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!
A fun twist to serve cupcakes. Recipe from HoosierHomemade.com
Ingredients
- 1 Strawberry Cake Mix {or flavor of your choice}
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk {1 tablespoon vinegar in a measuring cup and then fill with milk, let set a couple minutes}
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1 can of frosting
- Pink coloring
- Decorations
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Place glasses in a 13x9 pan - Be SURE you bake with glass ONLY
- Prepare cake mix with eggs, buttermilk and oil
- Add batter to glasses - martini glasses hold the same amount as a standard cupcake, if you use another glass, just fill about 2/3 full
- Bake for about 12-15 minutes depending on the size of your glass
- Cool completely
- Dip edge of glass in water then in sugar or sprinkles, let dry
- Add 1/3 of frosting to a bowl and add coloring
- Melt for about 10-15 seconds - the frosting needs to be pretty runny, like thick milk
- Spoon frosting into glasses - Watch my video to see how to add the frosting
- Immediately add decorations
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!
Thanks for hosting! I love your Valentine Cocktail Cupcakes! They look awesome!
Christina recently posted..Grover Cupcakes
Love the Valentine’s cocktail cupcakes – how cute!
Pup Fan recently posted..Team spirit cupcakes
I know what I am doing this weekend!!!! What a cute idea. Love your blogs!
You are so creative! I love things in martini glasses … thank you once again for hosting such a lovely party.
How pretty! Love the sugar on the glasses!
Jerri recently posted..Freshen Your Home with New Glade® Expressions™
Yum! And just in time for Valentine’s day. My husband is going to be at work all day, so not a very romantic day for us. Any way, I suppose you can make every day romantic, especially when you can bake like this.
Anne Lyken-Garner recently posted..Declutter Your Home In 1 Weekend