| • | Take a mixing bowl and add cake mix, gelatin and flour to it. Add oil and eggs to it and mix properly.
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| • | Set aside 1/2 cup of syrup for frosting.
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| • | Drain strawberries; add berries and water to the egg mixture batter and mix properly.
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| • | Now place the batter evenly in the two waxed paper lined 8 inches baking pans, one square and one round.
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| • | Bake the cake for 30 to 35 minutes in the square shaped baking pan and for about 35 to 40 minutes in the round shaped baking pan at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
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| • | Allow them to cool for about 10 minutes.
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| • | Transfer to the wire racks and let the cakes to cool completely.
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| • | Take a small mixing bowl; add butter and 1/2 cup of reserved syrup to it.
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| • | Combine sugar with it and beat for about 2 minutes, till the mixture is light and soft.
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| • | Place the square cake on a 20 x 15 inches covered board and rotate the cake so that it seems to be a diamond.
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| • | Now make two semi-circles from the circle cake.
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| • | Set the semi-circles on the top two sides of the diamond to create a heart shape.
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| • | Decorate the cake with butter-syrup mixture as well as with red-hots candies if desired. |
