Simple Pink Heart Cake with Cherries
This Simple Pink Heart Cake with Cherries will be your favorite thing to prepare this Valentine's! It is incredibly moist, spongy, and airy with delicate and rich white chocolate ganache on top. It is covered in shades of pink, tiny hearts, and bright red maraschino cherries! I'm sharing with you the easiest recipe for sponge cake ever!
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 4 eggs
- 7 oz all-purpose flour
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- 3.5 oz granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
- ⅖ cup sunflower oil
For the Ganache
- 14 oz white chocolate
- 4.5 oz heavy cream
For the Decoration
- 8 cocktail cherries
- 1 tbsp deco hearts (optional)
- 1 tbsp agave syrup (optional)
Instructions
Make the Batter
- Mix whole eggs with granulated and vanilla sugar until foamy at the highest speed. The mixture will be pale and tripled in size. You will need between 5 and 10 minutes to achieve this.
- Pour in oil, Greek yogurt, and pink food dye. Combine.
- Sift in baking powder and flour, in 4 portions. Blend in flour lightly, with the setting on low. The batter will be thick and smooth.
Bake the Cake
- Layer the cake tin in parchment paper, the sides, as well. Pour the batter and smash it a few times on the counter to burst the air bubbles.
- Bake at 350 °F (180 °C) or 320 °F (160 °C) in the oven with a fan for 30-35 minutes.
Make the Frosting
- Melt white chocolate and combine it with hot heavy cream. Dribble a few drops of pink food coloring.
- Merry everything gently so you don’t incorporate air. Transfer to a larger dish and leave to stiffen. It should be creamy and easy to spread.
Decorate the Cake
- Separate the cake into 4 even quadrants by imprinting the lines with a knife on top.
- Cut the edges of two neighbor quadrants and attach them on top with frosting. It will have the shape of a heart.
- Moisten with agave syrup. Coat the cake with frosting. Smooth the lines and arrange the tiny hearts all over. Place cherries on top.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 824.1kcalCarbohydrates: 90.3gProtein: 13.3gFat: 46.7gSaturated Fat: 20.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 21.2gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 147.9mgSodium: 326.2mgPotassium: 311.1mgFiber: 1.2gSugar: 63.9gVitamin A: 494.5IUVitamin C: 1.1mgCalcium: 306.9mgIron: 2.5mg