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Prep Time: 45 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 65 Minutes Servings: 28 |
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It's a snap to spell out sweet sentiments on these quaint cupcakes when you bake a batch ahead of time using convenient cake mix. You don't even need a heart-shaped muffin tin to make them. -Test Kitchen, Greendale, Wisconsin Ingredients:
1 package white cake mix (regular size) |
4 cups confectioners' sugar |
1/2 cup butter, softened |
1/2 cup shortening |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
1/8 teaspoon butter flavoring, optional |
2 tablespoons milk |
1 to 2 drops red food coloring, optional |
1 to 2 drops yellow food coloring, optional |
1 to 2 drops blue food coloring, optional |
Directions:
1. Prepare cake mix batter according to package directions for cupcakes.
2. Place paper or foil liners in a heart-shaped or standard muffin tin. Fill cups half full of batter. Bake according to package directions for cupcakes. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
3. For frosting, in a large bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, butter, shortening, vanilla, butter flavoring if desired and milk until smooth.
4. Divide frosting into fourths if desired; place in four separate bowls. Leave one bowl untinted. Add one color of food coloring to each of the other three bowls; stir until well blended. Frost cupcakes. Pipe untinted frosting around edges and decorate tops with Valentine phrases. Yield: 28 cupcakes.
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