{"id":18170,"date":"2015-02-13T08:26:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T13:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=18170"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:13:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:13:10","slug":"valentines-day-cupcakes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/02\/13\/valentines-day-cupcakes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Day Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Food-Header-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18175\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/02\/13\/valentines-day-cupcakes-2\/cupcakeheart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CupcakeHeart.jpg?fit=640%2C636&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,636\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CupcakeHeart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CupcakeHeart.jpg?fit=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CupcakeHeart.jpg?fit=640%2C636&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18175\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CupcakeHeart.jpg?resize=640%2C636&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"CupcakeHeart\" width=\"640\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CupcakeHeart.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CupcakeHeart.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CupcakeHeart.jpg?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CupcakeHeart.jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, Valentine&#8217;s Day is a chocolate holiday &#8211; truffles, Hershey&#8217;s Kisses, heart shaped boxes of decadence. I decided to buck the trend and go the vanilla route. These cupcakes are so\u00a0tender and moist &#8211; you won&#8217;t miss chocolate at all!\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>The cupcakes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 and 2\/3 cup flour<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/4 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 cup butter, melted<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 large egg whites<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/4 cup vanilla yogurt<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">3\/4 cup whole\u00a0milk<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1. Preheat oven to 350\u00ba. Line a muffin tin with 12 cupcake liners.<\/p>\n<p>2. In a small\u00a0bowl, sift\u00a0together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Melt butter, pour into a large bowl, and whisk\u00a0in the sugar. Add the\u00a0egg whites, yogurt, milk, and vanilla extract until well combined.<\/p>\n<p>3. Whisk\u00a0the flour mixture\u00a0into the wet ingredients until batter is smooth.<\/p>\n<p>4. Divide batter among 12 cupcake liners\u00a0and bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.\u00a0Let cool on a wire rack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The frosting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/4\u00a0cup\u00a0butter, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 vegetable shortening<\/li>\n<li>2 cups\u00a0confectioners sugar, sifted<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons\u00a0whole milk<\/li>\n<li>1\u00a0teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>food coloring &#8211; optional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter and shortening until smooth.<\/p>\n<p>2. Gradually add the confectioners sugar until well incorporated, scraping down the sides of the bowl &#8211; the mixture will be thick. Add the milk and vanilla extract, and beat until smooth. Add food coloring if using.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditionally, Valentine&#8217;s Day is a chocolate holiday &#8211; truffles, Hershey&#8217;s Kisses, heart shaped boxes of decadence. I decided to buck the trend and go the vanilla route. These cupcakes are so\u00a0tender and moist &#8211; you won&#8217;t miss chocolate at all!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[176,1238,4],"tags":[947,38],"class_list":["post-18170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-cupcakes","tag-valentines-day"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-4J4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15567,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/02\/12\/valentines-day-cupcakes\/","url_meta":{"origin":18170,"position":0},"title":"Valentine&#8217;s Day Cupcakes","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"February 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Since it's Valentine's Day, I thought it would be fun to make some over-the-top cupcakes - rich chocolate cake filled with a vanilla pastry cream, dipped in chocolate ganache. 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