Mini Valentine’s Day Cakes

If you’re looking for Valentine’s Day cake ideas, you’ve come to the right place! These heart-shaped mini cakes are absolutely darling for your Valentine’s Day celebration! Top these little cakes with your favorite sprinkles, flowers and edible decorations.

Valentine's Day Cake Ideas

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Mini cakes are the perfect individual treat for any occasion! I love them for birthdays too, but I especially love how they turned out for Valentine’s Day! The little heart shape is perfect.

Below you’ll find my full recipe for the vanilla cake and vanilla-almond buttercream frosting, but it’s important to note you can use any cake and frosting combination you fancy.

Valentine's Day Tablescape

Fellow Nashville blogger Mrs. Southern Social styled a gorgeous Valentine’s Day tablescape (shown above) with my mini cakes gracing each place setting, you must check out all of the photos and details! (photography by Lele Fain Photography).

A chocolate version of these mini Valentine’s Day cakes would be delicious too! Top them with chocolate covered berries!

What You’ll Need:

  • Vanilla Cake
  • Vanilla-Almond Buttercream Frosting
  • Heart Cookie Cutter
  • Edible Flowers
  • Raspberries/Strawberries
  • Valentine’s Day sprinkles
  • Edible Decorations (like gold leaf)

How to Assemble Mini Heart Cakes:

Making Your Cake Layers

Make your favorite cake recipe (mine is at the end of the post) in a jelly roll pan. What’s a jelly roll pan? Like a half sheet pan with little edges. This is a great one here.

The next step is cutting out your hearts! I used about a 3″ heart cooke cutter to cut out heart layers. One batch of the cake (poured into one jelly roll pan) gave me about 9 hearts. So I did two batches to make about 18 hearts (or 9 finished heart mini cakes). Adjust to your liking! Just making 4 mini cakes? One cake recipe will do the trick.

Cookie Cutter Tip: I recommend getting a set of heart cutters like this one so you can adjust your mini cakes to your size preference! Make them smaller, bigger, etc.

Heart Mini Cakes for Valentine's Day

Frosting Your Mini Heart Cake Layers

The next step to assembling your Valentine’s Day mini cakes is frosting them! You can use any frosting recipe you like (mine is at the end of the post), but the concept is the same. Use a large round piping tip (I used the Wilton # 2A, you can find it in this kit) and a piping bag filled with your frosting.

On top of one cake layer, pipe large dollops of the frosting. Push down with the tip and lift straight up for a little round dollop. Continue around the heart cake layer. Stack a second heart cake layer on top. Add more frosting dollops on top.

Mini Cakes for Valentine's Day

Decorating Your Valentine’s Day Mini Cakes

The only main “rule” of decorating your mini cakes would be to place your largest items first and fill in with smaller sprinkles, edible gold touches, etc. So typically those large items will be flowers and berries. This just makes things easier.

Place a couple of flower buds (use a wooden skewer if you need help making a little hole) and then berries. Then add decorative sprinkle touches! Ta-da!

Serve up these heart mini cakes for Valentine’s Day parties, neighbors, friends, etc. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Valentine's Day Cake Ideas

Mini Heart Cakes

A delicious vanilla cake topped with vanilla-almond buttercream, shaped into mini hearts for Valentine's Day and decorated with heart sprinkles, edible gold, and flowers!
SERVINGS 5 cakes

Ingredients
  

For the Vanilla Cake

  • 1 1/2 cups butter - room temperature
  • 2 1/2 cups sugar
  • 4 large egg whites
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 cups cake flour
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 cups milk

Vanilla-Almond Buttercream Frosting

  • 1 cup unsalted butter - softened
  • 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 3 tablespoons heavy cream - (or milk)

Instructions
 

For the Cake:

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F and position rack to middle of the oven. Prep a half sheet pan (with a lip, like a jelly roll pan) with a layer of parchment paper. Lightly grease with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
  • Cream together the butter and sugar with an electric mixer for at least 3 minutes, on medium. Add the egg whites and vanilla. Beat well.
  • In a separate, large bowl, stir together the dry ingredients (cake flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt). Add dry ingredients, alternating with the milk, to the mixing bowl until all is combined, beating between additions on medium speed. Scrape down bowl and mix well. Pour batter into prepared half sheet pan.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes or until lightly golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool. Cut out heart shapes with heart-shaped cookie cutter.

For the Frosting:

  • In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter for 2 minutes on medium speed. Adjust speed to low and add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until well incorporated.
  • Add salt, vanilla extract, almond extract and heavy cream (or milk).
  • Beat on medium speed for at least 3 minutes. For a thicker frosting, add an additional 1/4 cup powdered sugar. For a looser/thinner frosting, add an additional 2 tablespoons of heavy cream.
  • Fill a piping bag with frosting. Frost mini heart cakes and decorate with flowers and sprinkles.

Nutrition

Calories: 1901kcalCarbohydrates: 244gProtein: 15gFat: 99gSaturated Fat: 62gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 26gTrans Fat: 4gCholesterol: 264mgSodium: 980mgPotassium: 460mgFiber: 2gSugar: 187gVitamin A: 3089IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 218mgIron: 1mg
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7 Comments

  1. What number is the Wilton Tip? I used the Wilton # ….missing the number. These look really cute! Can’t wait to try it!

    1. Courtney Whitmore says:

      Hi Lou Ann! So sorry, I added it in! It’s the Wilton #2A tip!

  2. These are so elegant. I can see making many versions for various occasions.

  3. Valentina says:

    These mini cakes are not only beautiful but so delicious and EASY! The perfect Valentines Day dessert!

  4. So pretty! Not only are these perfect for Valentine’s Day, these would be absolutely perfect for a bridal shower, engagement party or even a wedding! Love these! And the flavor is amazing, too!

  5. These adorable tiny cakes are also delicious and simple to make. The ideal dessert for Valentine’s Day!

  6. This cake is an exquisite delight for the senses, a true masterpiece of flavors and textures!

5 from 5 votes (1 rating without comment)

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