Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to show the one you love just how much you truly care. It’s a day full of flowers, chocolates and humungous stuffed animals. Hearts and every shade of pink and red are covering everywhere you go. It’s easy to go out and buy your significant other, or even just a friend, something that’s already premade, but what better way to show you care than making them a sweet treat yourself?
Cupcakes are the perfect home made treat to give your sweetie. They’re typically easy to make, but putting in the extra effort to make a cupcake special is definitely worth it. With vanilla and chocolate flavored batters you can keep things simple, or you can go the extra mile with some red velvet or strawberry flavors. Red-hot cinnamon cupcakes and Shirley temple cupcakes have flavors that will wow your significant other!
The best part about these cupcakes, though, is the decoration. There is no limit when it comes to frostings. With so many ways to make them and so many flavors and colors to use, you can make any boring vanilla cupcake something extra special. From coconut buttercream frosting to champagne frosting for a bubbly treat, the possibilities are endless.
Top these cupcakes with cherries, candy hearts, chocolate covered strawberries or any heart shaped sprinkle you desire, and you have yourself a beautiful cupcake to give the one you love! Put a special candy heart or even some nutella inside your cupcake for a hidden surprise!
So this Valentine’s Day put in the extra effort and make the person you care about a cupcake they’ll never forget. Here are what we think are the top 10 Valentine’s Day cupcakes to make this year…
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10. Coconut Buttercream Frosted Cupcakes
With buttercream frosting so creamy it nearly melts in your mouth, this coconut buttercream frosting makes for a great topping. Even though this frosting would work well on any flavored cupcake, top a traditional vanilla cupcake with it to make the coconut taste stand out.
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9.Shirley Temple Cupcakes
A Shirley Temple drink can instantly bring you back to your childhood. With its refreshing cherry flavor, it’s hard not to like. This cupcake puts all those wonderful flavors you know and love into a pretty pink cupcake. The fluffy vanilla cake is infused with cherry 7-Up and then has a cherry infused buttercream frosting, and of course, is topped with a cherry. Take some extra time and add red food coloring to a portion of the batter to make a red layer at the bottom of each cupcake.
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8. Red-Hot Cinnamon Cupcakes
What better way to spice up your Valentine’s Day than with a kick of Red Hot candies and cinnamon? These vanilla cupcakes have Red Hot candies crushed into the batter for a spicy crunch. They are then toped with a Red Hot cinnamon frosting for even more spice! These may have some added spice you wouldn’t normally use in a cupcake, but the sweetness from the sugar and vanilla completely even out the taste for a delicious cupcake. Top with some cinnamon lip gummies for a sexy appeal.
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7. Romantic Red Velvet Cupcakes
Red Velvet is perfect for Valentine’s Day with its beautiful, deep red coloring. These cupcakes are simple, but red velvet is good enough on it’s own that it doesn’t need much extra. These red velvet cupcakes are topped with a very easy, very simple whipped cream frosting. Top with some heart sprinkles to make them as romantic as you’d like.
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6. Vanilla Chocolate Sundae Cupcake
Ice cream sundaes are the type of treat everybody loves. With these sundae inspired cupcakes, they look and taste just like an ice cream sundae should! By making a vanilla or chocolate cupcake of your choice, top with vanilla frosting to look like whipped cream and drizzle melted chocolate over the frosting to look like hot fudge. Top with a maraschino cherry and some Valentine’s Day themed sprinkles to complete the true ice cream look!
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5. Surprise Inside Heart Cupcakes
As if baking your loved one cupcakes isn’t enough of a surprise, these cupcakes have their own little surprise inside. These vanilla cupcakes have red hearts baked inside them. By taking the time to add this extra surprise, your sweetie can cut into the cupcake to reveal a perfect little heart! Top with a buttercream frosting and pearly sprinkles for a simple look.
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4. Funfetti Valentine Raspberry Brownie Cupcakes
By using brownie mix as your cupcake batter, you can make this delicious twist on cupcakes. These may sound complicated, but they’re extremely easy to make and come out looking so cute. These have a surprise inside as well! By pressing a milk chocolate candy with a raspberry melt away center into the cupcake batter before it is completely cooked, these brownie cupcakes will have an extra special chocolate surprise. Frost with a simple pink vanilla frosting to balance out the chocolaty goodness.
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3. Pink Champagne and Raspberry Cupcakes
These cupcakes don’t only taste amazing, but they come out looking gorgeous. And what better way to spend some time with your significant other than with some champagne? These vanilla cupcakes are infused with sweet pink champagne for bubbly taste. The raspberry frosting comes out the perfect shade of pink to top these already slightly pink cupcakes. Top with edible white star glitter and pearls and wrap in hot pink liners for a beautiful treat!
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2. Nutella-Stuffed Vanilla Cupcakes
These vanilla cupcakes have the greatest surprise treat of all…Nutella! By making a vanilla batter with red food coloring for a pink tint and then stuffing them with Nutella, these cupcakes have a perfectly creamy surprise in the middle of them. Top with a simple vanilla frosting and add a chocolate covered strawberry on top for a mouthwatering treat.
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1. Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Cupcakes
Chocolate covered strawberries are very popular on Valentine’s Day. They’re amazing on their own, but this chocolate dipped strawberry cupcake is like a dream come true. These may take some extra time and creativity, but the final results are worth every minute. By dipping a vanilla cupcake into chocolate ganache, which hardens for that perfect crunch, and then topping with a pink buttercream frosting and then placing a chocolate covered strawberry on top, these cupcakes are the absolute perfect treat to give your sweetie. What could be more Valentine’s Day than this? They won’t believe their eyes, or their taste buds, when they try this one.
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