Tear & Share Heart Cupcakes

A super simple way to share a little bit of extra love. Whether it’s for Valentine’s Day, a birthday or just for someone special., this is the perfect way to celebrate. I love this tear and share cupcake idea. It’s a really easy way to make a little surprise showstopper.

To make this, I started with a simple vanilla cupcake mix, but you can use any flavour of cupcakes that you like, from chocolate to lemon or even a gluten free or dairy free cake. As this only uses 3 cupcakes, I normally make a very small batch.

Whilst these are cooling, start to make your buttercream icing (recipe below). Place the unsalted butter into a bowl and using an electric mixer, whisk until smooth. Add the icing sugar in two additions, adding the milk with the second batch of icing sugar. Whisk everything together until it is nice and smooth. Here, you can add any extra flavourings of choice, such as vanilla extract or some fresh lemon zest.

I chose to make mine pink by adding just a little bit of food colour paste. You can make this any colour that you like or even leave it plain. I always recommend using a food colouring paste over liquid. I feel like this creates a better colour and also keeps a nice thick texture to the frosting. Add a little at a time and mix well, keep adding more until you are happy with the colour. I find that with the paste a little goes a long way so start off small, adding more just a little at a time. Place into a piping bag with a large circular nozzle and set aside for a moment.

Place 3 cupcakes together in a triangular shape. With your piping bag, go around the edge of the cakes making a heart type shape and fill in the middle of the heart. Use a palette knife to smooth the icing on the inside, scraping off any extra frosting into a bowl. Keep going until you have a nice smooth texture. See video for full instructions.

Then you’re all finished, add any extra decorations of choice and tear and share these delicious heart cupcakes!