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Heart-Shaped Red Velvet and Cheesecake Puff Pastry Photo courtesy of The Classic Catering People

Heart-Shaped Red Velvet and Cheesecake Puff Pastry

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Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

Red velvet ingredients

  • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 4 red velvet cupcakes (without icing)
  • 1 sheet puff pastry
  • 1 egg yolk

Cheesecake ingredients

  • 1 1/2 8-ounce packages cream cheese
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 6 oz. sour cream

Instructions
 

  • Mix cream cheese and sugar together until smooth.
  • Add eggs and vanilla; mix until smooth.
  • Add sour cream; mix until combined.

Layering the Dessert

  • Cut the puff pastry with a heart-shaped cookie cutter. Cut enough pieces to have a top and bottom for each heart.
  • Layer graham cracker in a heart shape on top of the puff pastry, keeping it away from the edges.
  • Then, pipe a layer of cheesecake in a zigzag pattern on top of the graham cracker crumbs.
  • Crumble the red velvet cupcakes and sprinkle some on top of the cheesecake, covering the cheesecake as much as possible.
  • Pipe another layer of cheesecake on top of the cake, making sure to stay away from edges.
  • Put a puff pastry heart on top of the layers; line it up to meet the edges of the bottom heart.
  • Using the same cookie cutter push down to cut the edges off the heart and seal the pastry together.
  • Brush with egg yolks and bake at 365°F until golden brown, turning over once.