Description
This Heart Cupcakes recipe creates charming heart-shaped cupcakes using a simple boxed cake mix and a clever baking technique. Perfect for celebrations or a sweet treat, these cupcakes are easy to make and can be decorated with various frosting designs and sprinkles to suit your style.
Ingredients
Scale
Cake Batter
- 1 Boxed Cake Mix (any flavor)
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1 cup water
Frosting & Decoration
- Frosting (your choice of flavor)
- Sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare the Cupcake Tin: Line the cupcake tin with cupcake liners to ensure easy removal and clean presentation.
- Insert Marble: Place a marble in the center of the ‘top’ of each cupcake liner. This creates the heart shape during baking.
- Add Foil Supports: Fold small pieces of foil to fit snugly on both sides of each cupcake liner to hold the marble in place and shape the batter.
- Pour Batter: Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to add the cake batter into each prepared cupcake liner, filling appropriately around the marble and foil supports.
- Bake: Place the cupcake tin in a preheated oven and bake for 15-18 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean and the cupcakes are set.
- Cool: Remove cupcakes from the oven and let them cool in the pan for 20-25 minutes to set the shape fully.
- Remove and Reveal Shape: Carefully take the cupcakes out of the pan and remove the marble and foil; you will find heart-shaped cupcakes.
- Decorate: Frost the cupcakes as desired using your favorite frosting technique and add sprinkles or decorative piping as preferred.
Notes
- Decorating options include mini rosettes made by piping small circles with a star tip while holding the bag straight up and down.
- You can create a criss-cross pattern by slightly angling the piping bag and applying frosting in intersecting lines.
- To create a heart outline, pipe around the cupcake’s edge and fill the center with small piped circles.
- Adding sprinkles enhances the decorative appeal and adds color and texture.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
