# Hidden Heart Loaf Cake

Recipe by [Luca Martelli](https://fridge.menu/en/u/lucamartelli)

A two-tone loaf cake with a red heart hidden inside a chocolate sponge, revealed in every slice.

Servings: 8 · Cook 45 min · Baking

Vegetarian · Contains: gluten, milk, eggs

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![AI photo: Hidden Heart Loaf Cake](https://image.fridge.menu/adaptations/bwc2lduq/8eac67dec724dd48858bfef2d9c6803452c9d85b425610bfcf8452e7fef711d8.jpg)

## Ingredients

- 3 pcs [Eggs](https://fridge.menu/en/i/eggs)
- 110 g [Caster sugar](https://fridge.menu/en/i/sugar)
- 120 g [Plain flour](https://fridge.menu/en/i/flour)
- 5 g [Baking powder](https://fridge.menu/en/i/baking-powder)
- 50 g [Butter](https://fridge.menu/en/i/butter)
- Red food colouring — to taste, red
- 3 pcs [Eggs](https://fridge.menu/en/i/eggs)
- 180 g [Caster sugar](https://fridge.menu/en/i/sugar)
- 250 g [Plain flour](https://fridge.menu/en/i/flour)
- 16 g [Baking powder](https://fridge.menu/en/i/baking-powder)
- 20 g [Cocoa powder](https://fridge.menu/en/i/cocoa-powder)
- 120 g [Butter](https://fridge.menu/en/i/butter)
- 200 ml [Milk](https://fridge.menu/en/i/milk)
- 100 g [Dark chocolate](https://fridge.menu/en/i/dark-chocolate)

## Steps

1. Whisk the eggs with the caster sugar until pale and fluffy, add the sifted plain flour and baking powder, and mix well.
2. Stir in the melted butter and mix the batter until smooth.
3. Add red food colouring to taste and mix through.
4. Pour the batter into a 26 cm tin or onto a baking tray lined with parchment.
5. Bake in a preheated fan oven at 180°C. (11 min)
6. Let the red sponge cool completely.
7. Whisk the eggs with the caster sugar, then add the melted butter and room-temperature milk.
8. Gradually add the sifted plain flour, baking powder and cocoa powder, mixing until smooth.
9. Stir in the melted dark chocolate and mix through.
10. Cut heart shapes from the cooled red sponge using a cookie cutter.
11. Grease a 26x10 cm loaf tin with butter and dust with flour.
12. Spoon a few tablespoons of the chocolate batter into the base, then arrange the hearts side by side on top.
13. Cover the top with the remaining chocolate batter.
14. Bake in a preheated fan oven at 180°C (about 60 minutes in static mode). (53 min)
15. Let the loaf cake cool completely before removing it from the tin and slicing.

Published 2026-10-07

https://fridge.menu/en/r/plum-cake-with-heart-bwc2lduq

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