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Fill Your Valentine's Day With the Sweet Stuff

Brooke Wilson, owner of Love & Buttercream in Oakland Township, demonstrates how to fill cupcakes with ganache and cherry filling.

 
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Brooke Wilson, owner of Love & Buttercream in Oakland Township, demonstrates how to fill your cupcakes with cherry filling and ganache.
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There are a variety of ways to decorate a cupcake. Brooke Wilson, owner of Love & Buttercream, says chocolate toppers are fun to make. She also suggests filling cupcakes with ganache or cherry filling.
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Brooke Wilson, owner of Love & Buttercream in Oakland Township, demonstrates how to fill your cupcakes with cherry filling and ganache.

For Valentine's Day, consider baking cupcakes — but taking them one step further and filling them with something sweet.

Brooke Wilson, owner of Love & Buttercream in Oakland Township, uses ganache and cherry filling frequently when she bakes. To learn how easily you can do it yourself, watch her how-to video, attached to this article. Remember, you can swap out the filling with whatever you like.

Wilson, a Royal Oak resident who operates Love & Buttercream out of her parents' house, grew up baking scrumptious treats as a hobby. After she attended pastry school, she decided to create her own business that specializes in cookies, cupcakes, cakes and everything sweet. She said she likes to get creative and offer her customers, most of whom are from Oakland Township, Rochester and Royal Oak, something unique.

For more information on Love & Buttercream, call 248-884-1148 or visit loveandbuttercream.com.

Stay tuned to our Valentine's Day coverage Friday for more baking tips from Love & Buttercream. To learn how to make frosting for sugar cookies, click here.

Related Topics: Baking, Cupcakes, Love & Buttercream, and Valentine 2012
What type of filling is your favorite? Tell us in the comments.

Denelle Schultz

9:15 pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012

Can you tell me what # tips you are using?

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Love & Buttercream

10:09 am on Friday, February 10, 2012

Hi Denelle! I used a professional tip #9 for the Chocolate cupcakes, and a #14 for the Red Velvet cupcakes. Happy Baking!

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