Easter is almost upon us, so I thought I’d share a fun Easter themed cupcake with ya’ll in honor of the holiday! I made everything from scratch, but you can still get the same cute result by using boxed vanilla cake mix and store-bought cream cheese frosting if you’re short on time (or energy). Enjoy!
Things Needed to Assemble one Chick & Egg Cupcake:
A vanilla cupcake (recipe below)
Cream cheese frosting (recipe below)
Green coconut grass (recipe below)
Colored candied malt balls, M&Ms, or jelly beans
A chick peep
White airhead candy
Vanilla Cupcake Recipe
Ingredients
1/2 cup unsalted butter
2/3 cup white sugar
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup milk
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake tin with paper liners. Using a mixer or food processor, mix sugar and butter until light and fluffy (sometimes I like to just use my hands). Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition, then add milk. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt. Slowly pour the flour mixture into the wet mixture. Evenly fill the cupcake tins to about 3/4 of the paper liner and bake for 18-25 minutes.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
1 (8 ounce) package of cream cheese
1/2 cup butter
2 cups confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions: Mix the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Add in vanilla, then slowly stir in confectioners sugar.
Coconut Grass
Ingredients
2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
1-2 teaspoons green food coloring
1 teaspoon yellow food coloring
Directions: Preheat oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit. Put coconut in a shallow bowl and add food coloring until the right color is reached. If color is too dark, dilute it by adding a few tablespoons of water. Drain the coconut of the water and coloring, then spread it on a lined baking sheet. Place coconut in the oven until its dry (about 10 minutes).
ASSEMBLY OF THE EASTER CUPCAKES:
1. Frost cupcake with the frosting.
2. Press coconut grass on top of the frosting.
3. Press the peep onto the center of the grass (to help the peep stay put, I actually cut off the bottoms of the peeps so that the sticky layer is exposed).
4. Cut a white airhead into a half oval shape. Trim one side so that it has the cracked egg jagged edge. Stick that in front of the chick peep.
5. Nestle the egg candies (M&Ms, jellybeans, or malt balls) on the grass in front of the cracked egg.
Adapted from: Chicken and Egg Easter Cupcakes from The Food Network, and Vanilla Cupcakes from The Joy of Baking.
blogger / pear / 1563 posts
Oh my goodness! That is so adorable! I just may have to try this!
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
Airhead candy! Love it!
We make bunny cakes every year and do this with the grass, which is always a big hit. I think we may have to add some peep chicks in airheads, though this year.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
Super cute!! I was going to start to look for a dessert to bring.
blogger / nectarine / 2600 posts
Teehee so adorable!
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
so cute, i don’t think i’m talented enough for these!
pomegranate / 3160 posts
Am I losing it? What happened to that awesome casserole recipe I was just looking at??
ETA: If I could get the recipe that’d be awesome, we were gonna do it for dinner!
blogger / pomegranate / 3491 posts
So stinkin cute!!
blogger / nectarine / 2010 posts
These are so cute! Maybe little m and I will volunteer to bring dessert to Easter dinner!
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
@ms.janedoe: I walled you!
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
MMMMMM nom nom nom
blogger / pomelo / 5361 posts
Adorable! LOOOVE it.
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
So adorable! I’m going to have to make these for DD’s class.
blogger / persimmon / 1398 posts
These are adorable!!!