Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s finally here. Before this season of love quickly passes and hollow chocolate bunnies usurp truffle hearts across the world, I have one more romantic treat to share.
Also, I may or may not be listening to Youtube’s collection of the 20 cheesiest romance songs of all time. If you are interested, click here Cheesy Love Songs. I won’t judge…
I used pink gel food coloring to turn the batter a soft pink. You can totally use red. You will probably end up with even hotter pink cupcakes.
There is a high likelihood that a lot of miniature things will show up here on Lou Lou Biscuit. Not only are they so much cuter than their regularly sized comrades, but they’re more convenient. Easier to transport and serve, mini cupcakes are the perfect serving size for someone who just wants a taste. The minis I made are, seriously, micro minis! When I bought the cupcake papers, I thought they were regular sized minis, but you can see all the space around them in the mini muffin pan. Teensy. Do they even make pans that small? I think I need one!
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The way I pile on frosting (equal parts frosting and cupcake), make these minis good for a crowd. Those who share my passion for cream cheese and sugar can eat the large ones, and those who don’t want to blow their diet for a week can snack on minis. Plus, kids love the minis.
This cupcake recipe is nearly identical to red velvet cupcakes except for the fact that there is no cocoa powder. Red food coloring is powerful enough to cover up brown, but it may make the pink look a little dark.
I used a large star tip and just squeezed one dollop straight down, and then another smaller one on top.
If you want a good explanation of how to do swirled/two color frosting, check out the great tutorial on Our Best Bites.
This recipe was adapted from The Baker Chick and Recipe Girl
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ½ lb butter (2 sticks)
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp pink gel food coloring
- FOR THE FROSTING
- 16 oz cream cheese, softened
- ¼ lb butter (1 stick)
- 2½ cups confectioner's sugar, sifted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp pink gel food coloring
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Prepare one muffin tin with 12 standard size baking cups and one mini muffin tin with mini paper cups.
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Use a standing or hand held mixer to cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy on medium speed .
- Beat in food coloring.
- Add the eggs one at a time to the butter mixture, not adding the next until the last is fully combined.
- Add vanilla extract to egg mixture and combine.
- Alternate adding buttermilk and flour mixture to egg mixture, fully combining after each edition.
- Spoon or pipe cupcake batter to fill each cup ⅔ of the way full.
- Bake large cupcake for 18-25 minutes and small cupcakes 8-12 minutes.
- Cool on wire rack.
- FOR THE FROSTING
- Using a standing or hand held mixer, beat softened cream cheese and butter at medium speed until fluffy.
- Add vanilla, beat to combine.
- Slowly add confectioner's sugar, beating to combine after each addition on low speed.
- Spoon half of the frosting into a pastry bag.
- Add food coloring to remaining frosting and beat on low to incorporate.
- Add pink frosting to a second pastry bag.
- Prepare a third pastry bag with coupler and star tip.
- Insert both colors of frosting to the third bag.
- Squeeze until both colors are coming out evenly.
- Pipe onto cupcakes.
- Enjoy, refrigerated, for 2-3 days.
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I wAnt some of those Sissy. Love DBurgers
Haha Dburgers! I like it. I will bake you snacky smoes when we do brunch!
Mmmmmm, just want one!!!!
Mini cupcakes are the best for parties! For some reason people always feel more comfortable eating a couple of something small, than one of something large. (Guilty!)
Cute cupcakes
I have done that too! Thanks.
I have a granddaughter who would absolutely love these because of the equal parts cake and frosting! I will definitely bake them soon. Thank you!
The cream cheese frosting is sooo good! Thank you!
Your cupcakes are so cute………and beautiful! Wish I were there to have a taste!
Thanks, Grandma! I wish you were here too!
I like the cupcakes and I really like the Cheesey Love Song link!!! My kind of link.