To make the bows, use about a tablespoon of red fondant and press it into a bow mold to form the fondant bow. Carefully pop out of the mold. Place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and leave to dry for at least 6 hours and up to 24 hours if possible. Make 22 total.

To make the fondant Minnie Mouse ears, dust your surface and rolling pin with powdered sugar and roll out the white fondant to ¼" thick. Cut out 22 x 4" circles with a round cutter. Place onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and leave to dry for at least 6 hours and up to 24 hours if possible.

When the fondant ears are fully dried it is time to spray paint them. Place some paper towels or scrap paper to avoid painting your counters. Place a fondant ear onto the paper then place a heart stencil on top. Lightly spray with edible pink food spray and wait a few seconds before carefully lifting off the stencil. Repeat with all of the other ears and set aside to dry.

Make a few extra fondant decorations as a backup, just in case any break!

Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and line cupcake pan with red cupcake liners.

Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt into a bowl.

Using an electric mixer, beat together the butter, shortening, and sugar until light and fluffy.

Mix in the egg, vanilla extract, red velvet extract, and red gel food coloring until combined.

Alternating between the dry ingredients and milk, gradually mix both ingredients into the butter mixture until combined.

Use an ice cream scoop to evenly distribute the cake batter between the liners.

Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcakes comes out clean.

Allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

To make the frosting, use an electric mixer to combine the butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla on medium speed until combined and smooth, stiff peaks form.

Divide the frosting between two bowls.

Add a red food coloring to one of the bowls of frosting a little at a time to get your desired shade of red. Remember you can always add more coloring, but not take it away!

Scoop white frosting into one half of a large piping bag fitted with a large star tip, then scoop the red frosting into the other half. Squeeze out some frosting to make sure colors have combined, then pipe swirls onto the cool cupcakes.

Place the bow in the top middle of the frosting.

Place the Minnie Mouse ears on either side of the bow.