XOXO – Love Inspired Valentine Cupcakes
So Valentine’s day is literally days away!!! Who else is excited? I normally don’t celebrate occasions … not even my birthday for that matter. But now that we have Josiah King, I would just about pick any event as a reason to celebrate and make our little one smile. Another thing that I look forward to Valentines is the “acceptable” excuse of indulging in some sweets.
Okay, so here’s the thing … I already munch on quite a few sweets regularly. I happen to have a sweet tooth, and it is just quite hard to resist. So I had to figure out a way to satisfy my cravings without having to take a trip to a sweet shop, bakery, or grocery store on a regular. I mean, let’s be practical here … those sweets can quickly add up in cost! So for today’s post I am sharing one of my favorite and well requested Love Inspired Valentine Cupcakes. Ooooh I tell ya, you’re going to love this a bunch!!!
Ready? Let’s get started then …
Love Inspired Valentine Cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 1/2 C. milk
- 1/2 C. sour cream
- 3 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 egg whites
- 3/4 C. butter, melted
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 C. granulated sugar
- 1 2/3 C. all-purpose flour
- vanilla frosting, any brand
- 10 oz package of Wilton bright pink candy melts
- 10 oz package of Wilton light pink candy melts
- X mold
- O mold
- Heart mold
- 2 small sandwich baggies
- Kitchen scissors
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine the butter, egg whites, sugar, sour cream, milk and vanilla extract.
- Fold in the flour, baking soda and baking powder.
- Line a 12 count muffin tin with cupcake liners.
- Fill each muffin well about 1/2 way with cupcake batter.
- Bake 18-20 minutes. Insert a toothpick around 18 minutes, if it comes out clean the cupcakes are done.
- Remove the cupcakes from the oven and let cool completely.
- While the cupcakes are cooling pour each of the Wilton candy melt colors into separate microwave safe bowls.
- Place each bowl in the microwave one at a time – heating for 30 second increments, stirring occasionally until melted. Let cool a few minutes.
- Scoop the melted chocolate into 1 sandwich baggy.
- Snip the corners of the baggies and gently squeeze the melted chocolate from each baggy into your silicone mold filling the X’s, O’s and Hearts.*
- Let the chocolates set. To speed up the setting process you can place the molds in the fridge for 10-15 minutes. Repeat this step for as many chocolates as you need (you may need to re-heat the candy melts)
- Generously frost each cupcake with vanilla frosting.
- Gently pop the chocolates out of the silicone molds and place one on top of each cupcake.
*If you don’t want to use a sandwich baggy, use a small spoon to scoop the melted chocolate into the silicone molds.
*Makes approximately 12-14 cupcakes
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XOXO – Love Inspired Valentine Cupcakes
Now that you’ve seen how these cupcakes turned out … what do you think? I honestly think they look sooo adorable. Too cute to eat, but too delicious not to enjoy. Let me know if you’ve given it a try!
Cristina Petrini
February 14, 2019Super sweet idea and not only for the exquisite cupcakes, but also for the idea of ”game”. Wow!
Cris
February 14, 2019Oh, these are so cute! And so perfect for Valentines!
laurie gannon
February 14, 2019The cupcakes are so darn cute! The Xs and Os are so sweet – literally and figuratively. Thank you for posting a recipe that is so visually appealing and easy to follow!
Candace Moczarski
February 14, 2019I love all the cute details to these I so want to make for my kiddos this weekend
Amber Myers
February 14, 2019I would love these for sure. They look amazing. I’ve always been a fan of a good cupcake!
Chad
February 14, 2019oh Angela! These cupcakes are the cutest ever, you’re so talented. Thanks for the awesome recipe.
Chad
Tara Pittman
February 14, 2019What cute cupcakes. I need to get that candy mold as it would be so useful for me.
John Mulindi
February 14, 2019They look so cute! I appreciate the creative work you did put in coming up with this, I think this is the best cakes to have for the valentines day.
Sue-Tanya Mchorgh
February 14, 2019These cupcakes are the cutest. I bet they taste awesome too.
Fatima Torres Torres
February 14, 2019What a great idea for Valentine’s Day! We love baking during the holidays and this would be perfect for the weekend.
What Corinne Did
February 14, 2019Those cupcakes are so cute! I love cupcakes! i am so bad at making them though!
sara welch
February 14, 2019I’ll have to save this idea for next year; I ran out of time and couldn’t get much planned for our kids! Love this idea though!
Fiona Cambouropoulos
February 14, 2019These are so cute, I made cupcakes today, I’d have loved to have decorated them like this for the day.
Sarah Bailey
February 14, 2019Oh these are some really cute cupcakes I love the idea of having the XO and on top. Most definitely perfect for love day.
Erin Sluka
February 14, 2019I love these! They are almost too pretty to eat!
Mimi
February 14, 2019These cupcakes look yummy! A prefect treat for the Valentine’s day occasion! Great recipe!
Stephanie | Adventures in Aussieland
February 14, 2019These are some of the cutest Valentine’s Day cupcakes I’ve ever seen! Definitely will have to give these a go.
Princess Quinn
February 14, 2019These are all super lovely to have. I like how you have designed all of it. It looks like I already found a perfect gift to make for many occasions.
Heather
February 15, 2019These cupcakes are adorable! And I think they are easy enough for us to try to make!
Alexandra Cook
February 15, 2019I love cupcakes too!!! But I just find it too tedious to make, although I haven’t really attempted at making one, haha.
Preet
February 15, 2019Thank you for sharing this recipe- I adore cupcakes but have never tried to make it myself. I will now, seems more simple than I thought and how stunning is yours!
kumamonjeng
February 15, 2019Gosh, this is so cute and fun to make. I am sure that special person to receive these DIY cupcakes will be so happy.
Marysa
February 15, 2019These are adorable! I love that candy mold that you found. My kids would have so much fun making these (and eating them, haha)!
Dani Flanders
February 15, 2019These are SO CUTE!!!! Your pictures are just lovely – so bright and colorful. We went to a local cupcake shop to get a Valentine’s Day cupcake yesterday, but these are way cuter!
Shannon gurnee
February 15, 2019This is such a cute idea for Valentine’s Day cupcakes. I would love to try making these sometime.
Danielle
February 15, 2019These cupcakes are absolutely adorable! I am going to make some with my son this weekend.
Nicole Bertrand
February 15, 2019Those cupcakes are adorable! I just love the colors and the creativity!!
Mom Life Optimized
February 16, 2019These are just too cute!! What a great idea for the decorations of the Xs and Os on top. Love this idea!
Heidi
February 16, 2019Your cupcakes turned out adorable! I love the simple Xs and Os. So cute! I would definitely try that idea.
David Elliott
February 17, 2019Those do look like really fun cupcakes there. I know my daughter would love them. But I wonder if there is a better thing than the melting candy to do the letters. Probably not but not a huge fan.
Bella at Dear Mummy Blog
February 17, 2019These are such a sweet idea and we love the decoration on them – would be cute for an anniversary too!
itsnadianelson
February 17, 2019How cute?! This seems like such a simple way to make Valentines fun with family. You recipe seems easy to follow from making the of the cupcakes to the chocolate molds. Thanks for sharing.
Stephanie Jeannot
February 18, 2019I love these cup cakes. So cute and unique. Great design, seems pretty simple to make too.
Sigrid's Home
February 18, 2019Oh my! These are so adorable! If only I have the patience to bake cupcakes like these…my girls would totally love this for a Valentine’s activity. 😀
Kim Seghers
February 18, 2019These cupcakes are adorable! What a great idea. I think I’ll make some for my Anniversary to surprise my husband!
Angela
February 18, 2019wow, they are so cute and lovely! I should have seen this before Valentine’s day!
Bindu Thomas
February 24, 2019These cupcakes are so cute and will be definitely great for valentines day. Thanks for sharing.