With Valentine’s day approaching sugar and sweets dominate our minds. Our loved ones think they should buy us boxes of candy.
I think it’s much more romantic to have a dinner party for two and end it with individual desserts. It’s the best way to ensure you don’t grab any seconds and even better when there isn’t anymore for the next day.
So for the Valentine’s Day splurge, make my Vanilla Bean Cupcakes recipe for two. Just two. How wonderful is that?
I love the fact that I can bake just two cupcakes. Because my willpower will’s me to eat a second and a third and a …
Aren’t they so cute and romantic?
Psst. Don’t tell anyone, but I didn’t share the second one with the hubby.
No, I didn’t eat the second one. I gave it to my baby girl. The hubby wasn’t home and I knew he wouldn’t eat it and I had to get it out of my sight. So my baby girl was the lucky one.
- FOR THE CUPCAKES
- 1 egg white
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 2 Tablespoons. butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- ¼ cup flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons 2% milk
- FOR THE FROSTING
- 3 Tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 1 teaspoon water
- ¼ cup confectioner’s sugar
- To make the cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350
- Whisk together the egg whites and sugar.
- Add the butter and vanilla and whisk to combine.
- Add flour, baking powder, and salt; stir until smooth.
- Stir in milk.
- Pour into two cupcake liners
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Remove and allow to cool completely before frosting.
- For the frosting
- Combine all the frosting ingredients together in a small bowl and frost on cooled cupcakes.
Do you have a Valentine’s tradition? Do you go out to eat or, like me do you like to make your own romantic dinner?
Thanks for stopping by.
Marlene
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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So cute!
adorable and delicious looking…where do you buy your vanilla bean paste?
Dawn: I bought it on Amazon.com.
I have a cookbook that is all about baking for two. I love it! I am like you and would eat all of the cupcakes! These look so good! Thanks for sharing the recipe
Marlene, how wonderful to make ‘just enough’ cupcakes. I can’t resist sweets and would be gobbling them all up myself. It’s why I freeze bacon and cookie dough–otherwise the entire batch would get demolished!
I never like to go out to eat on holidays [except for Thanksgivings/Christmases in Hawaii]. Too many crowds, long waits, too expensive, and the food not as good as I could make at home for the most part. Instead I like to fix things that I know we like that I don’t usually make. I do that for birthdays as well.
Thanks for a yummy idea!
Kirtsen: I wish the freezer would save me, but it doesn’t. I have no will power. I do enjoy being treated out to dinner for my birthday though.
Cupcakes look yummy and I wouldn’t have shared them either!
This is a great recipe! I’m so glad I found it on Foodie Friends Friday! You are my pick for host favorite!!!
This is perfect for a Valentine’s Day treat. Everyone loves vanilla….and yes, super cute! Perfect share for Foodie Friends Friday.
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