate butter icing. I then poured a red mirror glaze over the top and finished the cake off with a few strawberries.


You could drizzle some melted chocolate over the strawberries as well.


I'm really proud of how this cake came out! I have never made a mirror glaze before so I was a bit worried it would go wrong but I think it looks great and tastes even better!


I shared this cake with my mum, Joss and Maxine (my almost 3 year old) and they all loved it!

This cake is pretty easy to make. The hardest part about this cake is smoothing the icing to be completely smooth for the mirror glaze to go on, but I'm sure you can do it!


When making this cake you need to make sure you have a perfectly sied cake board underneath so you can move your cake back and forth. Unfortunately, I learnt that the hard way and that is why my cake isn't completely smooth around the edges and you can see where part of the semi-circle cake came apart from the rest of the cake.


I made the mistake of putting the whole cake on a large cake board and when it came to moving the cake for the mirror glaze and moving it back onto the cake board after is where my problems came.

To make the shape of the heart;


Place the square layer on the side so it's a diamond shape.


Cut your circle cake in half to make semi circles and then place a semi circle on each side of the diamond.


Buttecream the whole of the heart, smooth it out.


Repeat this until you have placed all the layers of cake on top.


Place in the fridge for 15-20 minutes to allow the butter icing to set.


Spread a thin layer of buttercream over the entire cake, smooth it out, and place it in the fridge again for 10-15 minutes. This is called a crumb coat, it locks the crumbs in place so they aren't moving and getting on the outer layer of butter icing.


Spread a thicker layer of butter icing over the entire cake and smooth it out.


Place this in the freezer while you make the mirror glaze.

I hope you and your valentine love this cake as much as we did!


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Marisa

Heart Cake


Ingredients;


Cake;

5 ⅓ Cups Self Raising Flour

4 Cups Caster Sugar

4 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

4 Cups Milk

2-3 tsp Vanilla Essence

1 ⅓ Cup Vegetable Oil

4 tbsp Cider Vinegar


Butter Icing;

500g Icing sugar - I used Mint Chocolate Chip - Sugar and Crumbs

220g Butter

1-2 tsp Vanilla Essence

1-2 tbsp Milk - If needed


Mirror Glaze; Makes about 3 Cups

239g Granulated Sugar

160g Sweetened Condensed Milk - I bought some coconut condensed milk from amazon

114g Water

3 Sachets Vege-Gel - About 19.5g

57g Water

160g White Chocolate - I used Moo Free

Red Food Colouring


Method


Cake;


Preheat the oven to 180C and prepare an 7” round cake tin and a 20cm Square cake tin (roughly 8”)


In a large mixing bowl sift the flour, sugar and bicarbonate of soda.


Add the milk, vanilla, oil and vinegar. Mix until completely smooth


Pour the mix into both of your cake tins.


Place foil over both your tins.


Bake for 40-50 minutes until a toothpick can come out clean.


Let the cake cool completely before decorating.


Butter Icing;


Place the butter and vanilla into a large bowl.


Sift the icing sugar on top


Mix until you have created a thick butter icing.


Add a little milk if the butter icing is too thick.


Place in the fridge until needed.


Creating the heart shape;


Once your cakes have completely cooled slice them into 3 layers each.


Cut the round cake in half


Place one of the square layers on your cake board on an angle so it’s like a diamond - Remember you have to pour a mirror glaze over it later so it needs to be a perfectly fit cake board.


Place one of the semi - circle layers on each side of the diamond - Please see pictures for help.


Spread a thin layer of buttercream over the whole heart.


Repeat this until you have placed the third layer of cake on top.


Place the cake in the fridge for 15-20 minutes to let the icing set.


Spread a thin layer of butter icing over the whole of the heart, called a crumb coat, and smooth it out.


Place the heart in the fridge for 10-15 minutes minutes to let the icing set.


Spread a thicker layer of butter icing over the whole cake and smooth it out completely


Place the cake in the freezer for 30-60 minutes or until the cake is mostly frozen.


Mirror Glaze;


While the cake is freezing make the mirror glaze.


Place the 57g water and the vege gel in a small bowl. Mix to combine and leave for roughly 15 minutes.


Place the sugar and 114g water in a medium saucepan.


Heat on a medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar has dissolved.


Once it starts to simmer the sugar should have dissolved, don’t let the water boil.


Remove from heat and add the vege gel mix.


Stir until the vege gel has dissolved.


In a heat proof bowl or jug break the chocolate into small pieces and add the condensed milk.


Pour the hot liquid mix over the top and leave to stand for about 5 minutes. This softens the chocolate


Use a hand blender to smooth the mix completely.


Add your red food colouring until the mix is the colour you would like.


Pour through a sieve to ensure there are no lumps.


Let the mix cool to roughly 32-34C This took my mix 30-45 minutes.


Finishing the Cake;


Place your cake on a cooling rack, over a pan - Some people like to place it on a mug so it’s easier to pick up after.


Pour the mirror glaze over the whole cake.


Leave like this for 5 minutes to let the glaze set then use a knife to remove the drips from the bottom of your cake board.


Place the cake in the fridge until ready to serve


I added a couple of strawberries on the side just to finish the cake off. You could even drizzle some melted chocolate over the strawberries.


Enjoy!


Mirror glaze loses its shine after 24 hours so if you are making your cake in advance wait to pour the mirror glaze.


Please don't forget to tag us if you try any of our recipes @marisasveganrecipes on instagram and facebook. We can't wait to see what you make!




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