Valentines: Heart Shaped Cupcakes

This is a blog post from last year's Valentines, its a project I plan to do again soon so I wanted to revisit it! This idea has been floating around Pinterest for while and I'm glad I took the time to try it! The first batch came out less than perfect, but after switching things up I was able to get some decent looking cupcakes!

First grab your favorite cake batter mix and follow the directions on the box. 

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Once you've lined your cupcake pan with liners, pour the batter in. The trick is to pour about half of what you normally would. I have a tendency to always overfill mine and as a result, none of the first batch had any heart shape to them at all. 

* Once you've got the batter in, take a small ball of tin foil and place it between the pan and the liner. I've also read on other DIYs that you can use marbles, toothpicks etc.

Place it carefully, this is whats going to give you the heart shaped look.

* Disclaimer: I took this photo from the first batch, thats WAY too much batter!*

* Lastly, pop them in the oven for the prescribed time on your recipe.

* I personally think they look the best plain, but I also had a bit of fun dressing them up:

Have you ever tried making these?