{"id":2537,"date":"2015-11-22T11:39:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T16:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2022-10-11T17:05:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T21:05:11","slug":"shimmer-and-shine-heart-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/shimmer-and-shine-heart-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Shimmer and Shine Heart Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Love<\/strong> (\/l\u0259v\/) <em>noun.<\/em> A feeling of strong or constant affection for a person.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what form your love takes at home, it\u2019s hard to imagine celebrating Valentine\u2019s Day as a parent without celebrating the little ones who fill your days with endless craziness, discovery, and heart-filled fun. For the <em>Shimmer &amp; Shine<\/em> lover in your family, these pink-frosted \u201cmake it together, best friends forever\u201d heart cupcakes are the perfect way to do exactly that!<\/p>\n<p>Like the genie twins, we think that working together with family to tackle problems and make the best of every situation is a super important part of showing love. Thankfully, these heart cupcakes are a cinch to whip up, so even the little ones can help! All you need are basic cupcake-making supplies, some marbles or aluminum foil, and pink sprinkles or edible glitter if you want to add some extra Shimmer flair. If these cute cupcakes don\u2019t spell out \u201clove\u201d this Valentine\u2019s Day, we\u2019re not sure what will!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/shimmerAndShine-heartCupcakes-article4x3.jpg\" alt=\"Shimmer and Shine Heart Cupcakes 1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/shimmerAndShine-heartCupcakes-article4x3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/shimmerAndShine-heartCupcakes-article4x3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/shimmerAndShine-heartCupcakes-article4x3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/shimmerAndShine-heartCupcakes-article4x3-180x136.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After making these cupcakes, how do you plan to celebrate your little ones this Valentine\u2019s Day?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Difficulty Level:<\/strong> Medium)<\/p>\n<p><strong>What You\u2019ll Need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cupcake\/Muffin baking tin<\/p>\n<p>Your favorite red velvet cupcake recipe<\/p>\n<p>Cupcake liners<\/p>\n<p>12 marbles OR aluminum foil, rolled into 12 marble-sized balls<\/p>\n<p>Pink frosting<\/p>\n<p><u>Optional:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Pink sprinkles<\/p>\n<p>Edible glitter<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Make:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step One: <\/strong>Follow instructions to make your favorite red velvet cupcake\u2014stop once you have finished making the batter and before you begin baking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step Two: <\/strong>Place liners in your cupcake baking tin and divide batter evenly among them. Each liner should be no more than 2\/3 full.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step Three: <\/strong>Gently use your index finger to push the outside of the first cupcake liner toward the center of the cupcake\u2014you should be able to see the bottom of the cupcake tin. Place either a small marble OR aluminum foil ball into the indentation so that your cupcake retains its heart shape while baking<strong>.<\/strong>Repeat for remaining cupcake liners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step Four: <\/strong>Bake in preheated oven as instructed. Allow cupcakes to cool completely, then frost with pink frosting and sprinkles (or edible glitter, if you have it!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love (\/l\u0259v\/) noun. A feeling of strong or constant affection for a person. No matter what form your love takes at home, it\u2019s hard to imagine celebrating Valentine\u2019s Day as a parent without celebrating the little ones who fill your days with endless craziness, discovery, and heart-filled fun. For the Shimmer &amp; Shine lover in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[657,314,17,337,382],"tags":[327,27,251,250,39,43,48,223],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2537"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2544,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions\/2544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}