Heart Shaped Cupcakes / Recipe

The other day while pinterest’ing I came across heart shaped cupcakes and I thought what better treat to replicate and bake in honor of Valentine’s Day tomorrow and for my boyfriends birthday, which is today. So (late!) last night I went into the kitchen and got baking away. I don’t know what went over me baking so late into the night as I cannot keep my eyes open today, but in the end these little cupcakes made it worth it, and the surprise on my boyfriends face this morning was well worth it.

• 125g unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1½ cups plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¾ cup (185mL) milk

• 50g unsalted butter
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 2 tbsp milk/cream
• Heart shaped decorations from your local baking warehouse or sprinkles

♥ Method:

• Preheat oven to 180°C. Line cupcake tray with cases, then place a marble into each cupcake tin hole between the pan and cupcake liner to create a heart shape. 
• In an electric mixer, beat the butter for 2 minutes until pale in colour and creamy. 
• Add sugar a little bit at a time, beating well between each addition. 
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating for about a minute between each addition. 
• Add the vanilla essence and beat until combined.
• Sift flour and baking powder and add half to butter mixture with half the milk, mix until well combined. Repeat with remaining flour and milk.
• Fill cupcake papers ¾ full (an ice cream scoop is perfect for this). 
• Bake cupcakes for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean. 
• Transfer to wire racks and allow to cool completely.