Tasteful Tuesday

This is better for a valentines treat, but when I found these I thought to myself ... How sweet would it be to show someone a little unexpected LOVE when they cut into a cupcake?

And thus, this Tasteful Tuesday post with cute Heart-centered cupcakes came to be!

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! Everything from the colors, to the flavors, and the adorable heart surprise I just ... adore immensely.

             * smiles *


So enough chitter-chatter, lets get started!



           ~ I {heart} You Cupcakes ~


1. Make your cupcake batter, and divide into 3 parts.

2.  Dye a 1/3rd of the batter with food coloring. I’ve chosen pink for my hearts.

3. Grease a deep baking sheet and pour in the colored batter. They should bake up to a few centimeters to fit into your cupcake tins while still leaving room for the rest of your batter.

{ Keep testing it so that you can remove from the oven the second it is firm enough to cut.}

Once firmed take the cake out of the oven and leave to cool completely. Popping it into the fridge will speed the process up. Hows that for a nice little shortcut? * smiles *

4. Cut out cooled cake with heart-shaped cookie cutters. Set aside.

5. Put cupcake wrappers into your muffin pan. Spoon a dollop of cupcake batter into the base of each muffin cup.

6. Stand each hear shape vertically into the dollop of batter. Then spoon a dollop of batter on either side of the heart. Make sure your batter reaches roughly the half way mark of the cupcake, high enough to support the heart, but remembering that the batter will rise!

7. Cover the muffin tin with foil so your pre-baked hearts won't dry out and the rest of the batter will be able to cook thoroughly.

8. Bake as directed.

* Just as little tip *

When decorating them, be sure to create a design for people to know which way the cupcakes should be eaten. Otherwise, all you'll get is a colored shape instead of a heart!