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Home » Cupcakes » Cinnamon Raspberry Heart Cupcakes

Cinnamon Raspberry Heart Cupcakes

January 21, 2013 by Jenny 11 Comments

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After creating my Apple Pie Cupcakes, I wanted to try something different for Valentine's Day.  I thought heart shaped cupcakes would work best, but couldn't find an effective way to get the entire cupcake to take the shape of a heart.  So instead I decided to create a heart shape within the cake of the cupcake.  The flavor combinations of the raspberry with cinnamon glaze was just an extra kicker!

Heart Shaped Cupcakes

Cinnamon Raspberry Cupcakes

 I have a slight infatuation with cupcakes as you've seen from my Apple Pie, Blueberry Lemonade, Chocolate PB&J and Watermelon Cupcakes.  I'd like to say that it's because Riley loves them so much, but it's largely my love for individualized pieces of cake.  I love being able to pack up six cupcakes and send them with Riley to daycare with hopes that the kids will think I'm the greatest mom ever, even though I often don't feel that way because I'm  sending her to daycare rather than staying home with her.  The day I made these Cinnamon Raspberry Heart Cupcakes I had my assistant to help me with them because of a snow day.  Riley's job was to push the heart cookie cutter into the center of the cupcake so that I could hollow out the heart shape in the cupcake.

Cinnamon Raspberry Cupcake Cutout

Once the cupcake was hollowed out I filled the inside with a teaspoon of raspberry jam.  I quickly learned that it's important not to go too deep with the cookie cutter because the cupcake will lose it's shape and start to cave in.  These cupcakes would have tasted great with the cinnamon cake and raspberry filling, but I went one step further by adding a cinnamon glaze.  It could easily be omitted though.

Cinnamon Raspberry Cupcake Filling

 I drizzled the cinnamon glaze back and forth across the cupcake on some of them.  For the last cupcake, I actually shaped the glaze around the heart.  It came out cute and kept the shape of the heart better.  Either way these cupcakes were delicious and went great with a nice cup of warm tea.

Cinnamon Raspberry Cupcake with Tea

Cinnamon Raspberry Heart Cupcakes

Recipe Type: Dessert
Author: Jenny @ The NY Melrose Family
Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 25 mins
Total time: 55 mins
Serves: 12
A cinnamon cake hollowed out in a heart shape and filled with raspberry jam and topped with a cinnamon glaze.
Ingredients
  • Cinnamon Cupcake:
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • ½ tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • ¾ sugar
  • 3 tablespoons softened butter
  • ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon of Raspberry jam as filling
  • Cinnamon Glaze:
  • ⅓ cup milk
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line cupcake pan with 12 liners.
  2. Stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and set aside.
  3. Cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla extract.
  4. Add in each egg separately and beat for a minute.
  5. Add in the dry mixture (flour, baking powder and cinnamon) and milk by alternating the two when mixing it in.
  6. Pour the mixture into the lined cupcakes and cook for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick can be placed in the middle and come out clean.
  7. Let the cupcakes cool and then use a heart shaped cookie cutter to hollow out the cupcake and fill with a teaspoon full of raspberry jam.
  8. For the glaze heat the 3 tablespoons of butter, sugar, water and cinnamon in a saucepan until it begins to bubble.
  9. Drizzle over the cupcakes.
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  1. Donna

    May 06, 2013 at 7:15 pm

    These sound so good! Pinned it.

    Reply
  2. Jeanette

    January 30, 2013 at 12:14 pm

    Yum!
    Homa Style is having a Valentine link party going on now. I would love it if you linked up your Cinnamon heart cupcakes.
    The link is
    http://homastyle.com/wp/2013/01/30/valentine-link-party/

    Reply
  3. Jamie

    January 28, 2013 at 8:48 pm

    All I can say is.... YUM!!! These look incredible! Definitely a must try! Will be pinning these! Would love for you to come and checkout our blog http://www.huckleberrylove.com

    Thanks again for sharing,
    Jamie

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    • Jenny Melrose

      January 28, 2013 at 8:53 pm

      Thanks so much Jamie for your sweet words. I love your site. The latest football hat is so cute! I hope you'll stop by Whimsy Wednesdays to share it tomorrow night.

      Reply
  4. angie

    January 28, 2013 at 5:13 pm

    what a tasty treat and so simple to serve and delicious as well they would be the tops at any party
    come see what I shared at http://shopannies.blogspot.com

    Reply
  5. Pamela

    January 21, 2013 at 11:14 am

    Oh these cupcakes look yummy! Awesome idea!

    Reply
    • Jenny Melrose

      January 21, 2013 at 9:45 pm

      Thanks so much Pamela.

      Reply
  6. [email protected] A Blast

    January 21, 2013 at 10:16 am

    Oh that looks great, Jenny !

    Reply
  7. helen

    January 21, 2013 at 8:47 am

    Wow....cake looks gorgeous & cute..:-)

    Reply

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