Vanilla or white cake mix + the ingredients listed on the box
Red velvet cake mix + the ingredients listed on the box
2 sticks of butter, softened
4 c powdered sugar
2–3 tbsp heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla
Valentine’s sprinkles
Animal Cookies
Instructions
Make both cake mixes according to the package. NOTE: if you do this you’ll have extra batter for other uses. Alternatively, you can just tint half of the vanilla batter pink and half red.
Preheat oven to 350 and line a cupcake pan with liners. Fill 1/3 of each liner with red batter, then 1/3 pink. Bake according to the package. Let cool completely.
In a mixing bowl, beat the butter until smooth. Add in half of the powdered sugar and mix. Add in the cream, vanilla and rest of the sugar and beat until smooth.
***If you want to frost them like I did in the photo, you’ll need to double the frosting. If you want just one swirl, you shouldn’t need any extra. If doing the 2 frosting layers, color 2/3 pink and leave the rest white.
Using a piping bag with a round tip, pipe a swirl of frosting onto each cupcake. Dip them into the Valentine’s sprinkles and cover the frosting completely.
Pipe another swirl with a 1M tip and then top with a frosted animal cookie.