Monday, February 13, 2012

Velvet Cake with Fondant Pink Roses – Valentine Special

Happy Valentine’s Day to All My Friends, Bloggers & Readers.

Valentine Day is full of love, roses, chocolates…

For this Valentine I taught to make the most admired red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting but unfortunately I got so much project work to complete in this weekend…. Ahh !! However yesterday evening took a break from my work and taught to bake something special to my darling hubby.




And I made these cute heart shapes velvet cakes and one more beautiful thing for this cake guess what !! Yes those pretty pink roses.

I love pink and I & my hubby loved those sweet roses. 


I followed the same red velvet cake recipe to make those heart cakes, but unfortunately in the night I ran out of red food color, instead I used pink color. Pink Or Red I feel both are apt for Valentine ’s Day. And I made those roses by using marshmallows fondant which I bookmarked from Apy blog.  I tried them first time and they came so beautiful!! Love them!!




Ingredients

Cake
All Purpose Flour – 1 ¼ cups
Cocoa Powder – 1 tsp
Egg – 1 no
Granulated sugar – ¾ cup
Butter (Room Temperature) – ¼ cup
Vanilla Extract – ½ tsp
Milk – ½ cup
Pink Food Color – 1 tsp
Salt – ¼ tsp
Vinegar – ½ tsp
Baking Soda – ½ tsp




Marshmallows Fondant
Marshmallows – 1 cup
Powdered sugar – 1 cup
Water – 1 tbsp

Preparation

  • Take a bowl with a hand mixer. Beat the butter until soft
  • Add eggs and sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
  • Add the vanilla extract, milk, pink food color, vinegar, baking soda and beat until combined well.
  • Add cocoa powder and on low speed mix well.
  • Now add Flour periodically and mix very well.
  • Meanwhile grease the baking pans and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • After the mixture mixes well Divide the batter evenly into prepared pans upto ¾.
  • Bake those heart shapes for around 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean.
Marshmallows Fondant
  • Take marshmallows in a microwave safe bowl and water and microwave them for 40secs or until marshmallows are puffy and expand.

  • Now stir them well until smooth.
  • Add the powdered sugar to it and stir well with spatula until sugar begins to incorporate and it becomes impossible to stir anymore.
  • Now dust sugar on a large cutting board and take the above mixture and knead well like a chapati dough.
  • Knead well till the fondant becomes smooth.
  • We can add color at the time of  marshmallows mixture or after the dough is knead properly take small portion of it and add food color and knead well till the color mixes well.
  • And can make whatever cute shapes you desire. 



And Sending to Chocolate Lover hosted by Resh , Love Lock with Sweets hosted by Privish started by Vidhya, Valentine Days Hosted by Teena , Chocolate Mela hosted by Srivalli, Sweet Luv hosted by Vardhini, Let's Cook - Sweet Somethings hosted by Radhika, Let's cook for Valentine's hosted by Simply.food, Love n Chocolate Fest hosted by Vimitha, Valentine Special hosted by Anzz , Kid's Delight - Sweets hosted by Kavi started by Srivalli, Bake fest hosted by Anusha started by vardhini, Cakes , Cookies & desserts hosted by Anjali and to my event Dish for Loved OnesDecorating Challenge - Valentine's Day hosted by Amy, Bon Vivant - Sweet Moments hosted by Sumee 



63 comments:

  1. absolutely delicious cakes. Loved the rose. I think I also have same kind of mould that you have used here. May be I will try this recipe too :)

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  2. Excellent cake!..Happy Valentine's day to you !

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  3. Happy valentine's day sravs.. the cake looks yum & the pink roses are a beauty :)

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  4. Mindblowingggg ......rose s soooo cute

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  5. That pink rose is so perfect. Maybe you should give us guidelines on how you could shape those roses so well!

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  6. just awesome dear...beautiful cakes, pretty roses...lovely presentation :)

    Happy Valentines day :)

    Join the Just "4" Fun event :)

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  7. Unbelievably beautiful! I loved the Marshmallow fondant.. Will try out soon! Happy Valentine's Day ;)
    -
    Kavi (Edible Entertainment)
    Ongoing Event:(Kid's Delight - Something Sweet)

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  8. That is sooo very cute Sravani..!! Loved it

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  9. how cute sravs the pink roses look gorgeous like just out of a wedding cake !! wish i could eat some

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  10. Happy vday! cake looks awesome...beautiful presentation with cute rose!

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  11. Aahhh...the cake looks beautiful..the rose is superb! wishing you a happy V day :)

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  12. Happy V day dear. The fondant flowers look beautiful and cute. Cake looks so yummy. Do link this to my ongoing event
    My Culinary Trial Room
    Ongoing event - Love n Chocolate Fest

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  13. wow dats really beautiful....yum yum

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  14. Soooo beautiful and colourful..

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  15. wow....delicious cake..........the pink roses luks so pretty,....

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  16. Looks fabulous with a professional touch! Happy Valentine's day!

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  17. Yummy fondant rose on the pretty cake,srav...happy V'day...

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  18. That is far beyond my imagination!! I've heard of fondants a lot but thanks for sharing the recipe here; I'm just too delighted for this. :)
    The roses look perfect, simply flawless, like the real ones. :)

    I'll be glad if you could link this to my ongoing event: Cakes, Cookies and Desserts
    http://anjali-cooklog.blogspot.com/2012/02/announcing-my-first-event-cakes-cookies.html

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  19. Lovely, awesome, fabulous,I do not have words dear. very cute little cakes, beautiful roses n heart shapes, great clicks n lovely presentation :)

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  20. They are looking awesome…
    Thanks for sharing with us..:)

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  21. Lovely cakes dear, such a rich color, Happy Valentine's Day dear..

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  22. What a lovely cake! Perfect for Val day :-)

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  23. Cute rose,lovely cake..Happy Valentines Day

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  24. melting and chocolatey cake.. i love the pinky rose on the top

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  25. lovely fondant roses,cake looks yummy!!

    Happy Valentines day,dear!!

    Erivum Puliyum

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  26. wow wonderful cake and fondant roses ......

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  27. This looks so cute.. lovely roses you got here. I tried making roses by melting candy and they turned OK, Was running out of time to make fondant. Happy V day!!!
    Love Ash.

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  28. Happy valentines to you too. Cakes are apt for the day. Love them.

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  29. Valentine's Day wishes to you too! The flower looks perfect & cake overall is yum!!
    You can share this with my ongoing-''Valentine's Day Event''(till Feb 20th)

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  30. Happy valentines day...Lovely cake...very cute flower..

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  31. happy v'day dear....cake is awesome....and looks great ..flower is perfect for valentines day

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  32. wow...amazing job dear, cake looks so perfect n the fondants looks so cute n perfect...apt for the special occasion...well done dear!
    Happy Valentines Day!!
    Spicy Treats
    OnGoing Event:Show Me Your HITS~Healthy Delights

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  33. Happy Valentine's day..cake look gorgeous..

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  34. cake looks perfect... beautiful presentation...

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  35. simply beautiful!...............the rose is awesome!perfect heart shaped cake with this pretty rose..perfect for valentines!lovely.

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  36. Wow..they look so delicious..Loved them..

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  37. Beautiful decoration & I'm sure they are yummy too !

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  38. Perfect for Valentine's! Lovely, Sravs!

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  39. Thanks for linking, dear! I'm just so happy to see my space pinkie pink. :)

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  40. That rose looks so beautiful...A yummy cake

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  41. so cute.......... the pink roses look gorgeous....

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  42. cute and fantastic cake. nice colour and the tiny little hearts

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  43. Those roses makes the cake even more stunning and beautiful. Lovely presentation. thanks for linking it to the event sravs.

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  44. wow, looks so perfectly made and the rose adds beauty to it, lovely post!

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  45. Excellent presentation and yummy cake. Thx for linking to the event.

    Vardhini
    Event: Sweet Luv
    Event: Strawberries

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  46. yum! Yum Cake!and what could anyone ask for a valentine:)

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  47. This is a stunning cake!
    Thanks for your instruction of how to make the barshmallows fondant, Id love to try it

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  48. Looks so delicious & perfect for the valentine’s day….A pretty rose...Thanks a lot for linking with Decorating Challenge
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