Only three days left until Valentine’s Day and today I wanted to share with the most amazing Valentine cupcakes yet. This link comes to me from my sweet friend Nicole who is always on the lookout for amazing cuppies.  Take a look at these chocolate cupcakes with flaming strawberries from Sprinkle Bakes.

The flame is made by hollowing out a strawberry and pouring in a small amount of Vodka, rum, or your choice of liquor 80 proof or higher before it is set aflame.   Click here to read the full directions in their post. 

Click the comment area below and leave a link to your favorite Valentine recipe!

Apartment Therapy Ohdeedoh’s website includes home, design, and children’s sections.  While looking around on the children’s page I noticed these heart-shaped cupcakes.  They’re perfect for Valentine’s day which is only 3 days away! The original post comes from Disney’s Family Fun where they call them Cupid’s Cupcakes. Below are the easy instructions for making these heart-shaped cupcakes without buying a heart-shaped pan.

To create the heart shape, place a small marble or a 1/2-inch ball of aluminum foil between each liner and one side of the tin (a great job for kids). This will push the paper into the batter to form the notch in the heart.

Amanda and Blue Paperie

Amanda Parker and Family

The Gypsy Factory

I’m a huge fan of cupcake toppers since they are quick and easy cupcake decorations that take a simple frosted cupcake and transform it into a beautifully festive cupcake. Here are six different free printable cupcake toppers that I have found.  Click on the images to be taken to the respective websites where you can download the pdf files.

Country Living

Love2Create

Penny Candy Studio

At Christmas time, we brought you gorgeous photos of Keira’s cupcakes. Now here she is again with Valentine’s Day cupcakes that are too beautiful to eat. 

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Everyone seems to be busy doing something for, or thinking about the upcoming event next Monday… that is Valentines Day.  For me I am not too sure what to do, I will have to get my fiance a card, but I don’t love all that soppy love stuff, it is right for some people, but not for me, so I think I am going to get a blank card with some amazing scenery on the front, and inside will write something alluding to our past travels and our future travels inside it…

I will also bake some cupcakes (thank goodness a Sunday precedes the day this year!).  So I was looking for some inspiration and stumbled on one our sponsor’s blogs.  The Cupcake Tower write some  great posts and this one features a image gallery of the colours fuchsia pink and yellow, oh and there is a bit of orange in there too.  I love it, really inspiring and fresh and a great idea for my valentines day theme, leaning away from the traditional red!

But if real cupcakes are not your thing, then you can always buy a cupfake and there is a great deal going on at the moment on these fun cupcakes.  Check out Forever MK Cupcakes, another ATC sponsor for a great range of cupcakes and best of all with their Valentines Day code (visible on their home page) you can get 15% off any order over $10.  But like all good things, it is for a limited time only so get in quick!

Whatever you do though!  Have a great day and even if you don’t believe in the Valentines Day hype, you can still give your beau a big kiss :)

If you’re looking for a homemade  valentine idea that’s kid friendly these cupcake goodie valentines are just that! Martha Stewart came up with the crafty idea to create goodie bags out of cupcake liners to hold Valentine’s Day treats.  Here are the steps:

1. Flatten two paper cupcake liners. Place one liner face up, and lay the other face down on top of it.

2. Lift the edge, and apply glue along a short section. Press to attach; let dry. Continue gluing in sections, leaving the last section open. Fill with candy; seal opening with glue.

3. Cut out heart or other shape from construction paper; add cut-out images, ribbons, or paper or fabric flowers, and write or stamp a note. Glue onto center.

My sister shared this Design*Sponge video with me because she said it had to do with cupcakes.  As the Valentine’s Day DIY video by Tiger in a Jar began I was skeptical that cupcakes could be involved but I kept watching and right around 1:28 an unfrosted cupcake comes rolling out!  If you look at the image above, the base of the circus stands are cupcakes, tops removed, flipped over and frosted!  Watch the video for yourself and you’ll see the cupcake being transformed!

Love You Cupcake Card, $4.50, by Natalie Eden.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been looking for them or maybe it’s because cupcakes are still growing in popularity.  Both reasons are possible explanations for why I’ve found so many cute cupcake Valentine’s Day cards! Here are some of the best that I’ve found.

Conversation Heart Cupcake by Monkey Mind Design, $4.00

"You Want Me” cupcake card from Kate’s Paperie, $4.25

These Sweet Girl Valentine’s Day Cards where the little girl is holding a cupcake are too cute! I am always impressed with how we are capable of customizing items, like these cards by Olliegraphic.  You pick the age, hair style & color, skin tone, eye shape & color, and glasses.  Basically you can make the little girl on the card look just like you! Finally you choose the text at the bottom of the card. The price of the cards depend on how many cards you order.

Fossil, which most know as primarily a wrist watch company also offers handbags, wallets, and clothing.  This month Fossil has a DIY lookbook with great Valentine’s Day projects from some amazing blogs.  Two blogs which I read on a regular basis came up with DIY projects related to cupcakes.  Twig & Thistle blogged about her DIY Valentine Heart Wreath made out of cupcake liners. Creature Comforts came up with homemade cupcake wrappers and toppers.

Want the sentiment but don’t have the time?

Well how about a really simple but really effective cupcake?

Too hard, well, how about a simple picture tutorial with no words?

Well that is what Pilli Pilli has provided with their simple but amazing Valentines Cupcakes!

I remember as I child looking for the perfect Valentines Day Card for all of the kids in my class. I usually ended up with Princess Valentines, but if I was a child in this day and age I would have picked cupcakes! If you know a young child that LOVES cupcakes, these are the cards for them —

Sprinkled Cupcake — Kids Valentine’s Day Cards from Pear Tree Greetings

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Sprinkled Cupcake — Kids Valentine’s Day Cards

If you are sick of reds and pinks for Valentines Day, then Sweetopia may have the answer for you!  These toppers are bright, colorful and bound to bring a smile to your loved ones face this year.  What is more, Sweetopia has all the details for how to make and create them on her blog, which you can find here.

When I first saw these little cupcakes I thought they were those little plastic lipgloss cupcake containers that you can buy, but on closer inspection I discovered these are super gorgeous little chocolate coated cupcakes!  The image and idea is from Hero Cake Pops.

To create these, Hero Cake Pops picked up a chocolate cupcake mould from her local cake shop then after creating the outsides in the mould filled the inside with cake pop.  The result… fab cute little gifts for your special man / woman or if you can’t choose one person then these make an economical way to share your love this Valentines Day!

This time of year is the best cupcake hunting time. It seems that so many retailers pair Valentine’s Day and cupcakes and I love it! Here’s some of the sweet items I found yesterday in Target’s dollar section:

Cupcake socks, dry erase board, oven mitt and pot holder and cupcake erasers. They also had cupcake shirts for small dogs.

Facebook fan, Lindsey also found this cupcake bank at her Target.

I have also had Valentine cupcake sightings at Michael’s, Hobby Lobby and my favorite Kohl’s.

Kohl’s cupcake placemats, wreath, table runner and vinyl tablecloth.  These photos only show half of what they have available this year.   All are so sweet and so tempting! 

Please click on the comment area below and let us know about your cupcake sightings this week.  

What to choose as the cupcake design when you are getting engaged?

One thing is for sure, you will need a lot of them, so it is probably best to go for a simple design, but if you still want something amazing and stunning then these cupcakes by Isabella’s Sweet Tooth are sure to be perfect.

Depending on the amount of time you have you can create just 3-5 of the amazing little fondant birds (in white cuts down on time mixing a color), or just go with that funky heart!

When creating a tall stand up cupcake topper like the heart, use a toothpick in the fondant.  This also makes it easy for those eating it to remove it!

Cover your other cupcakes with the same color icing to create a uniform look, even thought the actual decoration on top may be different and less work.  Isabella’s Sweet Tooth cupcakes are vanilla with strawberry buttercream.

Valentine’s Day gift giving can get complicated. There as so many choices: flowers, cupcakes, adorable stuffed animals, a massage at the spa…mmmm, massage at the spa… So which one should you get your sweetie? Ok, after you make sure to get that massage for your significant other (and one for you, too!), I recommend making your life easier by getting two gifts in one: a cupcake bouquet.

Two cupcakeries with notable bouquet showings are Bettie’s Cakes of Saratoga Springs, New York and The Blushing Bakery of Charlotte, North Carolina.  The Blushing Bakery chooses to go with five pink (fitting!) frosting cupcakes arranged in a bucket.  Bettie’s Cakes does a classic dozen red roses in a long florist’s box.  Either way, that’s some fancy frosting work. Too good to eat? Never!

Since as we recently told you how popular red velvet cupcakes are right now, here is a recipe for “Shortcut” Red Velvet Cupcakes.  These cupcakes were posted on Alice Q. Foodie’s blog last year for Valentine’s Day but is sure to please any Valentine this year!

If you’re looking for something to decorate your valentine with Martha Stewart has cute Candy and Cupcake stickers.  You get one sheet of 17 stickers for $3.99.

Martha Stewart also has a cupcake tote for $17.99.  The tote reads “It’s a good thing” and would make a fun Valentine’s Day gift or great packaging for any present.

Valentine’s Day is a holiday for lovers. So what the heck are you supposed to if you’re single?  Cakelab of NYC has a solution: their Sourpuss Cupcake Pack. Instead of the usual romantic sentiments, the Sourpuss pack features conversation dot cupcakes with messages like “H8 You”, “Let it go”, and “WTF”.  You can also drown your sorrows in the accompanying Sourpuss pack flavors of banana split, chocolate chip cookie dough and black bottom.

Cakelab is not one to drive off customers – they’ve got a Sweetheart pack too, for those who have them :) This assortment comes with more conventionally messaged champagne-flavored conversation dots as well as red velvet, chocolate turtle, and chocolate covered strawberry cupcakes.

I really appreciate Cakelab’s approach to cupcakes for the upcoming heart-shaped holiday. They’re willing to be typically adorable and inventively bitter, thus capturing both sides of the Valentine’s Day market.

You’ve seen it here at All Things Cupcake, you’ve seen it everywhere:  the  pink and red and heart-shaped wave has come and it’s sweeping up our favorite little confection in its wake.  Red Velvet cupcakes are enjoying a seasonal bump in popularity (no surprise there) as cupcakeries across the nation make a run on flavors in the right color range. Ex-pat bakery Little Miss Cupcake is taking the trend to Paris with their special Valentine’s flavors La Vie En Rose, Linger, & Go All The Way.  In my own hometown, Cupcake Royale just came out with this year’s version of the Deathcake Royale,  a chocolate-packed supercake that’s only available for two weeks per annum right before Valentine’s Day.

This is just a proverbial taste of what is to come.  All Things Cupcake is here to bring you daily coverage on the latest in Valentine’s Day themed-cupcakes (and cupcake shaped items!).

Limited Edition Pink Vanilla Buttercream Cupcakes

These sublime little cakes conceal an irresistible surprise inside – a luscious center of Godiva chocolate ganache. Our rich, moist, chocolate cupcakes are offered by the half dozen, all iced in pink vanilla buttercream especially for Valentine’s Day, or three each in chocolate and vanilla buttercream for a romantic weekend’s worth of indulgent nibbling. Sure to delight youngsters while sending adults into a state of chocolate bliss. 6 pcs. (1 lb., 5.5 oz)

They also have Chocolate Cupcakes.

Please visist Godiva for more information.

How scary sweet are these cupcakes from Debbie Goard of Debbie Does Cakes? Just in time for Valentine’s Day, too! Debbie, who you’ve probably seen on a Food Network Challenge or two, says she’s trying to phase out cupcakes but she couldn’t resist this special wedding request.

Here’s wishing the happy couple a life together as beautiful, weird and amazing as these cupcakes!

Dylan’s Candy Bar® for Juicy Couture Conversation Hearts $38.00

Valentine Mosaic Love Cupcake $42

Cupcakes aren’t just for eating. Sometime’s they are just for being so darn cute. With a cupcake for all occassions, Mosaic Cottage creates delictable and unedible cupcakes out of broken vintage china. What a perfect way to send your love and it lasts forever!

Check out all her creations here mosaiccottage