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You can now make your own heart-shaped cupcakes without the price of the fancy pan!
Directions:
Make your cupcake batter according to directions on the box of the cake mix (or homemade recipe). Place the cupcake liners in your cupcake tin. Fill the liners about 2/3 full. Do not overfill or it will lose the heart shape while baking. After filling the liners, place a marble between the liner and the pan. Your cupcake will take on the shape of a heart. Bake according to directions on the cake mix box.
Cool completely and decorate them anyway you wish. My kids love frosting their own and adding candy and sprinkles.
Marbles can be purchased at the dollar store. I’ve even used the marbles from my kid’s board games – they work great. If you don’t have marbles, you could roll up small balls of aluminum foil.
Heart-Shaped Valentine Cupcakes (without a fancy pan!)
You can now make your own heart-shaped cupcakes without the price of the fancy pan!
Serving people
Ingredients
- 1 box cake mix
- 3 eggs, add eggs as directed on package
- ½ cup vegetable oil, add amount of oil as directed on package
- 1¼ cup water, add water as directed on package
- 1 container frosting
Instructions
- Make your cupcake batter according to directions on the box of the cake mix (or homemade recipe).
- Place the cupcake liners in your cupcake tin. Fill the liners about 2/3 full. Do not overfill or it will lose the heart shape while baking.
- After filling the liners, place a marble between the liner and the pan. Your cupcake will take on the shape of a heart.
- After filling the liners, place a marble between the liner and the pan. Your cupcake will take on the shape of a heart.
- Cool completely and decorate them anyway you wish. My kids love frosting their own and adding candy and sprinkles.
Notes
Marbles can be purchased at the dollar store. I’ve even used the marbles from my kid’s board games – they work great. If you don’t have marbles, you could roll up small balls of aluminum foil.
Nutrition
Calories: 409 kcal · Carbohydrates: 52 g · Protein: 4 g · Fat: 22 g · Saturated Fat: 10 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 41 mg · Sodium: 385 mg · Potassium: 147 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 38 g · Vitamin A: 60 IU · Calcium: 62 mg · Iron: 2 mg
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What a great idea. Thank you for sharing
They look so lovely and yummy !
These are so cute. What a great idea to place the marbles or foil balls to shape the cupcakes into hearts. Thanks for sharing this great idea. 🙂
I love that tip – thank you so much!
Oh CLEVER… CLEVER…. CLEVER… I LOVE this idea thank you for sharing it with us.. 🙂
So super cute! I have got to try this for the holiday! Thanks for sharing!
What a fun idea!
You are a genius!! I love this idea!
Such an easy way to make heart shaped cupcakes, I love this idea! Thanks for sharing 🙂
This is so clever! It’s one of those “I can’t believe I never thought of this” ideas.
Love this idea, thanks 🙂
Great idea! Pat
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GENIUS! Thank you for sharing ?