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Easy Valentine's Day Surprise Cupcakes
These Valentine's Day Heart Inside Cupcakes are a fun and festive treat to share with your loved ones. Filled with a hidden red velvet heart and topped with strawberry frosting, they’re a sweet surprise in every bite!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 46 minutes
Cool Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 16 minutes
Servings 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 box vanilla cake mix
- 1 box red velvet cake mix
- 1 container strawberry frosting
- Red sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven according to the directions.
- Prepare the red velvet cake mix according to the directions. Pour batter into a ½ size cookie sheet with a lip. Cook for 25-28 minutes or until a toothpick that is inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Place the red velvet cake into the fridge for at least 20 minutes to cool completely.
- Prepare cupcake tin with 12 cupcake liners, set aside.
- Once the red velvet cake is cooled, use a small heart shaped cookie cutter and cut out 12 mini hearts that will go into the inside of the vanilla cupcakes. Set aside.
- Prepare the vanilla cake mix according to the directions. Once prepared, fill a ¼ of the cupcake liner with batter, place one red velvet heart cut out into the center of the cupcake batter. Continue until each cupcake has a red velvet heart.
- Fill the rest of the cupcake liner with batter until ⅔ full. Mark the direction of your hearts with a sprinkle.
- Cook according to directions on the box or until a toothpick that is inserted just off center comes out clean.
- Let cool completely.
- Frosting each cupcake with strawberry frosting and top with red sprinkled hearts.
Recipe Notes
- Cupcakes can be red velvet with vanilla heart cutout inside, or any combination you’d like.
- Cupcake liners can be marked with a Sharpie marker. Mark a small dot before frosting to indicate which direction the heart is facing inside the cupcake.
- Take the leftover Red Velvet Cake, mix it with frosting, dip in candy melts, and make Cake Pops.