Ella (I’m her caregiver) was excited to bring her Disney Princess Cupcakes and more cookbook to show me and she promptly picked out Sweetheart Chocolate Cupcakes for us to bake together. Little did we know when making them that my daughter, Jamie and her family would be spending the day with us.Grateful Prayer Thankful Heart is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. We will only recommend products we use, love or think are informative and helpful.
A quick party
Jamie needed some rest and was looking for a chance to get out of the house so I told her to gather the kids just as they were, hop in the car and come and spend the day.
Thinking of how to throw together a plan for a houseful of children and remembering that it was my schnauzer, Raiders 9th birthday I told the kids we were having a Pizza Birthday Party to celebrate. A menu of frozen pizza, canned peaches and popped popcorn would have to cover the nutritional chart this day. I even found some cute napkins and cups and no one minded that there were snowmen on them.
Sweet Cupcakes
The Sweetheart cupcakes are super easy because they are made using a cake mix. The book is full of fun decorating ideas and just right for kids in the kitchen. I think the book makes a lovely gift item for little girls who love Disney Princesses.
Well, the kids had a great time playing together, eating and celebrating Raiders birthday. I managed to keep them entertained and somewhat quiet and Jamie managed a few hours of needed sleep with her littlest one.
The cupcakes turned out so cute and a great cooking-with-kids project. Using a boxed cake mix and a tub of frosting, even the youngest baker will enjoy the experience. I didn’t have frosting on hand when Ella came, so we spent just a little extra time to make cream cheese frosting.
Sweetheart Cupcakes
- 1 pkg, chocolate cake mix , plus ingredients to prepare mix
- 1 container (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
- 3 Tbs. seedless raspberry jam
- Sprinkles (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 22 standard muffin cups with paper baking cups
- Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Spoon batter into prepared muffins cups, filling two-thirds full. Bake about 18 minutes or until toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in pans 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- Blend frosting and jam in medium bowl until smooth. Cut off rounded tops of cupcakes with serrated knife. Cut out heart shape from each cupcake top with mini cookie cutter; reserve cutouts, if desired.
- Spread frosting mixture generously over cupcake bottoms, mounding slightly in center. Replace cupcake tops, pressing gently to fill hearts with frosting. Garnish with heart cutouts and sprinkles, if desired.
- I didn’t have a container of frosting so I made a batch of cream cheese frosting and then stirred in the jam.
- I piped the frosting onto the cupcake bottom and then, after adding the top, I piped into the hole with additional frosting.
- Instead of a small heart-shaped cookie cutter I used a round one. A heart shape would be really cute though.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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aww they look so cute!!
Thanks for linking up this wonderful recipe to Southern Sundays! Hope to see you back again next week!
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How lovely to be able to help out and make the day so special! Your cupcakes look super tasty, and I bet the much needed sleep was appreciated 🙂
Thanks for sharing on Happy Family Times!
You can make cupcakes for me anytime!! lol They look so delicious!! yummo!!
You have such a kind heart…God bless you!! 🙂
Blessings~
These look absolutely amazing. They're beautiful and just look like they would be so tasty. Great work! Jodi @ http://www.meaningfulmama.com
I love your presentation!
I can't imagine a recipe that you would share that would not look delicious. You have a way of making everything look so good. I like seeing your family interacting with each other. What joy you all seem to have by just being together.
Hi, I found you through Serenity You's Link party. You have made me suddenly very hungry for cake! Looks wonderful. Hope you'll stop by my place sometime. Tomorrow I'll probably be posting my hot fudge recipe! 🙂
Irresistible looking cupcakes !!
Love these!
Who doesn't enjoy cupcakes…looks like a lot of fun…and so glad she got a little rest, with baby is her arms, just precious
And you are a sweetheart grandma, that's obvious!
beautiful picture of your cupcakes, so easy and limited ingredients. Sounds like you all had a fun day Nice post andi
How delicious!!! And beautiful pics too!
love
jutta
How perfect that you had already made the cupcakes and were ready to extend on-the-spot hospitality to your weary daughter and her sweet family! I am sure that Ella is learning so much from you.
Sounds like such fun.
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They really look yummy.I would try your recipe.Thanks again.
thay really look yummy
How sweet is this you got to have special time with the grandchildren and your daughter got some rest, what a treasure you are to your family. The cupcakes look so delicious too.
I enjoyed your last post so much, I was thinking of all the memories that are being placed into those memory banks and the dividends that will be drawn on them.
You have such a beautiful family.
Thank you for sharing,
Hugs,
Sue
This reminded me of when I was a young mother and needed a break. My dad used to come to my rescue. Of course we never had any impromptu doggy birthday parties 🙂
Happy 9th birthday to Raider
I'll take a few!
Those look so yummy and pretty!
You are such a star! What a lovely thing to do for a new mum XXX
What a nice thing for you to do!
Love all the photos! =)
Lorraine- I love the sweet recipes you post. They are just down-home REAL recipes that you can do without a lot of fuss and bother. My grandgirls would love to make these. Thanks so much! xo Diana
Beautiful and yummy looking! Thanks for sharing!
What a very special time for you. And baking those cupcakes…well a a precious bonding experience. Thankyou for sharing your wonderful family with us. And hey those cupcakes look good too!! 😀
I CANNOT think of a better day! You are a blessing to those you love 🙂
Have a great weekend!
Blessings to YOU!
Gail
what gorgeous cupcakes
You are so wonderful! What beautiful cupcakes. I love the frosting spilling out all over the place in such an elegant manner. There is nothing like memories made in the kitchen!!!!
Oh, how fun!!! Look at those smiles!!! You're such a great Mom and GRAND-Mom!!! Love the picture of your daughter and the new baby!
Good morning! What a good mom and grandma you are….the cupcakes look soo yummy. My grands would love this too. May have to give it a whirl. Don't know how I missed your previous post, but I loved it. What a darling little bunch of grands. Such a sweet family. How blessed you are. Enjoy your week-end!
What a great mom and grandmom you are! Glad your daughter was able to get some rest while you entertained everyone. The cupcakes look great. Love the idea of removing the top and putting the icing on them like that! Great pictures as usual! Enjoy your Friday!
What a blessing you are to your daughter! I love doing that for mine too. I remember so well those days where I just needed a few hours of sleep..LOL! Ella is fortunate to have you too–you make things fun, Lorraine:-)
It must have been a fun day. The cupcakes look delicious.
Dee
Oh my! These look delish!