In a 2016 poll conducted by Channel 4 for Valentine's Day, Jane Austen’s line, “My heart is, and always will be, yours”, from her novel Sense and Sensibility and said by Edward Ferrars (Hugh Grant) to Elinor Dashwood (Emma Thompson) in the acclaimed 1995 film adaptation, was voted the most romantic line from literature, film and TV by thousands of women.

Preparation of Valentine's Day Cupcakes:

We are going to prepare Valentine's Cupcakes for your partner as dessert for lunch or dinner on that special day. Surprise him with these delicious Cupcakes with the help of this recipe that we bring you below.

As it is always interesting in these cases, we recommend you turn on the oven so that it warms up while you prepare Valentine's Cupcakes, so you will be ready to bake them the moment we finish assembling them. The recommended temperature approx. They are 180ºC (356ºF), but each oven has a different configuration and it may vary a little from the time necessary for a good baking of these Cupcakes.

The first step to start making the recipe will be to place the slightly melted butter in a bowl or in the glass of the stick mixer that we are going to use. You already know that we always recommend the latter, since a kneader helps us to achieve a better final result and to facilitate our work, something interesting to keep in mind.

Next to the butter we are going to add the sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla essence. Once we have the ingredients in the bowl, we will beat all the ingredients well. We will beat intensely for a few minutes until the butter and sugar form a creamy mass.

When we get both ingredients well integrated, we are going to add the eggs to our dough, while continuing to stir it. It is best to add them one by one to make it easier for the eggs to mix. On the other hand, we are going to mix the flour with the cocoa and the baking powder in another container. Sift this mixture and add it to the egg mixture, and continue beating until you obtain a homogeneous and lump-free dough.