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Easy Easter Basket Cupcakes
You have to make these Easter Basket cupcakes for your kids. This Easy Easter Cupcakes Recipe taste great look even better. Perfect for Easter Sunday!
Prep Time
20
minutes
mins
Cook Time
25
minutes
mins
Total Time
45
minutes
mins
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Servings:
24
Calories:
383
kcal
Author:
Carrie Barnard
Ingredients
Vanilla Cupcake:
2 2/3
cups
sugar
1
cup
2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces
2
large eggs
2
large egg yolks
2/3
cup
milk
2/3
cup
water
2 1/2
teaspoons
pure vanilla extract
2 2/3
cups
all-purpose flour
1 1/3
cups
cake flour
4
teaspoons
baking powder
1/2
teaspoon
fine salt
FROSTING:
3/4
cup
butter
(softened)
(2) 3
oz.
packages of cream cheese
(softened)
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract
3
cups
confectioners' sugar
1
teaspoon
water
4
drops purple food coloring or whatever color you want your "grass to be"
1-1/2
cups
flaked coconut
Red shoestring licorice
Jelly beans
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Line two 12-cup cupcake tins with paper liners. Set aside.
Mix sugar and butter in a mixer until very creamy, scraping sides as needed, 1 to 2 minutes.
Add the eggs and yolks, one at a time. Add the milk, water, and vanilla and blend.
In separate bowl mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
Add the dry ingredients, in 3 batches to the wet mixture.
Evenly pour the batter into the prepared cups, filling them 3/4 of the way full.
Bake until the cakes are just firm and spring back when gently pressed 18 to 25 minutes.
Let cool
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 handles; insert each end into a hole.
Decorate with jelly beans.
Notes
You can absolutely substitute a box cake mix to save time on these cute cupcakes!
Nutrition
Calories:
383
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
56
g
|
Protein:
4
g
|
Fat:
15
g
|
Saturated Fat:
9
g
|
Cholesterol:
67
mg
|
Sodium:
162
mg
|
Potassium:
138
mg
|
Sugar:
39
g
|
Vitamin A:
470
IU
|
Calcium:
73
mg
|
Iron:
1
mg