This festive fun loaf cake is dotted inside with bright red sprinkles and a hint of magic from cupid’s own kiss: a delicious heaping splash of cherry liqueur for a scrumptiously sweet Valentine’s Day treat. A touch of organic strawberry powder makes a vibrant pink drizzle for this moist and delicious Valentine’s Day cake!
The bright red sprinkles in the batter give it that bold red-speckled slice. If you love a simple slice of delicious pound cake, this easy festive valentine version won’t disappoint!
Just grab all the familiar parts of a pound cake. Flour, butter, sugar, and eggs. We’ll dress these up into a festive little fun loaf with flare.
Little additions like round, flat red sprinkles, a little strawberry powder, and a splash of delicious cherry liqueur make tasty added statements in this simple yet festive Cupid’s Kiss Valentine Glazed Pound Cake.
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I just loved the idea of a simple and fun freshly baked buttery loaf. The natural pink color from the strawberry powder made the perfect finishing glaze for this simple Valentine’s Day treat.
It just hits all the right spots! It’s simple, colorful, festive, and tasty. It’ll be the perfect companion for that fresh brewed cup of coffee. It’s an easy bite of something deliciously sweet for that cup of afternoon tea.
The true mark of the festive Valentine holiday comes through with this super simple pink glaze.
A dash of strawberry powder mixed into your powdered sugar creates a pretty and naturally-dyed strawberry pink glaze. It’s the perfect finishing touch for this quick and simple red sprinkle pound cake.
A splash of cherry liqueur and a little almond extract infuse this fun red confetti loaf with delicious cherry flavor. It really creates a tasty festive Valentine treat with all the familiar ingredients you already have at hand. My favorite recipes are the ones I can whip up with ingredients I have within reach and this simple sweet treat is a house favorite.
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Make a Festive Red Sprinkle Valentine’s Day Cake In A lOaf Pan!
In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle, whip together the sugar, butter, vanilla, almond extract, and cherry liqueur until light and fluffy and completely combined. Now add in eggs one at a time and continue to beat until combined.
Whisk together flour and salt. Add flour mixture into the running mixer a little bit at a time until incorporated then remove the bowl from the stand mixer. Stir in red sprinkles by hand by folding in throughout with a spatula.
bake a Cupid’s Kiss Valentine Glazed Pound Cake
Empty batter into a greased loaf pan and then bake for 60-70 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
make the strawberry powder glaze For Your Valentine’s Day Cake
the strawberry powder makes it pink.
Combine powdered sugar, strawberry powder, cherry liqueur, vanilla, and water by whisking together in a small bowl. If mixture is too thick, add water by dripping in a few drops at a time to adjust until mixture drizzles freely from your whisk. If too thin, adjust by adding in more powdered sugar. I will say that the flavoring of the strawberry powder is quite mild when mixed into the glaze.
if you don’t have strawberry powder, add food coloring.
It serves more as an organic and natural way of creating a festive shade of pink for our pound cake drizzle. If you don’t have strawberry powder available, you can create a shade of pink by adding in a little red food coloring. That works too!
Drizzle Your Fun Valentine’s Day cake
Once your loaf is finished baking, let sit in the pan for a few minutes after removing from the oven. You can then transfer to a serving plate. Let the pound cake cool completely and then drizzle with our quick festive pink glaze.
This simple red sprinkle buttery pound cake with hints of cherry liqueur and velvety pink glaze is the perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Just slice ‘n serve with your favorite cup of coffee or hot tea!
Red Sprinkle Valentine’s Day Cake with Pink Icing
Ingredients
For the Pound Cake:
- 1/2 tsp Almond Extract
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla
- 1 or 2 heaping tsp Cherry Liqueur - I used Combier Rouge but Cherry Heering is excellent too.
- 1 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter - Softened
- 4 Eggs
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/4 cup Red Confetti Dot Sprinkles
For The Glaze:
- 1 cup Confectioners Sugar
- 1 tbsp Cherry Liqueur
- 1/4 tsp Vanilla
- 1/2 tsp Organic Strawberry Powder
- 1 to 2 tbsp Water - added in small amounts as needed
- Pinch of Salt
Instructions
- In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle combine sugar and butter, vanilla, almond extract, and cherry liqueur until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and continue to beat in until combined.
- Whisk together the flour and salt and add in flour and salt mixture a little at a time while mixer is running. Beat together until completely combined.
- Remove bowl from stand mixer and stir in red sprinkles by hand with a spatula then transfer the batter to a greased loaf pan and bake for 60-70 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
- When baked, remove the pound cake from the loaf pan and transfer to a serving plate. Let cool completely.
- While it cools, prepare the glaze.  Combine powdered sugar, strawberry powder, cherry liqueur, vanilla, and water by whisking together in a small bowl. If mixture is too thick, add water by dripping in a few drops at a time to adjust until mixture drizzles freely from your whisk. If too thin, adjust by adding in more powdered sugar.
- Finish by drizzling your pink strawberry powder glaze over the completely cooled pound cake. Serve with hot coffee or your favorite hot tea.
