Valentines Day Cupcakes

When looking for Valentine's Day gifts it is hard to go past Valentines Day cupcakes. On 14th February say "I Love You" with 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 Valentine's Day.

Bleeding Heart cupcakes are also really appropriate for Valentine's 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.

Frost Valentine's Day cupcakes with glace or buttercream frosting. Melt white chocolate and add pink food coloring and stir until combined. Pipe heart shapes onto baking paper and refrigerate until set. You can either stand chocolate hearts into the frosting or lay heart on top.

A really impressive gift is to wrap your cupcakes in cupcake cosies. Even if you haven't got time to make Valentines Day cupcakes yourself, follow the link for this gorgeous decorating tip. I love using white fabric with a red and white heart ribbon, but there are so many alternatives.

A box of six wrapped cupcakes will look absolutely stunning. One cupcake boxed in an individual cupcake box, wrapped with ribbon, is another great Valentines Day gift idea.

Or, make your Valentine cupcakes in heart-shaped cupcake trays. You can use any cupcake recipe and frosting as they will look great without much fuss.

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.