Marie Cookpad

  I wanted to bake a special treat for my Sweetie Pie for Valentines Day.  This Maraschino Sweet Heart Cake is a cake that I have been baking for a very long time.  What goes more with Valentines Day than a delicately tinted pink cake which is studded with maraschino cherries and toasted pecans!     It can be baked as a layer cake, or as I have done today, baked in two separate tins to create a Heart Shaped Cake.      I used both an 8 inch square and an 8 inch round cake tin.  I had grandiose ideas in my mind.  I thought to hang a garland between two poles with some sweetheart lovie dovie messages on the garland,  using two (paper) straws for the poles and a bit of butcher's twine to stick the messages on. I don't think that I can ever be accused of being overly proud. I am fully capable of laughing at myself, and I do have to chuckle when I see this. A cake decorator  I am not!  But thankfully my husband always enjoy...

  This recipe I am sharing with you today is for a wonderfully moist and delicious golden layer cake filled and frosted with a lush and rich chocolate frosting.   When I worked at the Manor this was the Birthday cake that I had to make for the Mister every year on his Birthday.  It was his favourite cake, the only difference being that I had to use an American golden yellow cake mix to bake it for them, rather than from scratch as that was what they were used to.   I will tell you right now, that cake isn't a touch on how good this one is.  This is many, MANY times better.   It is a recipe I adapted from a cookery book by America's Test Kitchen, entitled "The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook."   Yes, you read that right. This recipe is intended for only two people . . .  I think they would have to be two really greedy people however because I think you could easily get 6 delicious slices from it.   The cake is moist and so delicious.  N...