You May Kiss the Prince Love Heart Sponge Cakes

You May Kiss the Prince Love Heart Sponge Cakes

Serves: 8

Preparation: 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 x 350g sponge slab cake

230g (2/3 cup) raspberry jam

210g (1 1/2 cups) icing sugar mixture

1 tbs butter, at room temperature

1/2 tsp Queen Organic Vanilla Essence

1/2 drops (red) Queen Rainbow Food Colours (4 pack)

2-3 tbs boiling water

16 Queen Icing Pansies

Method

Cut sponge cake in half horizontally.

Use an 8cm heart-shaped pastry cutter to cut out 16 heart shapes from the cake.

Spread the cut side of 8 hearts with jam. Top with remaining hearts.

Sift the icing sugar into a bowl and add the butter.

Add enough boiling water to the butter to melt and mix into a firm paste.

Add Queen Natural Vanilla Essence and Queen Food Colouring until light pink.

Add a little more hot water until a runny icing forms.

Stir until smooth. Spoon the icing over the cakes allowing it to drizzle over the sides.

Arrange 2 Queen Edible Sugar Pansies on top of each cake. Set aside until the icing has set.

Alternatively, use Queen Royal Icing as a topping – the finish is smooth and elegant and incredibly easy to make – just add water and spread away!

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