Cupcakes: Valentine's Day Sweetest Treat
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Say I Love You With Cupcakes
If you are just like me you may love to bake up homemade treats but in our busy, busy worlds too many ingredients gets too complicated and takes way too much preparation, and lots of clean up afterward too. My cupcake recipes are easy to prepare, fun to make and clean up is a snap.
Home made baking sweets and treats shouldn't mean they are hard, complicated or time consuming. Home baked cooking means making your house smell wonderful, singing while your mixing and enjoying all the love as everyone tells you what a wonderful baker you are. It's from the heart.
Valentine's Day Cupcakes
Share The Love
Valentine's Day is the perfect day to share your love, show your affection and just share fun hearts, wear pink frills and indulge with people you care about. What a great day to bring cupcakes to the office for your co-workers and boss. Think of how much your children's class would love it if you sent in a batch of adorable yummy cupcakes to celebrate the day of love and caring for others.Drop off some cupcake heaven to a neighbor or friends, the local Senior Citizen group or a dozen or so of these little cake heavens at the local fire department where believe me the firefighters will go crazy for them!
Cupcakes are perfect any day and every occasion, but on Valentine's Day they are the sweetest treat everyone will love on the lovingest day of the year.
My Very Secret Cupcake Recipe
- Serves: 24
- Prep Time: 15 Minutes
- Total Time: 35 Minutes
I have been baking cupcakes for ages. Starting when I was just a teenager it was a treat for me to be able to whip up a batch of yummy individual snacks for the family. I always used my Mom's secret recipe for the best success and I use the same one today. Most cupcake recipes tell you to use vegetable or canola oil which is fine, but part of my secret is I always use olive oil, extra virgin olive oil is the best.
Now I get to share my recipe with you and think of all the happiness in little cups that will be savored by those you love too.
Ready, set, let's prepare......
Ingredients
- 1 Box Betty Crocker® or Pillsbury White Cake Mix
- 1/3 Cup Olive Oil
- 3 Egg Whites or Egg White Substitute Equivalent Will Work
- 1 1/4 Cups Water
- A Heaping Spoonful Of Love and A Sunny Smile
- Can of Betty Crocker or Pillsbury Vanilla Frosting
- Mini Chocolate Chips
Instructions
1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
2. Blend the cake mix, water, oil and egg whites in a large mixing bowl until moistened. Beat with a mixer on low speed for about 2 minutes, or you can whisk by hand for about 2 minutes if you don't have a hand mixer.
3. Pour, scoop or drop by spoonfuls into the baking cups no more than half full will work.
4. Pop the trays in the oven that should already be pre-heated to 350 degrees and bake for 20 mins.
5. After 20 mins your house will smell wonderful, your mouth may be watering and then it's time to take the cupcakes out and let them cool.
That's it. My Very Special Valentine's Sweetest Treats Cupcakes are baked and cooling. After 30 minutes of cooling, or longer if you need to run errands, go to work, etc - that's fine because you can frost them later on and they will still be wonderful.
6. Frost the cupcakes with the can of frosting by using a spatula, back of a spoon or cake decorating bags. Or you can use the very simple, very delicious homemade frosting recipe below.
Valentine's Day Cupcake Liners
Vanilla Frosting Recipe
Perfect For Cupcakes
- Serves: 24
- Prep Time: 5 Minutes To Gather Everything
- Total Time: 15 Minutes
Delicious, easy, home made vanilla frosting that is the perfect compliment for your cakes and cupcakes. I love vanilla. I love vanilla and I love cupcakes!
If you don't have the time or the ingredients to make this frosting then really, canned frostings aren't bad at all, especially on top of your awesome cupcakes decorated with sprinkles or sugar candies.
But on the days you do have the time this vanilla frosting recipe is so good and so easy, try it I know you will like it.
Ingredients
- 3 cups confectioners powdered sugar
- 1/2 c. butter softened
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- About 2 tbsp. milk
Instructions
Mix powdered sugar and butter.
Stir in vanilla and milk.
Beat until smooth and of spreading consistency.
Seriously, that's it and it's great.
Frost cupcakes by using a small spatula, back of a spoon or a cake decorating bag. Be creative. Swirl it, twirl it and then decorate with your favorite sprinkles, edible decorations, mini chocolate chips are my favorites or use cute little candy sugars.
Cupcake or Muffin Cup Baking Pans
If you don't already have some cupcake, or some people call them small muffin cake pans, here are some great ones to get you started.
Top Ten Reasons Cupcakes Are The Sweetest Treat
- Everyone Loves Them!
- They can be sinfully sexy and decadent
- They can be childishly adorable and fun
- Cupcakes come in their own holder and wrapped for your Valentine
- Everyone gets their very own whole cake, no sharing or cutting needed
- They can all be frosted and decorated differently to please everyone
- My recipe can easily be adapted to sugar free or even gluten free cupcakes
- They are so yummy delicious but won't overfill you
- They are fun to bake and share with others
- Everyone Loves Them!
Display Your Love
And if you are having a party with family, friends or just your sweetheart what a fun way to serve your sweet treats, so pretty your eyes will be as happy as your mouth.
Share Your Favorite Cupcake Flavor
My very favorite are white cake cupcakes with vanilla frosting, mini chocolate chips and sprinkles but I love all cupcakes. The wonder of cupcakes is you can bake them in your favorite flavor, by the way....
What Is Your Favorite Cupcake Flavor?
Cupcakes On The Go
It's OK, check out these fantastic cupcake carriers that will help you get your little beauties wherever your going and be no worse for the traveling, not to mention how cool they are because some of them can be used to carry cakes and other goodies too.
Investing in a cupcake carrier is a great idea and not that expensive, you can even use them to store the leftovers for the next day to be sure they stay fresh.
Valentine's Day Candy, Sweets and Treats
Valentine's Day is deliciously filled with chocolates, candy, hearts and flowers. It's just so hard to choose just one sweet treat. I say take the sweetest treat of them all, cupcakes and bring them together in a celebration of indulgence, fun and glamour.Top your cupcakes with a decadent chocolate strawberry for an unbelievable treat of sweetness and flavor. Spread some Valentine's Day conversation hearts on some of your little cakes along with rainbow sprinkles and mini chocolate chips.
How about those wonderful mini chocolate candies like Reese's Mini Peanut Butter Cups on top or break up squares of Ghiradelli Chocolates in your favorite mouth watering flavors and add a couple of slivers to each.
Display your cupcake gifts of love surrounded by flowers, propped on a serving stand or nestled alongside cutout hearts and Valentine's Day cards.
Valentine's Day Decorations
Bakers Tool Kit
Wrappers For Valentine Cupcakes
Baking In Style
Live Love Cupcakes
I Really Do!
Table of Contents
- Valentine's Day Cupcakes
- My Very Secret Cupcake Recipe
- Valentine's Day Cupcake Liners
- Vanilla Frosting Recipe
- Cupcake or Muffin Cup Baking Pans
- Top Ten Reasons Cupcakes Are The Sweetest Treat
- Display Your Love
- Share Your Favorite Cupcake Flavor
- Cupcakes On The Go
- Valentine's Day Candy, Sweets and Treats
- Valentine's Day Decorations
- Bakers Tool Kit
- Wrappers For Valentine Cupcakes
- Baking In Style
- Live Love Cupcakes
- Sugar Free Cupcakes
- Valentine's Day Party
- Cupcake Pride T-Shirts
- Spread Your Favorite Frosting
- Eat A Cupcake
- Valentine's Day Kitties
- New Guestbook Comments
Sugar Free Cupcakes
Enjoy your special treats while keeping healthy. And cupcakes mean just the right size portion every single serving.
Valentine's Day Party
Cupcake Pride T-Shirts
Spread Your Favorite Frosting
Now that you have voted for your favorite cupcake, let's top it all off with our favorite yummy frostings!
Eat A Cupcake
Valentine's Day Kitties
New Guestbook Comments
We would love to hear what you have to say about cupcakes. Let us know if you have tried any of our cupcake recipes or great cupcake idea to share with us.
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alwaysjules
Feb 15, 2012 @ 1:22 pm | delete
- Congratulations for making it on the DELICIOUS Valentines Recipe board! Well deserved! Thanks for sharing such a beautiful and yummy lens!
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SoundFinance
Feb 12, 2012 @ 5:06 am | delete
- Great lens...love cupcakes!
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Elenaind
Jan 24, 2012 @ 8:42 am | delete
- Lovely lens,well done! I pin it! :)
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