Broken Heart Cake inspired by Taylor Swift
Valentines Day, for some its a celebration of true love for others like Liz Lemon in 30 Rock, it’s a reminder that she is still single. Here’s a broken heart cake modelled on the one in the Taylor Swift song ‘Blank Space’.
In the video, Taylor gets involved with a guy only to be broken-hearted. If there is a moral to the song then let it be to guard your heart and choose wisely who you entrust it to. If you’re only young then don’t feel pressured into dating. Be happily single. It’s good to wait until you’re older.
The winners are: 1st Ari el 2nd Gummibearrr 3rd Tay M 4th captaintracey 5th zigah Osman 6th +PigsEat Bacon 7th +boomsh33ka 8th maddiemagicx 14 9th amal ahmed 10th +Rhyann Freytag 11th Naomi Sommer 12th Jessica Bong
If you are still trying you’ll need to find 13 songs and 1989 is not counted as a song title. Have fun :D
For the broken heart cake you will need:
Two 8inch (20.32 centimetres) round sponge cakes – you will find the recipe and video here
A double quantity of American butter cream – recipe and video for buttercream
1/2 cup or 125millilitres (4.23 fluid ounces (125.1 millilitres)) strawberry or raspberry sauce
375g (13.23 ounces) white chocolate melts – For this video I am using compound chocolate, containing vegetable fat. If you use chocolate containing cocoa butter you will need to temper it or it won’t set firm at room temperature.
Piping bag and a round and star shaped tip. (Click here for tips on decorating without a piping bag)
Round cake board
Here are some videos to make you laugh this Valentines day:
Thomas Sanders regularly creates vines starting with the words ‘story time’ after which he goes up to complete strangers and in a narrators tone talks about them. Watch the girls face…
If you feel like you’ve missed an opportunity with someone special…
Taylor Swift Blank Space video clip
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My daughter asked for this cake for her 17th birthday. It came out great! Thanks so much for the tutorial.
hi ann
your the best cook
Is there any tips you can give me before i make this cake?
They are all on the video and in the blog! Happy baking!
How do I make sure the buttercream is white when I make it?
Hi Peta, it won’t be perfectly white, but make sure you use icing sugar and whip the mix well. Avoid butter that has a colouring added. If you prefer you could make a white chocolate ganache.
Could I use white frosting instead?
Yes you can.
Dear Ann, Do you have to find the song tittles you said in the video? If that’s so I found blank space and style.
This was my very first cake , for a friend’s birthday. It was inspired by this tutorial. The piping isn’t great, but I didn’t have any tools and I live in a location where it is very hard to get them. However, I was able to make the bleeding effect work well, and everyone was very impressed.
I found it was helpful to not make the bottom layer of chocolate but instead flood fill the bottom with melted candy melts. It made it more level and less brittle. It was a bit harder to break through, but not impossible.
I love this video!! and the best thing it was posted on my birthday!!(30 January)
can u make a monster high cake?
Your cake was really cool I wish I could make a cake as good
This so beautiful. Keep doing such amazing cakes! I wish you all the best thing in the world.
With all the best and worm feelings in the world,
Olga.
P.S. and Hello from Latvia!
A group of us singles girls in the 80’s made a heart shape cake from a square with raspberry jelly in the center! It is nothing new, I am quite certain for decades this cake has been made for various reasons! Once I seen one a funeral with a cross cutting into it and then a red rose across it with white tear drops that was in 1981! A very dear friend lost the love of her life and she designed that cake……….
That’s sad that your very dear friend lost the love of her life
I made this cake last Thursday and served it last Friday. It turned out well but not quite as well as yours did 🙂 Also I skipped the cake board part.
The cakes were a bit difficult to handle as they were quite sticky (the steam couldn’t escape). So the very top layer of the cakes kinda tore off. But in the end result that wasn’t a problem at all.
I was a little stubborn and decided to make only 1.5 batches of buttercream. It was enough to fill and cover the cake, and to make the sauce barrier, but I couldn’t make the decorations. (Which was okay because in the end it’s all about the flavour) The top was simply the smooth side of the chocolate heart. The cake, buttercream, chocolate and strawberry sauce really combined beautifully.
Hi Elza, So glad you were happy with the result.
How to make some buttercream?
Hi nathali, the link is in the recipe but here it is for you: http://www.howtocookthat.net/public_html/buttercream-cupcake-frosting-recipes/
This cake is so creatively thought of! Taylor Swift, awww! A concept cake that looks great!!!
Julie & Alesah
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I have a little question, what means 2 8″ sponge cakes? I’m from germany, maybe ne 8″ means 8 inches in the radius round cake? And I can’t find the recipe for the american buttercream frosting which should be linked…please help me, because I want to make that cake for my single ladies for valentinesday
Hi Katharina, The reference is to cake tins that are 8 inches in diameter. Here is the link you are after: https://www.howtocookthat.net/public_html/buttercream-cupcake-frosting-recipes/
These are all American buttercream recipes. Use vanilla or another flavour if you prefer.
Oops, thought I would get it first.. Here’s hoping
Shake it off
Red
Blank space
Style
Clean
Begin again
If this was a movie
Crazier
The lucky one
Change
I know places
Wildest dreams
I wish you would
Half of my heart
The outside
As cold as you
Hi Terri, you’re close but not quite. However winners are already announced see just below the video.
I think there were 13 Talyor Swift songs mentioned were:
Shake It Off
Red
Style
Blank Space
Begin Again
If this was a movie
Clean
Crazier
The lucky one
Change
I know places
Wildest dreams
I wish you would
Hi hay, Well done, that is correct but unfortunately others got them before you in the youtube comments on the video. Winners listed above.
Hi! could you make something glutein free? prehaps a cake? Please awnser!
Hi Ella, You could try this recipe for a gluten free, egg free cake: http://www.howtocookthat.net/public_html/chocolate_pinata_gluten_free_cake_recipe/
Hi, i like to know how do u make mock cream, & what kind of cream they use on a ice cream cake… thx love your recipes.
Hi Lidia, I use normal cream whipped up either plain or with a little icing sugar to taste on ice cream cakes, see this one for what it looks like… https://www.howtocookthat.net/public_html/fault-stars-cake-tfios/
You are a legend. What an amazing cake and how imaginative!!! Love it !!