Valetine's Day Cupcake Recipe and How to Easy Directions on Hoosier Homemade!

Below is the recipe and step by step directions on how to make these beautiful Valentine's Day Cupcakes from Hoosier Homemade!

(I copied this recipe from Hoosier Homemade's email newletter to share with you.)

The Valentine Cupcakes for today, have two of my favorite flavor combinations...chocolate and raspberry. As always {you know me} they are easy but impressive.

 

The cupcakes are filled with Raspberry Cream Cheese frosting and the tops are cut with a heart shaped cookie cutter. Here is how I put them together...{recipe below}

Bake and cool cupcakes, then with a serrated knife, cut the top mounded part of the cupcake off, set aside. I filled my cupcake liners a little more than I usually do, so that when they baked there would be an extra mound. Then to create the hole for the filling, I use an apple corer, try not to go down all the way to the bottom of the cupcake {if you do it's not a big deal} turn the corer and bring out the cupcake plug. Fill the 

 hole with frosting.

Then with a small heart shaped cookie cutter, I used one that came in a box with several other cutters from Wilton, cut out the heart. Mound the Raspberry Cream Cheese frosting in the middle of the cupcake, push a little to the edge.

 

Then place the top onto the cupcake, then carefully add a little more frosting inside the heart.

Chocolate Cake Recipe: {from Martha}

• 3/4 cup cocoa powder, unsweetened
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup warm water
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  
   
  Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners; set aside. Sift together cocoa powder, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Add eggs, warm water, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla, and mix until smooth, about 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides and bottom of bowl to assure batter is well mixed.
2. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups,I use about 1/4 cup of batter. Bake until tops spring back when touched, about 15 minutes, rotating pan once if needed. Cool completely.

Raspberry Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe:

• 1 (8 oz) Cream Cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening (or more butter)
• 1/4 cup seedless raspberry preserves or other flavor you like
• 2 tablespoons Raspberry Liquor or liquid from fresh raspberries {I used liquid from frozen raspberries)
• 4-6 cups powdered sugar

 

Directions: Cream the butter, shortening, and cream cheese until smooth. Mix in the preserves and liquid. Slowly add the powdered sugar until you get the consistency you like.

And, there you have it...delicious but easy Valentine's Day Cupcakes for your kiddos and your sweetie!

Be sure to check in next week on Hoosier Homemade, she will be sharing Chocolate Goodness every DAY!
Until next time...Happy Baking!


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