Make these adorable heart shaped cupcakes without any heart pan needed. These festive cupcakes are easy to make for Valentine’s Day.
We love to make cute treats for Valentine’s Day for the kids such as fun Valentine’s day cupcakes. It is so festive to have heart shaped desserts and lots of pink and red.
This moist cupcake in the shape of a heart heart is the cutest cupcake recipe. Not only is it the perfect Valentine’s Day treat but great for little girl birthdays.
Valentine Rice Krispie Treats makes another great dessert for the entire family.
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Why we love this recipe
Even better, you do not need any special pans to make these. That’s right. No heart shaped pan required. You can also make more Easy Heart Shaped Desserts.
It is one of the easiest and most delicious recipes.
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes
- Devil’s Food Cake Mix + the ingredients needed to Make Cupcakes based on the Cake Mix
- Regular Size Glass or Ceramic Marbles
Frosting
- Solid Vegetable Shortening
- Unsalted Butter – softened at Room Temperature
- Vanilla Extract
- Sifted Powdered Sugar
- Milk
- Pink Food Coloring
- Red, Pink, and White Sprinkles
How to make heart cupcakes
For the Cupcakes:
- Step 1. First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2. While the oven is warming up, prepare the pan. Line the muffin tin with liners and place a marble or foil ball the size of a marble in each muffin cup. Place it between the cupcake liner and the pan to make the liner indent look like a heart shape.
Step 3. Next, mix together the Devil’s Food Cake Mix based on the instructions on the box. Fill each cupcake liner with the cupcake batter.
Step 4. Then bake the cupcakes for 14 to 15 minutes. You want a toothpick inserted into the center to come out clean. Allow to cool.
Step 5. While the cupcakes cool, make the frosting. Add the butter and vegetable shortening and cream until smooth. You can use a stand mixer or a handheld mixer to do this.
Step 6. Then beat in the powdered sugar gradually. Make sure to add this gradually on low speed.
Step 7. Next, stir in vanilla and milk. Combine this until it is mixed thoroughly and light and fluffy. Once combined, add the pink coloring until you get the shade of pink you like.
Step 8. Finally, place the homemade buttercream frosting in a decorating bag with a plain tip. Then pipe the pink frosting onto the cooled cupcakes. If you do not want this extra step, just spread the frosting on with a knife.
Step 9. Finally, add sprinkles to the tops of cupcakes.
How to store
Store the leftover cupcakes in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week. However, I find that the cupcakes are the best within 3 to 4 days of baking.
Topping ideas
- Instead of sprinkles, use icing to write words on the cupcakes. Some ideas include: Love, XOXO, Be Mine and more.
- Crushed candy, mini marshmallows and nuts all make great toppings.
- You can use different types of frosting. Chocolate icing would be yumny and you can top with pink and red sprinkles.
- Swap the frosting and try Peanut Butter Frosting Recipe or Salted Caramel Frosting.
Expert Tips
- Don’t put too much batter in the cupcake liners. If you overfill them, they will not look like hearts once baked in the muffin pan.
- If you are having trouble getting the marble to stay in place, try filling with batter first and then placing the marble.
- Any type of liner will work. However, foil liners are sturdier than a paper baking cup and make it easier to form that point in the middle.
- Don’t have any marbles? Make small balls out of aluminum foil and use those instead.
- Cake Mix. Substitute red velvet cake to make red velvet cupcakes. You can also use vanilla cupcakes for the perfect Valentine’s Day treat.
More Valentines’ Day desserts
- Valentines Day Cake Balls Recipe
- Valentine’s Day Dirt Cake Recipe
- The best Valentine’s Day Cake Mix Cookies
- Valentine’s Day Chocolate Covered Pretzels
- Easy Valentine’s Day Rocky Road Fudge
Impress your family and make these festive cupcakes for the next birthday, Valentine’s Day and more. Come back and leave a comment once you do.
Heart Shaped Cupcakes
Ingredients
- For the Cupcakes:
- 1 box Devil’s Food Cake Mix
- The Ingredients needed to make Cupcakes based on the Cake Mix
- 12 Regular Size Glass or Ceramic Marbles
- For the Frosting:
- ½ cup Solid Vegetable Shortening
- ½ cup Butter softened at Room Temperature
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 4 cups Sifted Powdered Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Milk
- Pink Food Coloring
- Red Pink and White Sprinkles
Instructions
- For the Cupcakes:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin pan with a cupcake liner and then place a marble in each muffin cup in the pan between the cupcake liner and the pan so that the cupcake liner looks like the shape of a heart.
- Prepare the Devil’s Food Cake Mix based on the box instructions. Then fill each cupcake liner with the batter until they are about 2/3 of the way full.
- Bake the cupcakes for 14-15 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cupcakes comes out clean. Then cool the cupcakes completely on a wire rack.
- For the Frosting:
- In a large bowl cream butter and vegetable shortening until smooth with a stand up mixer or a hand held mixer.
- Beat in powdered sugar (one cup at a time) on low speed until well combined.
- Stir in vanilla, and milk- whip until thoroughly mixed and fluffy on a medium-high setting. Then add the pink coloring until you get your desired color of pink.
- Place the frosting in a piping bag fitted with a plain tip. Pipe the pink frosting onto the cooled cupcakes. You can also just spread the frosting on with a knife if you prefer.
- Top with the Red, Pink and White sprinkles and then enjoy!
