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7. Strawberry Rose Cakes (page 182)

8. The Best Birthday Cupcakes with Two Frostings (page 138) 9. Mardi
Gras Cupcakes (page 172)

10. Bobbye’s Italian Cream Cupcakes (page 68)

5. Place a heaping tablespoon ganache onto each crust, spread it out smoothly
with a short metal spatula or a spoon, taking care to cover the top completely.

6. Just before serving, place from 4 to 6 raspberries in the center of heart on top
of the ganache filling. Dust the tops with confectioners’ sugar and serve. If you
wish, use the decorating icing to pipe a Cupid’s arrow on each serving plate.

Store the hearts, lightly covered with plastic wrap, on a platter in the
refrigerator for up to 4 days.

STRAWBERRY ROSE CAKES

If you have a pan with twelve sweetheart rose–patterned cups and you’re looking

for a fast and easy recipe for Valentine’s Day, here is a beauty (so to speak). The
recipe is the simple strawberry cake I recommend for girls’ birthdays in Cake
Mix Doctor, but the batter is baked in these pretty molds shaped like roses.
Because the recipe makes 24 roses, you will have to bake a batch, let it cool,
then clean the pan before baking a second batch. You can also use a “bouquet
cakelet” pan, yielding 12 slightly larger flowers; they require 28 to 32 minutes
cooking time.