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HOW TO MAKE RED HEARTS INSIDE THE CAKE

al-tomczak
By: al-tomczak
Posted 07/22/12 • Last updated 07/21/12 • 7164 views • 20 comments

Posted by al-tomczak


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First thing Im very sorry for my English, but Im Polish who live in Italy.






In a last few days I saw on this web site a lot of different cake insert techniques which I liked very much. So I invented my own! It is very easy and simple, you dont have to use any complicated tools. I used this techniques when I made a cake for my husband for our 4th wedding anniversary, and he was very moved when he saw surprise inside the cake. I hope you will like it as much as I do!

List of Materials

  • Rectangular pan for chocolate mud cake. I used 8 ¾ x 12 (21 x 30cm)
  • Two or more empty beans can, the higher the better. I used Ø 2 ¾ x 4 (Ø7 x 10cm)
  • Little hacksaw for metal.
  • Sandpaper
  • Sharp knife
  • Backing sheets / backing paper
  • Chocolate mud cake
  • Red velvet or other red color cake
  • A lot of white filling. I used cheese cream filling.


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Cut out protruding edge of cans, then smooth the edge with sandpaper (Photo 1).
If yours can are smooth just skip out this step.


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Put round piece of backing paper on the bottom inside each of cans and another one around the walls. Make sure that the paper is much more high than the can. This prevent that cake run out of the can in case it grow up too much (Photo 2).


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Bake chocolate mud cake in rectangular pan and red velvet in beans cans. Them let them cool (Photo 3).

Cut chocolate mud cake in two thin layers.


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With sharp knife cut along each of red cylinders in four quarter (Photo 4).


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Cut out along each quarter a triangle piece of cake (Photo 5).


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When you watch your red cylinder on the top you have to cut it as it show on Photo 6. Can you see four red hearts?


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Put inside of rectangular backing pan first chocolate mud cake layer with the smooth surface down (Photo 7).


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Put a thin layer of filling (Photo 8).


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Put red hearts UP SIDE DOWN (Photo 9) on filling.


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Press gently (Photo 10).


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Cover with a rest of filling and put on the top the second layer of chocolate mud cake. (Upss! I forgot to make a photo of this two steps) Cover cake pan with cake board (Photo 11) and put the cake in refrigerator for a few hours.
Take the cake out from the refrigerator and TURN IT UP SIDE DOWN! Now hearts inside the cake are in the right position!
Cover cake with icing and fondant as you wish and it is done!


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Comments (20)

sweetminis 7/22/12 at 8:32pm
cool tutorial, thanks for sharing! can't wait to try it.
al-tomczak 7/22/12 at 11:13pm
For more photo of this cake please visit my Photo Gallery: http://cakecentral.com/gallery/2370874/red-hearts-anniversary-cake Thank You for watching!
Bobbi44 7/23/12 at 3:06am
Thank you so much!! You explained everything very well!!
laella 7/23/12 at 6:57am
How food safe are the cans that the cakes were baked in?? I read a review from somewhere else and they said that there were fumes coming from the cans because the are lined with a thin plastic layer inside??
MarvinCakes75 7/23/12 at 5:56pm
Thank you for sharing!!!! can't wait to try this.
traci_doodle 7/24/12 at 12:58am
laella--I'm not a food safety expert, but I have friends that bake bread in cans all the time without any problems. I've noticed that some cans have a white liner on the inside. I'm guessing that was the problem. Most cans are just the regular tin color gray inside. I'm guessing you want one of those.
jgifford 7/25/12 at 9:55am
You make it look and sound so easy! Can't wait to try it. Thank you!
klaudijab 7/26/12 at 2:28pm
cool tutorial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Annabakescakes 7/26/12 at 7:22pm
That is beautiful, and you did a great job with your English! Just so you know, not to pick on you, we do say, "in case it raises too much" or "in case it should rise too much" rather than "grow up" Our children grow up. ;-) But I a super impressed you have used the correct "too" Many Americans use the wrong one, i.e. to or two.
Spuddysmom 7/27/12 at 10:37am
Thank you very much. This is very informative and fun!
Marianna46 7/29/12 at 8:07am
Thank you for this - it is a very clear tutorial for a very lovely cake!
al-tomczak 7/30/12 at 12:51am
Thank all of You for your kind words! Laella - I didn't read that review. I'm not a baker or cake designer. I'm learning how to make cakes with trial and error method and until now I've made only about 15 cakes for my family and for my friends. As you can see on the 1st photo inside my bean's can there's only a little white strip and to protect my cake from can's walls I put inside a baking paper. I guarantee that there wasn't any fumes when cake was baking, there wasn't any chemical odor or any chemical taste of my cake. And after baking the white plastic (?) strip was intact. But after your post I saw that there was different cans with different interior. For example tomatoes cans are all over cover inside with white plastic (?). Probably because tomatoes contains acid. Any way thank you for post! Now I and other person who read this tutorial will be more careful when they choose the right can to do this cake! :-) Traci_doodle - thank you for your support! Annabakescakes - thank you for your English/American lesson. It's never too late to learn something new!
Babbo 7/31/12 at 7:22am
Wow i think this is amazing and definatley something i will try in the future Thankyou
LOLEX 8/3/12 at 9:56am
Wonderful tutorial,thanks
WhimsyCakes 8/11/12 at 5:46pm
Thanks for taking the time to share this! I can't wait to try it!
SmoochiesCreations 8/14/12 at 7:52pm
Great job thanks for sharing :)
paros 8/17/12 at 11:07pm
Very good idea!!!! I can't wait to try it!!!
DonnaBinGrandRapids 9/24/12 at 10:51am
I wondered how this technique would be if cutting cake pieces out. I was thinking of using a cookie cutter with cooked cake to get this technique. Very nice.
Morgana-rose 12/9/12 at 8:59pm
wow thank you thats a really neat idea
flower7779 5/12/13 at 11:11am
Excellent........Congratulations. Thank you for your tutorial and your time. Don't worry about your English, I need to improve it also, but I understand and appreciate your effort. God bless you. dalia_sd@yahoo.com
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