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How to Make Heart Shaped Cupcakes

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Today, I'm sharing how to make heart shaped cupcakes!  These sweet little heart shaped cupcakes are perfect for Valentine's Day and even little girl birthdays.

Today, I’m sharing how to make heart-shaped cupcakes!  These sweet little heart-shaped cupcakes are perfect for Valentine’s Day and even little girl birthdays.

Heart Shaped Cupcakes

Happy Birthday to my little missy!  I can’t believe she is six years old!  Where did my little baby go?  

In the span of a week, she turned 6, lost her first tooth, AND got her ears pierced! I was a big week, lol. (Ear piercing tip- make sure you go to a place where they will do both ears at the same time. Oh, the drama – I really thought she would end up with just one ear done!)

My missy’s birthday is in January, but always falls during the Winter Break. Even though her birthday is well passed, I still bring treats to school after the holidays.

This year was no exception. 

I asked her what she would like for me to bring to class and she wanted strawberry heart cupcakes.

OK, Strawberry Heart Cupcakes it was!

heart shaped cupcakes

 

 

The cupcakes I made for her class weren’t made with any special recipe, just strawberry cake mix from the box and icing that you buy the separate flavor for.

I did add just a tiny bit of pink food coloring to the icing for a little extra pop.

Strawberry heart shaped cupcakes

How to Make Heart-Shaped Cupcakes

Making Heart Shaped Cupcakes is actually very easy and this technique works with any recipe, whether from scratch or a box.

All you need is a handful of glass marbles (or in my case, I used a bag of decorative glass ovals. The kind you see in floral arrangements and fishbowls.) Cupcake liners and a cupcake pan or muffin tin.

how to make heart shaped cupcakes

Place the cupcake liners in the cupcake tin, drop 1 to 2 of the marbles into each well, and pop your cupcakes into the oven for 20 to 25 minutes, and voilà!

Strawberry Heart Shaped Cupcakes!

Pro Tip:

My one tip for making these heart-shaped cupcakes is to make sure to not over-fill the cupcake liners. 

Fill them no more than 2/3’s full!  

The ones that were overfilled puffed up too much and lost a lot of their heart shape.

easy heart shaped cupcakes

The Heart Shaped Cupcakes turned out super-cute.  She loved them and so did all her little classmates!

What are your little ones favorite birthday treats? (My son is partial to S’mores on a Stick.)

Sound off in the comments below.

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*originally published in Jan 2013

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  1. Diana - FreeStyleMama says

    January 10 at 4:42 am

    Oh how cute & easy! I pinned this.

    Reply
  2. Brooke says

    January 10 at 2:54 pm

    I LOVE Valentine's Day and pink! I have three boys, so I'm glad for excuses to use pink. These cupcakes are perfect for Valentine's Day, and they look so easy. Thanks so much for sharing. Have a great day!

    Reply
  3. Our Pinteresting Family says

    January 10 at 7:28 pm

    She is adorable and your valentine's cupcakes are too. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Chrissy says

    January 10 at 10:11 pm

    I love these!! They are just perfect for Valentine's Day!! I am hosting a new Pinterest Power party and would love for you to link up this and any other projects that you have!!

    http://www.thetaylor-house.com/2013/01/10/pinterest-power-party-1.html

    Chrissy

    Reply
  5. sugarswings says

    January 11 at 12:33 pm

    cute! we did heart shaped using the marble trick before too, so easy 🙂

    Reply
  6. Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com says

    January 11 at 1:37 pm

    How cute! We would love for you to share this to our Kitchen Fun and Crafty link party! http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.blogspot.com/2013/01/kitchen-fun-and-crafty-friday-link-party_10.html

    Reply
  7. Miz Helen says

    January 11 at 4:22 pm

    Happy Birthday to your adorable daughter,Jamie. The cupcakes look awesome! Thank you so much for celebrating TWO YEARS with FULL PLATE THURSDAY, I appreciate your visit!
    Come Back Soon
    Miz Helen

    Reply
  8. Monsterscircus says

    January 12 at 12:32 am

    Sooo cute cupcakes and congrats with your charming Girl, what a birthsday party 🙂

    Reply
  9. Sarah says

    January 12 at 5:02 am

    those look adorable and delicious!

    Sar

    http://www.etsy.com/shop/owleyevintage

    Reply
    • Polkadot-pretties says

      January 12 at 11:41 am

      Great project !

      I would love you to come and share it at my Craft, Create & Inspire Linky party

      http://polkadotpretties.com/2012/12/craft-create-inspire-linky-party-12/

      Hope to see you there:)

      [email protected] Polkadot pretties x

      Reply
  10. Christina at I Gotta Create! says

    January 12 at 12:34 pm

    So sweet! Both your baby and the cupcakes 🙂

    <3 Christina @ I Gotta Create!
    Wildly Original link party is open.

    Reply
  11. Wanda Ann Olsen says

    January 13 at 2:04 pm

    These are so cute. Come to my link party Tuesday Trivia at memoriesbythemile.com
    Hope to see you there.
    Wanda Ann @ Memories by the Mile

    Reply
  12. Christie Daruwalla says

    January 13 at 3:50 pm

    I have a just turned 6 yr old too! They are so sweet. Love your cupcakes. I'll have to make these for your class valentines. I saw your cupcakes on Flamingo Toes. Would love for you to share on Thursdays Treasures. http://fooddonelight.com/thursdays-treasures-week-68/

    Reply
  13. TidyMom says

    January 13 at 5:53 pm

    such a cute idea and your daughter is adorable!
    Thanks for linking up this week! I featured your post in my wrap up http://tidymom.net/2013/12-valentines-day-ideas-to-make/

    Have a fabulous rest of the weekend!

    Reply
  14. Jenn says

    January 14 at 3:00 am

    I think they turned out really cute!! She is beautiful too!

    Reply
  15. Sonia says

    January 14 at 3:01 am

    They look super-tasty and what a really cute idea! I'll have to remember that marble trick too…

    Reply
  16. K Coake says

    January 14 at 3:12 am

    They look so cute! Happy Birthday to your cutie! My youngest turned 6 in October…I know how you feel about where the time went. My daughter got her ears pierced as well. She has now lost 6 teeth! They are growing up far to fast, aren't they?
    Take care,
    KC

    Reply
  17. Amy Stebbins says

    January 14 at 3:49 pm

    Very cute! and I love pink!

    Reply
  18. Jessica White says

    January 15 at 6:08 am

    Those look delicious! And happy birthday to your little one. She is precious!
    Jessica @ A Humble Creation

    Reply
  19. Tessa says

    January 15 at 4:10 pm

    Hey from tessacotton! Love your creation. I would be so thrilled if you would link up to my new, Valentines Day themed linky party!
    http://tessacotton.blogspot.com/2013/01/valentines-day-linky-party.html

    Reply
  20. Suzanne Carillo Style Files says

    January 16 at 12:44 pm

    What a great idea! Pinned : ) Visiting from Your Whims Wednesday.

    bisous
    Suzanne

    Reply
  21. Brenda says

    January 16 at 3:26 pm

    Saw you on SNAP! show & tell Wednesday … So sweet! Pinning 🙂

    Reply
  22. Carrie says

    January 18 at 12:49 am

    They look delicious!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!

    Reply
  23. Kalina says

    January 18 at 7:53 am

    it also works to just use some tin foil. You just roll it into a ball first. That's what I normally do

    Reply
  24. Clair Boone @ www.mummydeals.org says

    January 18 at 10:46 pm

    Cute cute! Please come link it up at our new Pinterest party

    Reply
  25. Randomly Fascinated says

    January 20 at 3:45 am

    oh my goodness, so cute! I love this idea!
    I would love it if you would share this

    Reply
  26. SJ @ Homemaker On A Dime says

    January 20 at 5:24 am

    I pinned this 🙂

    Reply
  27. carimac73 says

    January 20 at 6:58 pm

    It's voila 🙂

    Reply
    • Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom says

      January 20 at 7:22 pm

      not in Texas…

      Reply
  28. Rebecca @ My Girlish Whims says

    January 23 at 2:30 pm

    Thanks so much for linking up to Your Whims Wednesday, I featured this on my blog today! Come stop by and grab a featured button 🙂

    Reply

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