Valentine's Day Love Cake

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Preheat oven to 350 and spray cake pans with pam baking spray

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Using a hand mixer and large bowl, beat all cake ingredients until

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combined and smooth

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Divide the cake batter into two bowls

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Mix in a few drops of Pink food coloring into one bowl

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Leave the batter in the second bowl white

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Alternate the batters by scooping in ¼ C of colored batter into each

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cake pan on top of each other to create a tye dye effect

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Place into the oven and back for 28-32 minutes or until a toothpick

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comes out clean

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Allow to cool completely

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Using a standing mixer, beat all ingredients except for the color

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until combined and smooth but stiff with peaks

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Scoop 2 C of frosting into one of the two medium bowls

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Scoop 1 C of frosting into the second of the two medium bowls

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Mix in 2 drops of pink gel food coloring into one of the bowls

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with the 2 C of frosting.

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Mix in 4 drops of gel food coloring into the second bowl

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Scoop 1 C of white frosting into 1 side of the large piping bag with

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the star tip

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Scoop 1 C of the light pink frosting into the other side of the same piping bag

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Place one cake layer onto the cake board and cut the dome off the cake

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to make an even layer

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Repeat step with other two layers

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Scoop 1 C of white frosting onto the bottom layer and spread evenly

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Place the second cake layer on top and spread evenly 1 more cup of frosting

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Place the last layer of cake on top and frost with remaining white frosting

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Place the cake in the fridge to allow the base frosting to harden for

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about 30 minutes

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Using the remaining light pink frosting, place into the microwave for

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about 10 second to soften it

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Scoop into the piping bag

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Scoop the darker pink into the other piping bag with the #17 tip

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Using the piping bag with the lighter pink, cut the tip off the bag

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Pipe drips around the edge of the cake

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Sprinkle some of the heart sprinkles onto the drips

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Lightly push the cookie cutter into the front center of the cake to

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create an outline

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Using the darker pink frosting, pipe and fill in the heart

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Using the larger piping bag with the star tip, pipe dollops of

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frosting onto the top of the cake

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Sprinkle some more sprinkles

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Top with cherries and enjoy!