Children will adore helping to make these pretty Valentine Cupcakes, perfect for a loved up family treat … and SURPRISE… their hidden colours inside make them that bit more special!
How To Make Valentine Cupcakes
Ingredients To Make Valentine Cupcakes
(Makes 12 large Valentine Cupcakes)
For The Sponge
160g butter
160g sugar
3 large eggs
160g self-raising flour
2 tablespoons coloured sprinkles tossed in a spoonful of flour.
For The Butter Icing Topping
100g softened butter
200g icing sugar
Few drops red food colouring
A selection of coloured sugar pastes and heart cutters (bright sprinkles would be just as pretty)
Grease-proof paper
How To Make Valentine’s Day Cupcakes
- Pre-heat the oven to 180C.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Beat in each egg, one at a time, with a spoonful of the flour to prevent curdling.
- Gently fold in the rest of the flour to make a smooth thick batter.
- Toss your sprinkles into the spoonful of flour to lightly coat them (this helps prevent the colours bleeding away whilst cooking) and stir into the sponge mix.
- Spoon into 12 large cupcake cases (We use muffin cases) and bake in the centre of the oven for 15-20 minutes until risen, firm to the touch and lightly golden.
- While your cakes are cooking and cooling prepare your topping. Roll the sugar paste thinly between 2 sheets of grease-proof paper and cut into your desired shapes (we used 3 different sized heart cutters), and set to one side.
- Beat the softened butter and icing sugar together to make a thick paste. Add your food colouring and mix in evenly. (We used just a couple of drops of red food colouring to give a pretty peachy colour when mixed with the yellow butter icing.)
- When the cakes are cold, pipe or spread the butter icing onto the top and add your sugar paste hearts or sprinkles.
- Now sit down with the family and share the love! Yummy!
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Yummy!
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Perfect For Spreading The Love.
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