Healthy Homemade Valentine Snack Cakes (Print Version)
# Ingredients:
→ Cake
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Fresh milled soft white wheat, sifted (2½ cups)
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Baking powder (1½ teaspoons)
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Baking soda (1 teaspoon)
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Kosher salt (¾ teaspoon)
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Maple sugar or regular sugar (1½ cups)
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Large eggs (3)
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Fresh buttermilk (¾ cup)
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Unsalted butter, softened (½ cup)
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Avocado oil (¼ cup)
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Plain Greek yogurt (¼ cup)
→ Icing
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Unsalted butter, softened (½ cup)
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Powdered sugar (1½ cups)
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Pure vanilla extract (½ teaspoon)
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Milk (2-3 tablespoons)
→ Coating
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White chocolate (14 ounces)
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Coconut oil (3 tablespoons)
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Plant-based food coloring (3-4 drops)
→ Strawberry Powder Topping
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Powdered sugar (¼ cup)
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Freeze-dried strawberry powder (⅛ cup)
# Instructions:
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Heat oven to 350°F. Mill and sift your wheat flour, setting aside the bran. Line a large baking sheet (13x18) or two smaller sheets with parchment paper.
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In a stand mixer, cream butter, avocado oil, and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla for 2 minutes until light. Mix in yogurt until combined.
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Combine dry ingredients separately. Alternate adding flour mixture and buttermilk to the batter in thirds, starting and ending with flour. Pour into prepared pan(s) and bake 17-20 minutes.
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Once cooled, use a 3-inch heart cutter to cut shapes while cake is still in pan. Carefully remove hearts with a spatula. Trim thickness if needed.
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Beat together butter, powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth and pipeable. Fill half the hearts and sandwich with remaining hearts.
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Freeze assembled cakes for one hour. Melt white chocolate with coconut oil in short microwave bursts. Reserve ¼ cup for drizzle. Add food coloring to remaining chocolate.
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Dip frozen cakes in colored chocolate using a fork. Choose either strawberry powder dusting (before setting) or white chocolate drizzle (after setting) for decoration.
# Notes:
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Uses freshly milled flour for better nutrition and flavor
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Natural alternative to traditional Little Debbie cakes
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Makes approximately 10 completed heart cakes