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    Home » Recipes

    Mini Heart Cinnamon Roll Cakes for Valentine's Day

    February 1, 2019 by Patti Estep 4 Comments

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    These mini heart cinnamon roll cakes make a great treat filled with a cinnamon sugar swirl and topped with a sweet glaze and pink sparkles.

    Mini heart cinnamon roll cakes stacked together

    Valentine's Day is the perfect excuse to bake some sweets. A while back I made some yummy chocolate heart cookies filled with pink buttercream frosting.

    Today I'm putting a spin on a classic cinnamon roll but making it into a cute little heart. This way you can feel okay eating them for breakfast too.

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    Mini Cinnamon Heart Cakes

    Heart baking cups with batter and cinnamon sugar

    It all starts with these super fun heart-shaped baking cups. They are reusable and very flexible so it's pretty easy to pop out your cakes once they have had a chance to cool for a bit.

    To get the classic cinnamon roll taste, I made a separate cinnamon sugar mix which was placed on top of the batter. 

    Heart cups with batter and cinnamon sugar swirled together

    Then I used a toothpick to swirl the cinnamon sugar and batter together.

    cinnamon heart cakes baked on cookie sheet

    This is what they look like when they come out of the oven. Looks like at least one had a little too much batter. 

    Mini heart cinnamon roll cakes on rack with glaze

    Now, you can leave them like that but I decided to flip them over and drizzle a glaze on top. Then a little pink sanding sugar added to the glaze for a holiday look.

    Cinnamon sticks and heart cake

    This recipe only makes a dozen cakes and that's exactly the number of baking cups I have so that worked out well. Unfortunately, we loved them so much I kind of wish it made more.

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    P.S.  Chocolate heart cookies filled with pink buttercream icing are another great Valentine's treat. For something a little fancier try making a Chocolate Charlotte cake. It's a little like a chocolate mousse cake with pretty ladyfingers around the rim.

    Heart shaped mini cakes with glaze and text overlay

    Mini heart cinnamon roll cakes stacked together

    Mini Heart Cinnamon Roll Cakes

    These mini heart cinnamon roll cakes make a great treat for anyone on Valentine's day, filled with a cinnamon sugar swirl and topped with a sweet glaze and pink sparkles.
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 25 mins
    Additional Time 15 mins
    Total Time 55 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12
    Calories 205 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    Cake Batter

    • 3/4 cup sugar
    • 1/4 cup melted butter
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • 2 eggs beaten
    • 1 1/2 cup flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon salt

    Cinnamon Sugar Filling

    • 1/4 cup sugar
    • 2 tablespoons butter melted
    • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
    • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
    • 1 1/2 teaspoon milk

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat over to 350 degrees
    • To make the cake, cream together sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs.
    • In a separate bowl sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
    • In another bowl mix the cinnamon butter and sugar together for the filling
    • Pour the flour mixture into the wet batter in 2 or 3 batches and mix together.
    • Try not to mix it too much. Just enough to blend the two mixes together.
    • Place the heart shaped baking cups on a baking sheet.
    • Fill the cups 1/2 way with the batter
    • Add 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon sugar mixture on top and using a toothpick swirl the two mixes together.
    • Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a cake comes out clean.
    • Remove from the oven and let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes.
    • Move cups to a cooling rack and allow to cool for an additional 10 minutes.
    • Remove the cakes from the cups by turning them upside down and gently pinching the cups all around and coaxing them out of the cups.
    • Allow to cool completely.
    • Top with glaze and sprinkles

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 205kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 3gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 46mgSodium: 360mgFiber: 1gSugar: 21g

    Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    Comments

    1. Christine

      February 01, 2019 at 9:19 am

      I’m a huge fan of cinnamon! I put in everything from my oatmeal to my coffee! Your mini cakes are adorable and look delish and I’ll definitely have to try your recipe!! Thank u for sharing!! Have a blessed weekend!

      Reply
      • Patti Estep

        February 02, 2019 at 7:48 am

        Thanks Christine. I think you'll love them.

        Reply
    2. Carole West

      February 01, 2019 at 7:15 am

      These are so cute and love the dash of cinnamon on the inside. Cinnamon is such a great addition to the diet, I love it! Those heart cups are the best and would perfect in my new wave oven. Thanks for the link.

      Reply
      • Patti Estep

        February 01, 2019 at 7:22 am

        Thanks Carole. The cups were really great to work with. I can see using them for sweet and savory recipes in the future. Maybe even crafts like candles or soap so they were worth the purchase.

        Reply

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