Description
Valentine Heart Cupcakes are soft, fluffy cupcakes baked with love and decorated with romantic pink frosting. Perfect for Valentine’s Day parties, gifting, or sharing with someone special, these cupcakes are as cute as they are delicious.
Ingredients
Scale
Cupcakes
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Frosting
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1–2 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pink or red food coloring
- Optional: heart sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a muffin tin with heart-shaped or regular cupcake liners.
- In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In another bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs one at a time, then add vanilla extract.
- Alternate adding dry ingredients and milk to the wet mixture until just combined.
- Divide batter evenly among cupcake liners, filling about ⅔ full.
- Bake for 18–20 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool completely before frosting.
- Beat frosting ingredients until smooth, tint pink, and pipe onto cupcakes.
- Decorate with heart sprinkles if desired.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 290
- Sugar: 24g
- Sodium: 160mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 65mg