Valentines Day Cupcakes

When looking for Valentine's Day gifts it is hard to go past Valentines Day cupcakes. Making and giving cupcakes to someone special is becoming more popular every year.

Red velvet cupcakes are ideal to give your loved one because of their beautiful red color. Top them with cream cheese or buttercream frosting and add a heart shaped decoration or red sprinkles.

Alternatively, vanilla cupcakes iced with glace frosting will look really effective if you draw a heart on them with red gel icing. You could also adorn cupcakes with heart shaped chocolates or candies.

Make chocolate cupcakes and hold a cappuccino stencil over the cupcake and dust with icing sugar. A heart-shaped stencil is ideal for Valentines Day.

Bleeding Heart cupcakes are also really appropriate for Valentines Day, especially when made in heart-shaped molds.

Make nine Valentines Day cupcakes and frost them with white glace frosting. Arrange them on a plate (three rows of three). On the middle row use red gel icing to write "I' (on the first cake), "Love" or draw a heart (on the second cake) and "You" (on the third cake). You could also arrange the lettering vertically or diagonally.

Or, decorate your cupcakes with gorgeous Valentines sugar shapes or mini pink and white heart confetti

A really impressive gift for Valentine's Day is a cupcake bouquet. This stunning cupcake creation is very easy to make but does require a little patience. It is well worth the effort!

I don't know what you think, but to me, it doesn't even matter how the cupcakes really look. The main thing is that someone has made an effort, and that in itself says "I Love You".

If you have every wondered how the professionals get their cakes and cupcakes looking so perfect, visit Learn Cake Decorating. This site is full of useful tips and techniques that you can also use when decorating cupcakes.

Another great way to make your Valentine's treat even more sweet is to create a handmade Valentine card.

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