The recipe for this torte (cake) comes from my old recipe book that I started when I was about thirteen years old. There are so many good memories of love and friendship preserved on its yellowed pages. Today is just a perfect day to share with you my recipe for this rich and fragrant Valentine’s cake.
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Its sweet and satisfying taste will definitely charm your taste buds. Talking about love at the first bite! 🙂
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Valentine’s Cake
Cake:
- 250 g (8.8 oz) honey
- 50 g (1/4 cup) sugar
- 1 pack vanilla sugar (or 1 TSP vanilla extract)
- 50 g (1/2 stick) butter
- 1 lemon (zest and juice)
- 1 TSP cinnamon
- 1/2 TSP ground cloves
- 2 eggs
- 250 g (8.8 oz) flour
- 3 TSP baking powder
Frosting:
- 130 g (1 pack) vanilla pudding powder (not instant)
- 200 g (2 sticks less 1 TBSP) butter (at room temperature)
- 100 g (3.5 oz) cherry jam (red currant jam can be used too)
Also needed:
- 8 inch (20 cm) round cake pan
- Same size piece of parchment paper
*** The recipe for the chocolate swirls I found here and it worked perfectly!
PREPARATION:
- In a larger sauce pan combine honey, sugar, vanilla and butter. Heat at medium temperature until well blended. Set aside and let it cool completely.
- After honey mixture has cooled down, add zest and juice of one lemon, cinnamon and cloves.
- Lightly beat two eggs and also add it to the mixture.
- Combine flour and baking powder and fold into honey mixture.
- Pour the batter into the cake pan lined with parchment paper. Bake at 365 F (185 C) about 30-35 minutes.
- For the frosting prepare vanilla pudding as directed on the box. Instead of 3 cups of milk use only 2 cups since a thicker pudding is needed. When pudding is cooked and cooled down, mix it with 200 g whipped butter until well combined.
- To assemble the cake, first cut it once across to get two equal pieces. Spread the bottom piece with cherry jam and then with the half of the frosting. Put the second piece on the top. Frost the cake all around with the remaining frosting. Decorate as desired.
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As always, looks delicious. Happy Valeninte’s Day
Thank you Darryl! Happy Valentine’s Day to you too! 🙂
Happy Valentine’s day Sibella! Hope you’re having a wonderful day with your loved ones. The cake looks delicious and really pretty, as if it came from a bakery store! Love the chocolate curls!
Thanks so much Jasline and may your Valentine’s Day be filled with love and happiness! ❤
Wow! It looks so, so, sooooooo beautiful and artistic! You blow me away with your love Sibella! 🙂 Happy Valentine’s Day…..hope it’s a lovely one for you ❤
Dear Munira, my friend from across the world, may your day be filled with love, joy and happiness!!! Thank you so much for your kind words, they sure have made my day brighter! ❤
Absolutely gorgeous cake! Happy Valentine’s Day 🙂
Thank you April! Happy Valentine’s Day to you too my friend! XOXO
Happy Valentines Day Sibella! How wonderful that you started to keep track of your recipes since you were a little girl. You still do now but it is just on the internet instead. One day you will have your first published cookbook-on baking and I will be so excited to get one of the first signed copies. I love your chocolate swirls on your tart. Take Care, BAM
Hello my friend, thanks for all your kind words! 🙂 We’ll see what the future bring and I promise if I ever get to do my own cookbook you sure will get a signed free copy! 🙂 Love to you my dear Bobbi! ❤
You are so sweet. Take care from your biggest fan, BAM
Sibella, I am having a difficult time leaving a comment. did my first one go through> Happy Valentines Day. BAM
I got your comment, it went to spam folder for some reason…. Happy Valentine’s to you too! XO
Wow! This looks delish and so beautifully done!!!
Beautiful!!
Thanks so much! 🙂
Oh Sibella, this is just stunning! Your cakes always are. I love the honey and spices in the cake, especially paired with the cherry jam. And I’m so jealous of your beautiful chocolate curls – I tried to make some with that same recipe and HOLY SMOKES was it ever a failure! LOL. Happy Valentine’s Day my friend 🙂
Thanks so much Korena! 🙂 I haven’t made this cake in years and I forgot how good it is. Chocolate curls were not that hard. At first I thought it will not work because chocolate was crumbling, but then I left it rest for another 2 minutes and it worked perfectly. It’s all about right temperature…. I hope your Valentine’s Day was great! ❤
I hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day. Your lovely cake is perfect for any celebration.
Thanks Karen, I hope you had a lovely day as well! 🙂
Wow, you had wonderful handwriting for a 13-year old, Sibella. You produced a beautiful cake and I have to steal the idea of chocolate curls for my grandson’s 6th birthday cake. His favorite colors are red, green and blue–there has to be a way to do it!
Thanks Kathleen, we were taught cursive script since we were 2nd grade. For the colored chocolate curls I would use white chocolate with a drop or two of food coloring. I am sure it will work.
Sibella, I ended up using chocolate candy melts. Some of them curled, some folded like an accordion. I’m happy… my little grandson wants red, green and blue decorations on his cake (a big “6) and that’s what he’s getting. Next time I’ll try white chocolate baking bars/chips. All in all, it was fun. Thanks for the idea!
Kathleen, I am so glad you had fun making chocolate curls. Candy melts was a good idea! Happy Birthday to your grandson! 🙂
So sorry its been a while since I stopped by Sibella, I have missed your amazing creations
You were a very tidy and talented 13 year old 🙂
Hello Sawsan, great to hear from you! Thanks for all your kind comments! 🙂