Make a sweet heart-shaped cake, the old-fashioned way

Name: Sweet heart-shaped cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1/2 cup shortening; 2-1/2 cups sifted cake flour; 4 teaspoons double acting baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1-1/2 cups sugar; 1 cup milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 4 egg whites; 1 cup frosting

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Make this sweet heart-shaped cake – the loveliest sweetheart cake (1949)

Make this pink delight for Valentine’s Day — or a bridal party or for a birthday, for a wedding anniversary, for Father’s Day, or just to please someone you love.

Sweet heart-shaped cake

Yield: 12 servings

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients

1/2 cup shortening
2-1/2 cups sifted cake flour
4 teaspoons double acting baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 egg whites
1 cup frosting

Instructions

Preparation: Have all ingredients at room temperature. Preheat oven to 375F. Line bottoms of two heart-shaped pans (equivalent to two 9" round pans) with waxed paper.
Put shortening in bowl.
Sift in flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
Add 2/3 cup of the milk, and vanilla. Beat 2 minutes on medium speed of electric mixer, or by hand using 150 strokes per minute.
Throughout mixing, keep batter scraped from sides and bottom of the bowl with rubber scraper.
Scrape bowl and heaters.
Add unbeaten egg whites and remaining 1/3 cup milk.
Beat for 2 additional minutes.
Scrape bowl and beaters.
Pour equal amounts of batter into pans.
Bake about 28 minutes, or till done.
Cool.
Fill and frost with 7-minute icing.
Reserve a little and tint to match flowers.
Edge cake with tinted frosting, using the tip of a spoon.
Coil ribbon around the plate (hold in place with bits of tape if necessary) and tuck sweet peas, or other flowers, into loops.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 415Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 418mgCarbohydrates: 70gFiber: 1gSugar: 49gProtein: 4g

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