Valentine's Day cupcakes could be any cupcake made with love for your Valentine. However, if you want an extra special Valentine's Day cupcake, I've got a few ideas that I'll be sharing in the next week to give you plenty of time to get ready to make them.
My first Valentine's Day cupcake idea for this year is the root beer float cupcake. It's the picture of romance from a simpler time.
I would strongly recommend that if you choose this cupcake, you accompany it with a cute homemade card cut out of red construction paper.
How to Make a Root Beer Float Cupcake
Credit and Random Norman Rockwell Facts
The Norman Rockwell painting that I doctored above is actually from an Orange Crush ad, not a root beer ad. Best Norman Rockwell Art has a fascinating discussion about Rockwell's work on the Orange Crush ads. Rockwell had a contract with Orange Crush to make 12 ads for them.
As noted on Best Norman Rockwell Art, Rockwell described his thoughts on the ads in his autobiography, My Adventures as an Illustrator:By the time I got to the eleventh and twelfth picture I was dreaming about bottles of Orange Crush Soda Pop - long lines of them - quart size, regular size, marching down on me with all the labels distinctively readable. A stampede of bottles. I'd wake up in the middle of the night screaming, ORANGE CRUSH, ORANGE CRUSH!
I do hope that baking the Valentine's Day root beer float cupcakes will not give you nightmares.
Last Year's Valentine's Day Cupcakes
For more Valentine's Day cupcake ideas, check out the Valentine's Day cupcakes I made last year:
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Valentine's Day Cupcakes - Root Beer Float Cupcakes
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Aw, this is so cute! Looks delicious. :)
This looks like a great project for me and Maddy for Valentine's Day!
so cute! i never liked root beer but for some reason i was obsessed with those root beer dum-dum lollipops. so i would probably like this cupcake too :)
very cute!
Awesome! I made root beer cupcakes last summer, but I've never thought of them as a Valentine treat. Love it!
I tried these cupcakes when you posted them last and I can say that they are very yummy! And everyone who tried them loved them!! Thanks for reminding me of them!! =)
That is a really sweet idea! I love root beer, so I might give these a try.
Super cute cupcakes, Stef. Can't wait to see what you else you come up with for Valentine's Day!
wow! these sound delicious and i love the doctored vintage ad. great idea!
What a great idea! It looks and sounds delicious.
Ooh root beer floats in cupcake form? How awesome. Thanks! Love the sexy V-day cupcakes too.
Oh those are awesome! I love it!
How cute is this!
Tried something like this last year, but my daughter got to them before my wife :-(
aww that's so cute!
Oh man those look soooo good!
That is too cute!!!
too cute, stef! i'm not crazy about root beer, but i suspect that i'd really enjoy it in cupcake form, especially if straws are involved. and lots of frosting.
Those look so cute. I'm a big fan of root beer floats... so I think I'll definitely love them in cupcake form!
that sounds so delicious! I adore Root Beer floats!
thank you! i've been planning a root beer valentines for my boyfriend for weeks and i wanted to make root beer float cupcakes for him so this is perfect!
I love that shot!
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