Cupid’s Bow Cupcakes

Valentine Cupcakes do not have to be hard or time consuming. If you are looking to make a special treat for your loved ones or for your child’s class, these cupcakes start with box cake mix, so they take no time at all. Simply bake and decorate. Cupid’s Bow cupcakes are a loving way to create something special for your Valentine.

Author: Cake Mix Recipes

Meal Type: Peanuts Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Servings: 12 cupcakes

Calories: 335 kcal per serving

Ingredients

White cake mix
¼ tsp - Pink gel food coloring
½ cup - Unsalted Butter
2 cups - Confectioners’ Sugar
1 tbsp - Milk
12 - Pretzel Sticks
½ cup - Pink Candy Melts
5 ounces - Red Rolling Fondant

Instructions

Mix cake batter according to box’s directions. Add gel food coloring and mix until batter is completely tinted.
Scoop into a muffin tin, lined with paper liners and bake according to the package’s directions.
Allow to cool completely before baking.
While the cupcakes cool, prepare the buttercream: in a large bowl, beat together butter, confectioners’ sugar and milk with an electric mixer. Start on low and gradually increase to high.
Once the ingredients are well-combined and form semi-stiff peaks, scoop into a piping bag with Wilton tip #21 attached.
Frost each cupcake.
Line a pan with wax paper. Knead rolling fondant until smooth.
Roll 24 fondant spheres, about one inch in size each.
To create a heart, press the bottom two fondant spheres together, pointing it at the end. Repeat to create 12 fondant hearts and set aside on half of the wax-paper-lined pan.
Line up 12 pretzel sticks on lined pan. In a small bowl, microwave pink candy melts in 30 second intervals, stirring between each interval.
Pour melted candy into a piping bag and cut out a small tip at the end.
Frost out 2 V-shapes on each pretzel stick. Allow to set, about 20 minutes.
Insert one pretzel stick into each cupcake, followed by the fondant heart.
Serve and enjoy!

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