Easter Basket Cupcake Picture Blog

Happy Easter everyone!

Every year since my oldest was in preschool (1996) , I have made these cute little cupcakes by the dozens. This year was no exception, we made over 100. Here is a list of ingredients:


Cake mix
Frosting
Sweet coconut
Green food coloring
Pull n peel twizzlers
Jelly beans
Robin eggs (whoppers)

I have taken a lot of pictures, and they are kind of self explanatory.

I am going to state the obvious here, but make cupcakes. Mix the batter, pour in the paper and bake. I like to use cherry or confetti mixes, makes for fun colors. ~ COOL ~

Dye the sweet coconut. Pour coconut in a ziplock with 5 or 6 drops of green food coloring. ~Squash~

Frosting, I like to make my own cream cheese, or you can buy your choice of frosting. My frosting has cream cheese, butter, vanilla, lemon juice and powdered sugar. ~Frost cupcakes~

Now if you are doing MASS quantity like me, do NOT frost them all at once. Frost 5 or 6 and press the green coconut on top. Once frosting “dries”, the coconut has a hard time sticking to it. ~Grass~

 

Now for fun, add jelly beans, robin eggs or your choice of “Fun”. If candy is having a hard time sticking, just dip the end in a little fresh frosting and VIOLA, it‘ll stick. ~Jelly beans~

Now for the basket handle. I’ve done these numerous ways. I’ve used every kind of licorice I could find. The Pull n peel I have found to work best. (It’s nice and moist) There are 9 sections in 1 strand. Cut the long strand in ½ and divide in half, one group of 4 and the other 5. I do this because it’s cheaper. For best results (especially if the kids are helping) use 6 sections out of each strand and let the kids eat the other 3. (big smiles) ~Licorice~

Now you are DONE! If you do not like coconut (shame on you), then just dye your frosting green.