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Show some love this Valentine’s Day by pouring your heart out! Or simply show you care with a cupcake choc-full of hearts! A perfect little treat for your sweet-heart! Cupcakes are quick and easy, but hey, its the thought that counts right? So whip up a batch next saturday, Feb. 14 in time for Valentine’s Day.
Be sure not to skimp on the icing, layer it on! It’s a day of love afterall, and nothing says love like a huge dollop of frosting, at least for me that is. I have a definite sweet tooth, just ask my dentist! This is the day to indulge in a little extra sweet, so go ahead and have one, or two or three. Who’s counting? Or share one with someone you love!…and then get another one for yourslef later. Enjoy! & happy heart day!
Devil’s Food Cake Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1½ cups flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 4 ounces (1 stick), room temperature
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- ½ cup milk
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Line muffin tin with cupcake liners and set aside.
- Sift together the cocoa powder, flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a bowl.
- Using a mixer, preferrably with paddle attachment, beat together the butter and sugar about 2 minutes until smooth and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time until mixed.
- Stir half of the dry ingredients into the butter mixture, then add milk. Finally stir in the other half of the dry ingredients.
- Divide the batter into a prepared cupcake/muffin tin with liners. About 3/4 fulll.
- Bake about 20 minutes, or until set. Let cool completely before icing.
Even EASIER:
You can easily cut the time down for these cupcakes, if you’ve got your hands full, by starting with a devils food cake mix, and adding a pouch of chocolate fudge pudding to make it a little bit more ‘homemade.’ These are fun to decorate with kids, and can be brought to school for a Valentine’s Day Treat. Let the little ones cut out the heart shapes from the fondant and assemble them on the cupcake themselves! You can also make mini cupcakes ( seen below ) with little heart shaped sprinkes.
- Confectioners Sugar ( About 4-5 cups ), Sifted
- Pure Vanilla Extract (I use vanilla my brother brought me back from Mexico, its delicious and in a glass bottle with a cork!)
- 1-2 Tbsp. Milk
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- Cream together butter and shortening in mixer, with paddle attachment on medium for about 2 minutes.
- Add 1/2 cup powdered sugar and beat until smooth, Add another 1/2 cupe. Add about 2 tsp or more vanilla, to taste.
- Add gradually the remaining sugar and add milk until you reach the consitency you desire. A little bit thicker for piping would be best. If you are going to use a spatula to ice them, you can use a little less sugar and more milk for a thinner consitency to spread on the cupcake.
- Continue to mix on medium until smooth.
My Friend Steph’s birthday happens to be on Valentine’s Day too! Heart’s to you Juggdish! xo
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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Those came out great. Thanks for the tip on the fondant hearts. I’ve yet to try using fondant but have a box of it in the pantry.
That first photo is a great one…all the cupcakes & little hearts in a line.
~ingrid
those little hearts on top are so so so so so cute. the cupcakes look so tasty!!
These look so beautiful!! And I’m sure they taste as good as they look as well! :D
Ingrid: Thanks! Fondant is so fun, I bought some for my birthday cupcakes last June and it was my first time using it! Im pretty sure this is from the same box! haha. I like the hearts all lined up too!
Katy: Thanks!! I’m trying to keep myself from eating them, so far so good!
ibfy: Thanks!!
Oh so kyoooot!!! It looks so yummy and appealing at the same time!
what pretty pictures…too pretty to eat, but I’m sure I’d change my mind fairly fast.
Those are adorable!
What great photos! These cupcakes are adorable. Well done!
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aww…these are so cute!! Perfect valentine cupcakes.
My goodness these look so freakin’ cute! I love the little hearts. And who doesn’t like devil food cake? ;D Yum.
Eunice: Thanks!
Dawn – I changed my mind fairly quickly!
Kelly Dee: Thank you! =)
Michelle: I think i liked the photos more than the cupcakes… oh wait, no, no didn’t. The cupcakes were DELICIOUS
Pig: thanks! i love cute little cupcakes too
Alexandra: thanks thanks thanks! i don’t think anyone doesn’t like devils food cake… or at least i hope they do!
Mmmmmm. Looks good enough to eat!
What beautiful cupcakes! You must have taken your time carefully placing the pretty pink hearts. Great job!
You did such a great job on piping the icing: very impressive!!!
Thanks on your comment on my salmon tower.
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hi. i plan to bake these cupcakes tomorrow. just wanted to ask, how many cupcakes did it yield? thanks!
Hi Nina,
I usually get about two dozen out of these. But I did also make mini ones with this recipe at the same time. But if you use a measuring cup to fill them, i usually use a 1/3 cup to fill them. Just about 3/4 full in the liner, and that way they will pop up just above the rim!
Enjoy
thanks much!
I really liked your blog with the Fondant Icing mention! I’ve bookmarked it.
Cupcakes!!!
I just love cupcakes!..
Thank you for sharing!!.
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really cute! thanks for sharing!
that was really cute!!!