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Swirl Valentine Cake
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Swirl Valentine Cake ~ Super Easy Dessert Starts with a Boxed Cake Mix and Becomes the Perfect Easy Valentine’s Day Dessert!
Can you believe Valentine’s Day is creeping up on us so fast? I bet you think I’m crazy for posting a Valentine’s recipe already, but seriously it’s right around the corner. Who are you going to treat this Valentine’s Day? Your hubby, wife, mom, children?
I obviously will treat the hubby, but I’m thinking the parents need a HUGE treat too and I might just to bake them a cake like this. You see they cleaned my house. It was a dire state of need. Sometimes I just can’t get it all done and it might have slipped.
Story goes like this. I was complaining to my mom about how dirty my house was and I didn’t know when I’d get to clean it again one morning. Later that morning she texted me to see if I would want her to swing by for a few hours and clean a little. UH HELLO?! Do I seriously need to answer that mom? Of course that would simply fantastic. So while I was slaving away at work my parents went to my house and cleaned. Spoiled? Nah just loved.
Now I didn’t tell my hubby because he would have said I was spoiled. Guess what? He didn’t even notice. Men. Well maybe it’s good because obviously he does not notice when I let things slip. The freshly vacuumed carpets lines, clean bathrooms etc just don’t matter to him obviously!
So if you need to make something sweet for you Valentine whip up this cute and festive cake that is super easy since it uses a box mix. GASP. I know. I won’t tell if you don’t!
Valentine’s Swirl Cake
Super Easy Dessert Starts with a Boxed Cake Mix and Becomes the Perfect Easy Valentine's Day Dessert!
Ingredients
- 1 box white cake mix + Ingredients to prepare cake
- 1 Tbsp strawberry jello
- 1 container white frosting
- Pink Gel Food Coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to temperature on cake mix. Generously grease a fluted tube cake pan. Make cake batter according to directions on box.
- Pour 1/2 of the batter into a small bowl; stir 1 Tbsp strawberry jello into cake mix until well mixed.
- Pour 1/2 of the red cake batter into bottom of pan. Carefully pour remaining white batter over red batter. Top with the rest of the red batter. The red batter will not completely cover the white batter.
- Bake as directed on box. Cool cake 5 minutes. Flip out of pan onto cooling rack and cool cake completely.
- When cake is cooled, divide the frosting evenly into 2 microwaveable bowls. Microwave 1 bowl of frosting on high a few seconds until smooth enough to drizzle over cake. With spoon, drizzle all of the 1st bowl of microwaved frosting over the cake. Repeat microwaving second bowl. Stir in the pink gel food coloring. Drizzle over cake. *Note you do not need to use all the frosting!
- Let the cake stand until frosting is set. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 162kcalCarbohydrates: 35gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSodium: 301mgPotassium: 26mgSugar: 18gCalcium: 94mgIron: 0.8mg
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This recipe is SUPER easy and the whole family loved it!
Perfect! I’m so glad it was a hit!
I made this cake last year for Valentine’s Day and I am definitely making it again!! It is easy and so pretty!!
Perfect! I’m glad you loved it!
The frosting on this is gorgeous. Super simple recipe makes it a winner in my book!
I’m so glad you loved it!
Julie, one question, the Valentine’s Swirl Cake, do you actually take a knife and swirl the batter or does it automatically swirl when it is cooked. Thanks.
I personally didn’t swirl mine with a knife. If you do make sure sure to do it lightly!
Your parents seriously went to your house and CLEANED?? You have got to be kidding me. I can’t relate. But the husband not noticing part? That I can definitely relate to 🙂 Love this pretty swirled cake, Julie!
I know…this was an old post and now I’ve been thinking how nice it would be if they magically did it again. To bad my house is now twice as big! Although Mom did drop me off Valentine’s Day Cupcakes when I was at work yesterday. Better than nothing!
I would happily bake treats for anyone who want to clean my house!
Right!
Stopping by from Mix it up Mondays! Your secret is safe with me:) Like I always say, they made cake mix for a reason, Right? Cake looks yummy and perfect for Valentines Day! Lynn H @ Turnips 2 Tangerines
I LOVE your theory on cake mix…I’m going to go with that!
This is such a pretty cake.
Thanks Val!
Totally drooling- that looks so good. I can never resist cake.
Me neither…add some ice cream to it and I am definitely a goner.
What a gorgeous cake! I love that it starts with a mix!!! And planning ahead for holidays 6 months away? It’s normal right? 🙂
Totally normal…I keep telling myself that 🙂 Bloggers problem right?!
Such a pretty cake. I was going to make heart shaped cinnamon buns, but now this has me debating which would be better!
Both! Cinnamon rolls for breakfast and this for dessert 🙂
This is SO pretty and Valentine’s Day recipes can never come too soon. I love all the pink and red, it makes me happy. 🙂
I know it makes me happy…anything to get me through the rest of the winter!!
What a fun cake for Valentine’s Day cake! Love the swirl!