St. Valentine's Day Cupcakes

Happy St.Valentine's Day! Today I am going to make St. Valentine's Day cupcakes. I used Duncan Hines Marble Fudge cake mix.

The box comes with two packets. One contains the packet of the fudge mixture and the other contains yellow cake mix.

First, pour the yellow cake mix into a large bowl and add the wet ingredients listed on the back of the box. Then, pour a cup of yellow cake mix into a smaller bowl and add the packet of the fudge mixture.

To make these cupcakes I used a Wilton Valentine's Day cupcake kit I found at Walmart. It is really strange, but I can't find it online anymore. Anyway, you will also need one pipping bag, red food coloring, hot pink sprinkles, Wilton decorating tip 1M, and a box of Wilton buttercream icing mix. I lined my cupcake pans using the cupcake liners provided in the kit.

After I have lined the pans, I first poured the yellow batter into all of the cupcake liners. Then, I added a dollop of the chocolate fudge mixture and swirled it in

Bake them in the oven at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Let them cool in the pan for 5 minutes before taking them out. Meanwhile, follow the instructions on the back of the buttercream mix. It says 6 tbsp. of butter, but I do the normal 1 cup and that turns out a whole lot better. Using red food coloring, I dyed my icing the desired shade of pink.

Using tip 1M, fill the piping bag with the pink buttercream. Pipe out the traditional cupcake swirl. You can find a video tutorial here.

Next, sprinkle on the hot pink sprinkles.

Add the cupcake topper.

Then repeat the process 24 times. For the display, I used the white plate I used in this post.

Happy St. Valentine's Day!

~ The Baker

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