Sweetheart Cupcakes for My Sweethearts

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Ella (I'm her caregiver) was excited to bring her Disney Princess Cupcakes and more cookbook to show me and she promptly picked out something for us to bake together. Little did we know when making them that Jamie and her family would be spending the day with us.
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 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.I managed to keep the kids entertained and somewhat quiet and Jamie managed a few hours of needed sleep.Sweetheart Cupcakessource Disney Princess Cupcakes and more cookbook

1 pkg, chocolate cake mix , plus ingredients to prepare mix1 container (16 ounces) vanilla frosting3 Tbs. seedless raspberry jam
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, if desired.
NOTES:
I din'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.
I did not have a small heart-shaped cookie cutter so used a round one.  A heart shape would be really cute though.

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