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A delicious plate of Valentine’s Swirl Cake

Valentine’s Swirl Cake

A delightful cake perfect for Valentine's Day, featuring swirls of red and white for a beautiful presentation and delicious taste.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 1 cake
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 162
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Cake
  • 1 box white cake mix plus ingredients to prepare cake
  • 1 Tbsp strawberry jello
  • 1 container white frosting
  • 1 Pink Gel Food Coloring to desired color intensity

Equipment

  • Fluted Tube Cake Pan

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to temperature on cake mix. Generously grease a fluted tube cake pan. Make cake batter according to directions on box.
  2. Pour 1/2 of the batter into a small bowl; stir 1 Tbsp strawberry jello into cake mix until well mixed.
  3. 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.
  4. Bake as directed on box. Cool cake 5 minutes. Flip out of pan onto cooling rack and cool cake completely.
  5. 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.
  6. Let the cake stand until frosting is set. Enjoy!

Notes

For an extra festive touch, consider adding heart-shaped sprinkles on top of the cake. You can also substitute another flavor of jello if strawberry is not available.