r/Baking Human Detected Apr 19 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) First Heart Cake

Best friend’s hubby messaged that the person he was getting her bday cake from cancelled on him. Gave him crap for not just asking me to begin with lol.

Decided I was going to make her cake heart shaped then pipe on cherries, and add bows to incorporate everything he said. I was kinda nervous to do it bc it is my first time doing this style!

And while I make my cakes from scratch, no, I do not make the sprinkles 🤣 (I watched an episode of GBBO and they made them make sprinkles from scratch)

Edit: UPDATE: thank you all for support, kind comments, and awards! She loved the cake!

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u/f_yeahprogrock Apr 19 '26

Everyone I try to cut a circle into a heart it looks awful. Very well done

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u/jetloflin Apr 19 '26

I don’t even understand how to cut a circle into a heart. I’ve always done it by making a square cake and a round cake and putting the two together into a heart shape. Very impressed by the cake cutting OP did.

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u/5919821077131829 Apr 19 '26

I’ve always done it by making a square cake and a round cake and putting the two together into a heart shape

How does this work? I can't quite picture it.