Conversation Cupcakes

Name: Conversation Cupcakes
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 28
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons butter flavoring, optional; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 946 milliliters confectioners sugar; 2 Tbsps milk; 1 drop red food coloring, optional; 118 milliliters shortening; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 package white cake mix (regular size); 1 drop yellow food coloring, optional

The recipe Conversation Cupcakes could satisfy your American craving in around 1 hour and 5 minutes. This dessert has 198 calories, 1g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 28. Head to the store and pick up cake mix, food coloring, shortening, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Prepare cake mix batter according to package directions for cupcakes.

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Cake Mix

Cupcakes

Place paper or foil liners in a heart-shaped or standard muffin tin. Fill cups half full of batter.

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Muffin Tray

Aluminum Foil

Bake according to package directions for cupcakes. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

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Cupcakes

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Oven

For frosting, in a large bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, butter, shortening, vanilla, butter flavoring if desired and milk until smooth.

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Powdered Sugar

Shortening

Frosting

Vanilla

Butter

Milk

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Bowl

Divide frosting into fourths if desired; place in four separate bowls. Leave one bowl untinted.

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Frosting

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Bowl

Add one color of food coloring to each of the other three bowls; stir until well blended. Frost cupcakes. Pipe untinted frosting around edges and decorate tops with Valentine phrases.

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Food Color