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Valentine's Day Cupcakes Recipe
Show your love with these adorable and delicious Valentine's Day cupcakes. Reminiscent of cinnamon hearts, they're a scrumptious combination of rich dark chocolate with the spicy allure of cinnamon, then topped off with a pink cinnamon icing. If Valentine's Day was a flavor, this is what it would taste like!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Calories: 347 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
North American
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons black cocoa powder see notes
- ½ cup milk
- ¼ cup cooking oil
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon oil
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup hot water
Cinnamon Icing
- ½ cup cinnamon hearts plus a few extra for decorating
- 1 cup salted butter at room temperature
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons whipping cream
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a muffin tin with paper liners - or use a heart-shaped cupcake mold. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and both of the cocoa powders.
- Add the milk, oil, cinnamon oil, and eggs and beat using electric beaters. Add the hot water and beat just until combined.
- Divide the batter between the cupcake liners, filling each one ¾ of the way full. Bake the cupcakes for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
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Cinnamon Icing
- Add the cinnamon hearts to your food processor and pulse until they become a power.
- Add the butter to a large bowl and use electric beaters to cream the butter for 2 minutes. Add the ground cinnamon hearts, powdered sugar, whipping cream, and cinnamon oil and beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Increase the speed to medium and continue to beat for 2 minutes more. Adjust the consistency to your liking by adding more cream or more powdered sugar.
- Transfer the icing to a pastry bag and pipe the icing onto the cupcakes. Top each one with a cinnamon heart - or a few cinnamon hearts, if you'd like!
Notes
- Black cocoa powder is a super rich alkalized cocoa powder that is used to boost color, think Oreos. You can easily substitute regular cocoa powder for the same taste, but the cupcakes will not be as dark. And don't add more black cocoa powder than the recipe calls for!
Nutrition Information
Serving
1 cupcake
Calories
347kcal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
50g
(17%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
16g
(25%)
Saturated Fat
10g
(50%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
5g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
69mg
(23%)
Sodium
243mg
(10%)
Potassium
99mg
(3%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
40g
(80%)
Vitamin A
482IU
(10%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
40mg
(4%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12cupcakes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 347
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 cupcake | |
| Calories | 347kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 50g | 17% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 69mg | 23% |
| Sodium | 243mg | 10% |
| Potassium | 99mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 40g | 80% |
| Vitamin A | 482IU | 10% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 40mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.