HUGS KISSES Valentines Cake

The key to fulfilling their hearts desire lies within the layers of love you bake into this beautiful HERSHEYS Valentines Cake recipe. Turn up the romance with this tender vanilla cake dotted with HERSHEYS HUGS Milk Chocolate and White Creme Candy frosted with whipped cream frosting and decorated with swirled chocolate and even more candies! When love is in the air Valentines Day birthdays or anniversaries this dreamy cake is truly a gift from the heart.
Ingredients
41
HUGS Brand Candies divided

56
KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates divided
34 cup
butter or margarine 112 sticks softened
23 cup
granulated sugar
23 cup
packed light brown sugar
1 12 tsps
vanilla extract
3
eggs
2 12 cups
allpurpose flour
2 tsps
baking powder
12 tsp
salt
1 cup
milk
13 cup
SPECIAL DARK Mildly Sweet Chocolate Chips or HERSHEYS SemiSweet Chocolate Chips
1 tsp
shortening
StepByStep Directions
Heat oven to 350F. Grease and line bottoms of two 9inch heartshaped baking pans with wax paper. Remove wrappers from 24 HUGS Candies and 24 KISSES Chocolates chop into 14inch pieces.
2
Beat butter granulated sugar brown sugar and vanilla in large bowl until creamy. Add eggs beat well. Stir together flour baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture alternately with milk to butter mixture beating well after each addition. Stir in chopped candy. Pour batter into prepared pans.
Tip
3
Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans on wire racks. Remove from pans cool completely.
4
Place chocolate chips and shortening in small microwavesafe bowl. Microwave at medium 50 30 seconds stir. If necessary microwave at mediuum an additional 10 seconds at a time stirring after each heating until chocolate is melted when stirred. Trace 5inch heart shape on paper place wax paper over top. Place melted chip mixture in bottom of sturdy sealtop plastic bag using scissors snip off small corner at bottom. Pipe melted chocolate over heart refrigerate until firm.
5
Prepare Whipped Cream Frosting reserve 1 cup. Frost between layers sides and top of cake. Place reserved frosting in a clean sturdy sealtop plastic bag with star tip pipe rosettes along top of cake. Unwrap remaining HUGS Candies place on top of rosettes. Unwrap remaining KISSES Chocolates place along bottom edge of cake. Remove chocolate heart from wax paper place in center of cake. Cover and refrigerate cake
Whipped Cream Frosting Place 1 tablespoon cold water in small cup sprinkle 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin over top. Let stand several minutes to soften. Stir in 2 tablespoons boiling water until gelatin is completely dissolved and mixture is clear. Beat 2 cups 1pt cold whipping cream and 13 cup powdered sugar in large bowl until stiff. Pour in gelatin mixture beat until well blended and thickened. Stir in 5 drops red food color if desired. About 4 cups frosting