Valentines heart cake        
           
           
                               
           
  This valentines marzipan cake consists in sponge cake cut in the shape of a heart and covered with a layer of purple marzipan.   heart cake picture        
           
           
  Once the sponge cake had been covered in marzipan, three little heart shapes were cut off from the cake and replaced with three little pink hearts made with the same cutters. Two pink marzipan roses were placed on the cake in order to add color and form to the heart shape.          
           
           
    Valentines cake - click here to see larger picture.        
           
    Marzipan roses   The cake is made using only purple and pink marzipan. The purple comes in two different shades the rose leaves being a darker shade than the rest of the cake. The roses are made by shaping each petal individually and sticking them together starting with the smaller petal at the centre of the rose and progressively moving outwards adding larger petals until the rose takes shape.      
           
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    Marzipan roses          
  The best valentine cake designs use a few colors only. When planning what colors to use on a valentines cake it is essential to find colors that will complement each other.        
         
         
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
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