Hearts Abound Checkerboard Cake


Love is in the air, and we have the best way to interpret it into a delicious cake using the Wilton Checker board Cake Pan. Your loved ones will definitely get the message with its assortment of fondant hearts.

Ingredients:-

  • 3 Boxes
  • Rose Icing Colour
  • Red Icing Colour
  • Butter Cream Icing
  • 24 oz. White Ready to use rolled fondant

Tools:-

  • Tooth Picks
  • Checker Board Cake Pan
  • Non-Stick Cooling Grid
  • 10 Inch Cake Circles
  • Silver Fancy Foil Wrap
  • Scissor
  • Tape
  • 13 in. Angled Spatula
  • 9 in. Rolling pin (with 1/8 in. rings)
  • Roll-N-Cut Mat
  • Hearts Nesting Cutter Set (3 smallest used)
  • Decorator Brush Set
  • 12 in. Disposable Decorating Bags

Techniques Used

Fondant Cut-Outs

Makes

Cake Serves 20

Instructions:-

step 1

Individually prepare 3 boxes white cake mix following package instructions;. In one portion of batter, gently stir in Rose Icing Color to desired shade. (Use clean toothpicks to transfer color from jar to batter.) Repeat with Red-Red Icing Color to color second portion; reserve last portion white.

step 2

For bottom layer, place Batter Dividing Ring in the first prepared pan. Pour red-coloured batter in outer section, place white batter in middle and rose-coloured batter in centre sections. Fill sections 2/3 full. Remove ring for pan by carefully lifting straight up on handles. Rinse and completely dry ring.

step 3

For top layer, place clean ring in second prepared pan. Pour rose-coloured batter in outer circle, red-coloured batter in middle section; use reserved white batter for centre. Fill sections 2/3 full. Remove ring from pan by carefully lifting straight up on handles. Rinse and completely dry ring.

step 4

For middle layer, place clean and dry ring in third prepared pan. Pour white batter in outer section, pour rose-coloured batter in middle section and pour red-coloured batter in centre. Fill sections 2/3 full. Remove ring from pan by carefully lifting straight up on handles. DO NOT PUT RING IN OVEN.

step 5

Bake and cool cakes following package directions.

step 6

Prepare butter cream icing and colour light rose. Stack cakes on foil-wrapped cake circle and ice with light rose icing and spatula.

step 7

Tint fondant 8 oz. deep rose and 8 oz. red; reserve 8 oz. white.

step 8

Roll out each fondant 1/8 in. thick. Using the three smaller heart cutters from set, cut out five hearts per cutter size and in each colour.

step 9

Attach different sizes and colours of hearts to top and sides of cake with damp brush; overlapping some.

step 10

Use tip 12 and rose icing to pipe bottom ball border.