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Valentine's Day Love Bug Cupcake

Valentine's Day Love Bug Cupcake

By Morrisons
Published on 18 December 2024
Spend some quality time with your little ones this Valentine's Day and have a go at these adorable little Love Bug cupcakes.
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Time and servings

1 hr 25 minsTotal time
12Servings
1 hrPrep time
25 minsCooking time

Ingredients

  • 250g self raising flour
  • 250g caster sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 750g soft salted butter (250 for cake mix, 500 for icing)
  • 4 large eggs
  • 75ml milk (45ml for cake mix, 30ml for icing)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Filling of your choice - we chose jam but Nutella or Caramel would be great.
  • 650g icing sugar
  • Red and pink gel icing
  • 1/3 pack modelling icing - about 80g
  • Red gel food colouring
  • Cocktail sticks
  • Heart shaped cutter or a small craft knife
  • Piping bags
  • Grass icing tip
  • Edible eyes

Method

12 steps

For the cupcake:

  1. Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 170°C and line a cupcake tray with 12 cases.

  2. Step 2

    Add flour, caster sugar and bicarbonate of soda to a mixing bowl. Then add the soft butter and eggs and start mixing with a whisk. Mix until everything is well combined.

  3. Step 3

    Add milk and vanilla extract and beat for 30 seconds, scrape down the bowl to make sure everything is mixed well.

  4. Step 4

    Fill all 12 cupcake cases 3/4 full with the mixture.

  5. Step 5

    Bake for around 22-25 minutes. Leave in the baking tray for 5 minutes then transfer them to a cooling rack.

  6. Step 6

    When cool, core out the centre of your cupcakes, pipe in a blob of your filling. Replace the top of the cupcake.

For the frosting:

  1. Step 1

    Add all the ingredients in a bowl, starting whisking slowly but then whisk on high to achieve a smooth frosting. If you are making two separate colours, split your mix into two bowls and then mix the colour thoroughly into each.

  2. Step 2

    Fill your piping bag(s) with your chosen colours and pipe a grass/fur texture on the top of your cupcakes using short sharp squeezes on the piping bag; working in circles around the top of the cupcake. Start around the edge and work inwards. You want to overlap each circle to create a layered fluffy look.

  3. Step 3

    Pop your edible eyes and antennae on to complete your Love Bugs.

For the antennae:

  1. Step 1

    Add a small amount of red gel colouring to the modeling icing. Kneed in till you achieve a smooth colour.

  2. Step 2

    Roll out your icing to the thickness of a 50p. To stop from sticking to your work counter. sprinkle icing sugar underneath it.

  3. Step 3

    Use a knife/ cutter to cut out heart shapes from the modeling icing. Pop a cocktail stick into the bottom of the heart to create your antennae and set them aside to firm. You will need to make 24 in total.