Friday, February 6, 2009

My True Love Cake

My True Love Cake


My True Love Cake

From Taste of Home

"Like my mother and grandmother, I have special recipe for every occasion," notes Beverly Coyde of Gasport, New York. "For Valentine's Day - one of my favorite holidays - this beautiful cake is an outstanding treat."
SERVINGS
12
CATEGORY
Dessert
METHOD
Baked
PREP
30 min.
COOK
20 min.
TOTAL
50 min.
INGREDIENTS

* 1/2 cup butter, softened
* 2 cups sugar
* 2 eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 3 tablespoons plus 1-1/2 teaspoons baking cocoa
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 cup buttermilk
* 1 cup water
* 1/2 cup vegetable oil
* FILLING:
* 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
* 2/3 cup sugar
* 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
* 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
* 1 can (21 ounces) cherry pie filling, divided

DIRECTIONS

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Beat in water and oil until smooth.
Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. heart-shaped baking pans. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Beat in cream and extract. Place one cake on a serving plate; spread with half of cream cheese mixture. Refrigerate for 10 minutes. Top with 1 cup pie filling and second cake; spread with remaining cream cheese mixture. Make a heart-shaped indentation in center of cake; fill with remaining pie filling. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 12 servings.

1 comments:

Lissaloo said...

Yum, this sounds amazing! My Hubby loves things with cherries, in/on them, I bet he would really like this. :)