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    Home » Food Fun Friday » Food Fun Friday - Valentine's Day Cupcakes

    Food Fun Friday - Valentine's Day Cupcakes

    Published: Jan 23, 2017 · Modified: Mar 3, 2020 by Vicky

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    I have always enjoyed cooking with my kids. It seems even more fun and special when a holiday is coming up. With Valentine's Day less than a month away, we baked some Valentine's Day Cupcakes. Hey, it's never too early to get ready for the big day. I thought we would try and make some color swirl cupcakes using squirt bottles so it would be easier for the kids to help. These were simple to make, and the mess was somewhat contained because of the bottles. If you like cooking with kids, be sure to check out these Apple Cookies.
    These Valentine's Day Cupcakes are simple to make with kids.


     

    Valentine's Day Cupcakes

    Supplies you will need:

    • Cake mix (yes, I got it on clearance at Target for 71 cents)
    • Squirt bottles
    • Frosting
    • Red Food Coloring
    • Muffin tray
    Valentine's Day Cupcakes

    The first step is to prepare the cake mix as directed. I have some great little bakers who love to help me make cupcakes.

    valentine's day cupcakes

    Even the littlest ones can help in the kitchen.

    valentine's day cupcakes
    When the kids were done making a mess helping, I divided the batter into two bowls. We then used red food coloring to color the batter two different colors. I had originally planned to have one batter be pink and the other dark red. Well after using tons of red food coloring I gave up at a light red. I didn't want to waste all my food coloring trying to get this batter dark red.
    valentine's day cupcakes

    Then I used a funnel to pour some of the batter into these squeeze bottles. Any type of squeeze bottle that you would use for ketchup or mustard would work well. My only tip is to make sure the batter is beaten enough so you don't have little balls of batter clogging the spout.

    valentine's day cupcakes
    This was really a great fine motor exercise for the kids. They got to squeeze really hard and watch the batter come out. We layered the colors so they were each taking turns squeezing pink and then red.
    valentine's day cupcakes
    valentine's day cupcakes
    Don't worry if it looks messy, they will look very cool when baked and opened. The great part about using the squeeze bottle is that it's hard to mess these things up.
    valentine's day cupcakes

    Bake according to the package directions. This is what ours looked like before they went in the oven.

    valentine's day cupcakes

    And here they are when they were done baking. Pretty cool, right?

    valentine's day cupcakes

    They are pretty enough to serve as is, but I ADORE frosting, so you know I was not going to miss a chance to heap some on.

    valentine's day cupcakes

    This is what you find when you cut into the swirl cupcakes. Aren't they pretty? Make some for your sweetie this Valentine's day.

    valentine's day cupcakes

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    Valentine's Brownie Cake Pops

    Chocolate Covered Pretzels for Valentine's Day

     

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    1. Jeanine

      January 25, 2017 at 6:52 pm

      These look fantastically fun as well as yummy! How did you do that icing mum?

    2. Sapana V

      January 26, 2017 at 8:08 am

      These cupcakes look yummy and it is perfect for Valantine's.

    3. Vicky

      January 26, 2017 at 8:36 am

      Hi Jeanine,
      I bought one of these decorating bags with these tips. Inexpensive and I use them all the time. https://www.amazon.com/27PCS-Cake-Decoration-Tips-Set/dp/B01IBFP7GW/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1485448549&sr=8-6&keywords=pastry+bag

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