I made some Easter treats with the kids this afternoon. We made a recipe called “Cupcake Easter Baskets.” It was really fun and easy.
Here’s the recipe if anyone is interested:
Cupcake Easter Baskets
These are made from scratch, but you can substitute a box cake mix for the cupcakes and store bought frosting to make it quicker/easier.
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 2 cups cake flour (or regular flour sifted)
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup buttermilk
- FROSTING:*
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 2 packages (3 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 teaspoon water
- 4 drops green food coloring
- 1-1/2 cups flaked coconut
- Red shoestring licorice**
- Jelly beans
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in the egg and orange peel. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.
Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
In a small bowl, beat butter, cream cheese and vanilla until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar; spread over cupcakes. Combine water and food coloring in a large resealable plastic bag; add coconut. Seal bag and shake to tint. Sprinkle over cupcakes.
Using a metal or wooden skewer, poke a hole in the top on opposite sides of each cupcake. Cut licorice into 6-in. strips for handle; insert each end into a hole. Decorate with jelly beans.
Yield:1-1/2 dozen.
*I had lots of leftover frosting, so you could probably half the frosting ingredients and still have enough.
**you can use regular licorice like Twisters, just cut lengthwise in half with kitchen shears.
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Cute cupcakes! Thanks for sharing!
Wishing you and your family a Blessed Easter. He is Risen!
Adorable! What fun times!
oh my gosh!! THOSE ARE SOOO ADORABLE! you are way too energetic to be so pregnant! LOL!
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Those look really cute!
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this are adorable! I thought about making those too!
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They are so cute! Pinned them! Thanks for sharing! She is having a fun time and very proud!
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She loved it! I can’t believe this was 3 years ago. My little girl is 5 now!
They look yummy! I like the licorice handle.
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Those are so cute!! They would look great in the Easter Basket grass I grew
http://myjourneywithcandida.blogspot.com/2012/03/grow-your-own-grass-for-your-easter.html
This is incredible. It i had pin interest, I would pin it! Fantastic
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OH I love it – those are too cute!
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i dont bake cause i ruin everything lol but hubby bakes so maybe i can get him to do this lol
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lol, you can use a boxed mix and it’s even easier.
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How cute :O) my kids will love these
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Those look yummy and fun! Pinned.
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Great cupcakes:) They looked so yummy, I’m on the Daniels Fast so its hard looking at them.
April
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I hear ya – I’m doing medifast for a month (3 weeks to go.) It’s hard saying no to all the goodies – but it will be worth it, right?!
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These are sooooo cute! You have such great ideas!!
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this is so cute