Chef in Me!: Eggless Surprise Heart Inside cake

Its Valentine!! No, no.. I don't have a great inclination towards these so called days. I feel all days are same and lovers don't need a special day to celebrate :)

But, for me.. I got another reason to bake! Yayyyy.. and whats better than to give a surprise to your soulmate, that too inside a cake :-D. So moi decided to bake an eggless surprise inside cake. Excited?? Yes yes definitely!
Last time I baked it, it was a disaster :(. The cake was wayy crumbly an falling apart. This is my second try and hoping it comes out good *fingerscrossed*

Cutting it short, here is all you need.

You need to bake two different cakes. One is to be cut and stuffed inside other.

For the red velvet heart:

Maida/ All Purpose flour- 1.5 cup (use a small measuring cup for this coz you only need to cut hearts out of it)
Baking Powder- 1.5 tsp
Baking Soda- 1/4 tsp
salt- 1/2 tsp
Sugar- 1 cup
Curd- 1 cup
Vanilla Essence- 1 tsp
Oil/ Ghee- 1/4 cup
Food Color or beetroot juice(for a natural choice)- 1 tsp

For the sponge cake:

Maida/ All Purpose flour- 1.5 cup (use a bigger measuring cup for this )
Baking Powder- 1.5 tsp
Baking Soda- 1/4 tsp
salt- 1/2 tsp
Sugar- 1 cup
Curd- 1 cup
Vanilla Essence- 1 tsp
Oil/ Ghee- 1/4 cup

Instructions for red velvet cake:

Preheat your oven to 180C for 10 minutes.

Mix Curd and sugar in a bowl till creamy and sugar is dissolved.

Sieve together maida, salt, baking soda and baking powder.

Add essence and oil to the curd and sugar mix. To this add the food color and mix well.
Add the sieved flour a little at a time and whisk till you get a creamy batter. You may add a few teaspoons of milk if you find the batter a bit hard.

The batter is ready. Grease a baking tin with oil and dust with maida. Pour the batter into the tin and bake at 180C for 35 Mins approx or till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

After 5 mins, remove from tin and let this sit on a wire rack. Cool completely before cutting.

After it is cooled off completely, cut hearts out of it using a heart shaped cookie cutter. Keep these aside.

Instructions for the sponge cake with surprise inside:

Follow the same procedure as above to make the batter except adding the food color.

Now grease a baking tin and pour a few tablespoons of batter in it. Place the heart shaped cake pieces with point side downwards. Place them close to each other in a row in the centre of the tin. Now pour the remaining white batter on top of them so as to cover them well enough.

I can see the heart :) Can you?

Place the baking tin in the oven and again bake for 35-40 minutes depending on how long the oven takes to bake.

Again after 5 minutes remove from tin and place it on a wire rack until it cools off completely.

Let your loved ones come home and let him cut the cake. If you can't wait and are impatient like me.. cut the cake beforehand and check the insides. Mine is not so neat coz I cut it while it was warm and so it sliced unevenly. But this time the cake was not falling apart.. *winning smiles*.

I placed the cake in the deep freeze section for about an hour and then used a sharp knife to cut slices. I wish hubby could cut it.. Look at the outcome!