Happy Valentine’s Day ♥ ハッピー バレンタイン

Hello my Sweethearts!

Did you get a lot of sweets and chocolate from your beloved ones? I am more the kind of people who gives small gifts, sends some messages to others – or bake some cute little cupcakes as you can see on my pictures below ^_^

For 12 Heart-Cupcakes you need:

for the pink heart
75g butter
50g sugar
250g flour
50g coconut flakes
220cc milk
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 package of vanilla sugar
red food colouring

for the Cupcakes
125g butter
1 egg
120g sugar
160g flour
160cc milk
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of natron
1 package of vanilla sugar
a few drops of vanilla essence
a pinch of salt

for the frosting I used
fresh cheese
icing sugar
coconut flakes

oven baking temperature: 180 C°
baking time: ~25min

Instruction:
start with the hearts:
1. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla sugar together until it becomes creamy
2. Add the other ingredients and continue mixing
3. Fill the dough into a flat backing form
4. Bake the dough for the hearts and let them cool completely on a rack
5. Cut out little hearts, the dough should be 3~4 cm thick

next step – Cupcakes:
1. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla sugar together until it becomes creamy
2. Add the rest and continue mixing
3. Fill a bit of the dough into the cupcake backing cups
4. Put one heart into each cup and press it point down into the dough and make sure that you keep all the hearts in the same direction, so you remember which way the heart is facing after the cupcakes are baked
5. Cover with another heap of dough so the heart is completely covered
6. Bake the Cupcakes and let them cool completely on a rack

7. Lastly, decorate your cupcakes with frosting, sprinkles, chocolate…. until you’re happy ^^

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