This Valentine's Day, I was totally conflicted on what to bake. I was inspired by all of the heart-shaped cookies, cakes, and truffles flooding the blogosphere, but craving something simple and sweet like cupcakes.
The compromise?
A tasty fusion!
The results were chocolate heart-cutout cupcakes filled with a luscious strawberry-cherry cream cheese frosting...YUM!
And the finishing touch?
I found these adorable cupcake wrappers from Pink Peacock Paperie! B creates some insanely cute designs that are free to download (like this one!) or available for a small fee. Drop by her site for some eye candy!
Anyways, you may be curious as to the fate of the leftover pieces of heart-shaped cake...
Heart-shaped mini cakes + leftover frosting equals...
Heart-shaped mini cakes + leftover frosting equals...