Hidden Heart Vanilla Cupcakes are the perfect dessert to make for your loved ones. The vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting have hidden red velvet cake hearts baked inside.
Show your love by making your family a delicious dessert for Valentine’s Day. You can even give them a little surprise with Hidden Heart Vanilla Cupcakes. Each vanilla cupcake has a hidden red velvet cake heart baked inside. The cupcakes are covered in vanilla buttercream frosting. Then decorated with red sprinkles and topped with a heart sprinkle. Hidden Heart Vanilla Cupcakes are the perfect Valentine’s Day dessert.
Hidden Heart Vanilla Cupcakes
Author: Sugar, Spice and Family Life
Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 24
Ingredients
Red Velvet Hearts
- Pre-made red velvet cake
- Heart cutter
Vanilla Cupcakes
- 2½ cup flour
- 3 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¾ cup butter, softened
- 1½ cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
Buttercream Frosting
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 4 Tbs. milk
Decoration
- Heart sprinkles
- Red round sprinkles
Instructions
Red Velvet Hearts
- Using a heart cookie cutter, cut out 30 hearts out of the pre-made red velvet cake. Set aside.
Vanilla Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Line two muffin pans with paper liners.
- In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add in one egg at a time, beating after each addition and then mix in the vanilla. Gradually mix in the flour mixture, alternating with the milk.
- Pour the batter into each cupcake liner until the bottoms are covered. Place a red velvet heart into each cupcake liner and fill with batter until ¾ full.
- Bake for 18 minutes, or until done. Allow to cool for 5 minutes and remove from the pan onto a wired rack.
Buttercream Frosting
- In a large bowl, cream the butter.
- Gradually beat in the powdered sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla extract.
- Beat until fluffy.
Decoration
- Pipe or spread frosting onto each cooled cupcake.
- Place heart sprinkles and red sprinkles on top of each frosted cupcake.
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