Happy Valentine’s Day to one and all!
This is my first Valentine’s Day with my sweetheart and thus I wanted to think of an extra special dessert to make. Between our shared love of ice cream cake (which neither of us has had in years) and chocolate covered cherries (more specifically, Cherry Cordial Hershey’s Kisses), I knew I had some great treats to work with. I also really wanted to get back to cupcakes, which I haven’t made in so long.
I started with a devil’s food chocolate cupcake batter. I baked up a dozen rich yet fluffy and light cupcakes. After letting them cool, I began layering the sweet treats.
I chopped up some Cordial Kisses and mixed them into vanilla bean ice cream. I carefully cut the bottoms off the cupcakes, placed the bottom into a paper cupcake liner, heaped on a layer of my mixed ice cream, then sandwiched the top of the cupcake on top (I tossed aside…into my mouth…the middle layer of the cake). I topped the ice cream cakes with a dollop of whipped vanilla icing and some adorable pink sprinkles. Work very quickly to get them back into the freezer to set! Be My Valentine?
