Some of the Valentine’s Day Cupcakes have been shared right here on Hoosier Homemade and some are from Cupcake Chronicles Newsletter. And the Valentine’s Day Cupcake Toppers are adorable…and FREE!

Valentine’s Day Cupcakes

1. Heart Cupcakes: Learn how to bake a heart right in the cupcake
2. Puppy Love Pops
3. Cocktail Cupcakes: Bake the cupcake right in the martini glass
4. Easy Valentine Cupcakes

Valentine’s Day Cupcakes from Cupcake Chronicles Newsletter

• Chocolate Covered Cherry
• Conversation Hearts
• Candy Clay Hearts
• Heart Cupcakes

Valentine’s Day Cupcake Toppers

All of these are exclusive recipes and designs as well as the Valentine Cupcake Toppers designed by the amazing Charlotte at The Paper Cupcake are available to Cupcake Chronicles Newsletter subscribers. If you are interested in receiving any of the recipes or the toppers, please sign up for the FREE newsletter. I’m happy to send any of them to you.

Note: you will need to leave a comment or email me at hoosierhomemade{at} gmail {dot} com AFTER you sign up for the Newsletter. The Newsletter is FREE, but you will need to subscribe.

Looking for more Valentine’s Day Recipes? We have you covered! Check out Pocket Change Gourmet for Breakfast, Lunch for kids, Dinner for Kids, Dinner for your Sweetie and of course…yummy Desserts!

What are you cooking for Valentine’s Day? Do you have cupcakes on your list?

Linking to…Weekend Wrap up Party, Saturday Night Special

Welcome to Cupcake Tuesday! Be sure to check out the ALL NEW Cupcake Heaven page! And if you are in need to a special cupcake design, use the “Be a Hero” area!

Before we get to the Valentine Cocktail Cupcakes, I have a little favor to ask of you. A few weeks back, I told you about the Celebrations.com Cupcake Contest. Well, I entered my Stiletto Cupcakes and I would LOVE your vote. Just click on the picture below, and vote…no registration is required, just one little click! Thanks SO much!! Voting ends February 12th.

Now…let’s chat about these adorable Valentine Cocktail Cupcakes! I’ve shared some Summertime Cocktail Cupcakes before, and they have become such a hit, I thought I’d try them again, and make them special for Valentine’s Day.

I baked them right in the martini glasses, but you could certainly change the glass, as long as it’s glass and not plastic it will work fine. You can watch my video showing you how to bake them.

I started with a Strawberry Cake Mix, and the frosting is just canned. I know, it’s not always the best, but when you are melting frosting, it really does work the best. The rims of the glasses are dipped in water and then in pink sugar or Valentine nonpareils.

I used a variety of decorations; Valentine sprinkles, some candy clay hearts and lips left from last week’s Cupcake Chronicles Newsletter, Wilton icing decorations, and Homemade Gum Drop Hearts {watch for the recipe for those on Thursday},pretty much anything will work.

To make the heart flower bouquet…fit a decorator bag with tip #3 and green frosting, add the stem and some leaves, then add the heart icing decorations.

To make the lips…I used Candy Clay and a cookie cutter that I found at Hobby Lobby. If you are interested in the Candy Clay recipe and instructions, I found them in Cupcakes, Cookies & Pies, oh my! Cookbook and shared it in Cupcake Chronicles Newsletter. Read all about the newsletter!

If you are reading this in your email or RSS feed, please click over to see all the great cupcakes added to Cupcake Tuesday!

Now it’s your turn…show off your cupcake creations! I’d appreciate a link back and be sure to check out the other cupcakes!

I hope you aren’t tired of the ooey-gooey-delicious treats I’ve been sharing, there are LOTS more to come next week! Yep…Doughnuts…Gum Drops…Cookies and of course more Valentine Cupcakes! So stay tuned…I’m baking up a storm this weekend!

Yum! You know I love desserts to be impressive but easy! I LOVE helping you “Be a Hero!” I started with Betty Crocker FUN da-middles, and yes, I have some for you in the giveaway! Yay! I LOVED the frosting that I added to the Valentine Brownies, so I just had to try it again on these cupcakes, a few sprinkles and little heart brownies snuggled down into the frosting.

And the inside? It’s full of delicious marshmallow fluff that is baked right into the cupcake! Betty Crocker is cool like that!

As we wrap up our celebration this week, let’s have a little re-cap of the fabulous giveaways!

• Cupcakes! 12 Months of Happiness – This giveaway is closed, but watch for another GREAT giveaway soon!
• Cupcakes, Cookies & Pies, oh my! Book - ends Sunday, Feb. 5th
• $50 Gift Card to Home Depot - ends Sunday, Feb. 5th
• Gooseberry Patch Rush-Hour Recipes Cookbook - ends Friday, Feb. 10th.
• Scentsy Valentine’s Day Warmer - ends Friday, Feb. 10th.
• Betty Crocker FUN da-middles Prize Pack - ends Friday, Feb. 10th.

Of course, I just had to add some Super Bowl Cupcakes to make the party even more fun, with their cupcake toppers and football wrappers!  And the drink flags and wraps are the CUTEST ever!

See I told you…the cutest Super Bowl Party Printables EVER! Let’s take a closer look!

Super Bowl Cupcakes with Cupcake Toppers and Football Wrappers

• Color icing green and use a decorator tip #233, fitted in a decorator bag for the grass
• Punch out Cupcake Toppers and add to a lollipop stick
• Add Football Wrapper to cupcake

First Down Punch with Drink Flags and Wraps

• Add Drink Wraps to glasses and flags to straws
• Mix 2 pitchers each of Red and Blue Kool-Aid
• Add a strawberry and a few blueberries to the glasses
• Fill about 2/3 full with Kool-Aid and fill the rest with Sprite

MVP Football Sandwiches

• Head on over to Pocket Change Gourmet for the recipe for these fun Football Shaped Sandwiches

Touchdown Banner

• Head to The Paper Cupcake for the banner
• Print and cut it out
• Using a paper hole punch, punch holes for string or ribbon

Super Bowl Party Extras

• Tented Place Cards to identify what you are serving
• Plastic silverware from Walmart Party Section, they are only $.97 per bag
• Paper football plates and napkins from Walmart
• Paper Straws are from Pick Your Plum

Head on over to The Paper Cupcake!! You can find ALL of these AWESOME Super Bowl Party Printables!!

And if you are still in need of Super Bowl Recipe ideas, we have you covered too!

The Ultimate Super Bowl Recipes includes Appetizers, Sandwiches & Sides, Soups and Desserts!

Linking to… Weekend Wrap Up Party, Saturday Night Special, Saturday Seven, Sundae Scoop

Well here we are, the first Cupcake Tuesday with the new design! Welcome! You MUST see the new Cupcake Heaven page. Jessica did a fabulous job designing it. It’s so much easier to find what you are looking for. Also, don’t forget about the new “Be a Hero” area, you can look up cupcake designs there too!

All this week we are celebrating Hoosier Homemade’s Anniversary…it’s been 3 awesome years and we are super excited!! Yesterday was the launch with a whole new design and my new eBook…Cupcakes! 12 Months of Happiness! Don’t miss the giveaway!

We continue the party today with the new book from my all time favorite cupcake authors, Karen and Alan…Cupcakes, Cookies & Pies, oh my! is released today! But YOU get a sneak peek!

This new book is full of fun new designs, and not just cupcakes. Karen & Alan have taken their love for the over the top but easy cupcakes, and expanded it to cookies and pies! Since Valentine’s Day is only a couple weeks away, I just had to make the Puppy Love Pops for you! You are going to LOVE them!

I’m seriously in love with these little guys…Puppy Love that is! hehe So how about if I show you how to make them? I bought everything at Walmart. The pink forks can be found in the party section, they come in a package with spoons and knifes and are only $.97 cents.

Puppy Love Pops Supplies:

• Frozen Pound Cake
• Vanilla & Chocolate canned frosting…I know, but it really melts the best
• Pink Forks
• Ears – Tootsie Rolls and Caramels
• Fur – Graham Crackers and Oreos, crushed
• Mouth – Conversation Hearts
• Nose – Mini Red M&M
• Eyes – Mini chocolate chips

Then with the reserved vanilla frosting, add the nose, eyes, mouth and ears. Just adorable!!

And guess what? I have a Cupcakes, Cookies & Pies, oh my! Book for one lucky Hoosier Homemade reader!  Head on over to enter the giveaway! AND be sure to watch the Baa Baa Black Sheep video…it’s really cute, and watch until the end to see what the black sheep does to the white sheep…so funny!

Linking to…Saturday Seven, Sundae Scoop, Made by you Monday

Disclosure: This post is part of a campaign I am participating in with the Walmart Moms. Walmart has provided me with compensation and product for this post. My participation is voluntary and opinions, as always are my own.

If you are reading this in your email, please click over to see all the great cupcakes linked up!

We are celebrating the release of my first eBook…Cupcakes! 12 Months of Happiness with a special giveaway!

In “Cupcakes! 12 Months of Happiness” you will find a cupcake for each month that is sure to please children and adults alike. Some of them were inspired from Cupcake Tuesday and some are from the Cupcake Chronicles Newsletter. But all of them are newly designed to make them easy and kid-friendly.

GIVEAWAY CLOSED

GIVEAWAY GUIDELINES:

Five lucky Hoosier Homemade winners will receive a copy of “Cupcakes! 12 Months of Happiness” 

Entries only accepted on this page. Facebook and Twitter entries do not count.

Giveaway will remain open until Friday, February 3, 2012 at 10 p.m. CST. Winner will be chosen at random, notified by email and will have 48 hours to respond.

REQUIRED ENTRY:

• What is your favorite holiday?

OPTIONAL ENTRIES: Please leave a separate comment for each entry

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Welcome to Cupcake Tuesday! I’m so glad to have you! I have updated the Cupcake Heaven page, there are over 150 designs and recipes!

It’s Valentine’s Week! Every day this week myself along with three other amazing bloggers and The Paper Cupcake are sharing ideas for Valentine’s Day. We kicked off the fun filled week yesterday with the Pink Lemonade Pie! And a GREAT giveaway from The Paper Cupcake Etsy Shop! Today, Gina at The Shabby Creek Cottage helps you decorate for the holiday. She will also have a giveaway, you won’t want to miss it!!

Have you ever wondered how to bake a shaped cake inside a cupcake or cake? I’ve seen several around, but never really knew how to do it. Then a little while back Kristy from Mommy Hates Cooking shared some pretty cool Valentine’s Day Cupcakes that had a heart baked in the middle, that she had found on Pinterest. I commented on them, and told her I’d give them a try. But after reading the directions, I wasn’t really sure how they would turn out since the heart in the middle is baked twice.

But…low and behold…it worked! Yay! I had to tweak the directions a bit to make the heart shape fit, but they aren’t hard at all. I’m excited to share them with you…

Aren’t they adorable? The hearts are cut from Red Velvet Cake, but you can certainly make pink hearts if you choose. I used the Wilton Mini Romance Cookie Cutter set, it comes with six different cutters including two hearts.

Ok, let’s talk about how to make them. They aren’t difficult, but they did take some time and a little experimenting to figure it all out.

Oh and let’s not forget about the divine frosting! Remember the Pink Lemonade Pie from yesterday? Well, I had a little extra, so I whipped up some heavy cream, and folded in a few heaping tablespoons of the Pink Lemonade Pie filling…YUM!

Pipe on the frosting with a Giant Round Tip, top with a fresh raspberry and you have a VERY special cupcake for your Valentine!

Don’t forget to follow along every day this week, and on Friday, YOU will have the chance to share your Valentine Ideas too! Each blog will be hosting a linky party for you to add your Valentine posts! How cool is that? Just add your ideas to any of the blogs and it will show up on all FOUR! I also created a Pinterest Board for Valentine’s Week, and will be pinning your awesome ideas! So follow along and gather some ideas!

Linking to…Works For Me Wednesday

Now it’s your turn…show off your cupcake creations! I’d appreciate a link back and be sure to check out the other cupcakes!