Strawberry Heart Cake

Baking a cake and sharing it with those you love is a timeless way to show you care. Valentine’s Day can simply be used as an excuse to sweeten the path to someone’s affection.

Strawberry Heart Cake

SERVES

10

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

30

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

50

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • 250g self-raising flour

  • 4 tbsp cocoa powder

  • 1 ½ tsp bread soda

  • 3 eggs

  • 240g golden caster sugar

  • 225 ml light sunflower oil

  • 220 ml milk

  • For the cheesecake icing:

  • 230g cream cheese

  • 25g freeze-dried strawberry powder

  • 1 tsp vanilla

  • 110g soft butter

  • 380g icing sugar

  • 1 tbsp milk, if needed

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