Easter Basket Cupcakes
Easter Basket Cupcakes are the perfect festive treat for spring celebrations! Designed to resemble charming Easter baskets, these delightful cupcakes are an engaging activity for families and friends. With vibrant frostings in shades of pink, purple, and green, you can unleash your creativity by personalizing each cupcake with colorful jelly beans and vegan marshmallows that resemble adorable bunnies. Whether you’re hosting an Easter brunch or looking for a fun project to do with kids, these cupcakes are sure to impress with their colorful presentation and delicious flavor. Create lasting memories while enjoying this sweet tradition that brings joy to every gathering!
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 24 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 24 cupcakes (baked and cooled)
- Pink frosting
- Purple frosting
- Green frosting
- Jelly beans
- 4 vegan marshmallows (Bunny Peeps)
Instructions
- Bake 24 cupcakes using your preferred cake mix according to package instructions and let them cool completely.
- Arrange the cooled cupcakes in a bowl shape for the basket’s base and arch the top cupcakes for the handle.
- Pipe pink frosting on the top cupcakes to create the basket handle using a Wilton 1M piping tip.
- Use purple frosting to pipe rosettes on the bottom of the basket.
- Pipe green frosting on top using a Wilton 233 piping tip to create grass-like tufts.
- Add small pink flowers around the purple base with pink frosting.
- Decorate with jelly beans around the grass and place Bunny Peeps on top.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 230
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
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