Easter Egg Cupcakes
Easter Egg Cupcakes with colors of the rainbow are so easy to make and topped with a cream cheese frosting and small Easter eggs make these a hit with young and old !
Easter means color everywhere, so why not in cupcakes as well ! Cream cheese frosting, some coconut and a couple of Easter Eggs and you have a colorful and delicious Easter Egg Cupcake.
The other day I spoke to a fellow blogger friend of mine who reckons to make multi-colored cupcakes or any cake is a lot of work.
So not true, I would say using different colors add around an additional 5 minutes of prepping before baking the cupcakes.
I made a plain old vanilla cupcake batter, to which I added four different colors. You can of course use any essence to flavor these, strawberry, mint or whatever you prefer.
Beautifully colorful and the kids will love them !
Easter Egg Cupcakes
Ingredients
CUPCAKES:
- 1 cup Sugar
- ½ cup Unsalted Butter softened
- 2 Extra-Large Eggs
- 2 t Vanilla Essence
- 1 ½ cup Flour
- 1 TB Baking Powder
- ½ cup Milk
- Red / Blue / Yellow / Green Food coloring
FROSTING:
- 250 g Cream Cheese softened ( 8 oz )
- ¼ cup Unsalted Butter softened
- 2 t Vanilla Essence
- 2 TB Milk
- 4-6 cups Icing Sugar
- Few drops Green Food Coloring
TO FINISH:
- ¼ cup Desiccated Coconut
- 36 small Easter Eggs
Instructions
CUPCAKES:
- Pre-heat the oven to 180 deg C (350 deg F) – Line a 12 hole muffin pan with cupcake liners
- Beat the Sugar and Butter together until creamy – add the Eggs and Vanilla – beat until well combined
- Sift together the Flour and Baking Powder – add to the Sugar mixture and beat on low – add the Milk and beat on low until combined
- Divide the batter into 4 smaller bowls – add a few drops of each Food color (add as much or as little as you like, but rather start with less and then increase)
- Spoon into the prepared muffin pan – add teaspoonfuls of each color per hole, repeat until all the batter has been used – take a toothpick and roughly give each batter filled hole a swirl or two
- Bake 15 – 20 minutes or until done when a tester comes out clean - Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack
FROSTING:
- Beat together the Cream Cheese, Butter, Vanilla and Milk until smooth – add the Icing Sugar by the cup, whilst beating continuously, until you are satisfied with the consistency – add a few drops of Green coloring and mix until the color is even.
- Once the cupcakes are completely cooled – pipe or spread over some frosting, sprinkle Coconut over, with a bit more right on top – form a little “nest” with the coconut and add three Easter Eggs to the top
LINDA
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Such a fun recipe. My kids would really enjoy these.
Great recipe. Well done. Thank you for linking it up with us. A new party opens again later today. I hope to see you there again. Stay in touch! ~ Rose
What fun "rainbow" cakes for Easter….love it! Thanks for sharing at March Madness
Triple yum!!! Thanks for linking!
Linda these are awesome! Thank you for linking up in our Crafty Showcase last week.
Thanks for sharing!
xoxo Susie @Bowdabra
http://bowdabrablog.com/2013/02/23/crafty-showcase-link-up-anything-fun-in-the-craft-project-linky-2/
Stopping by to let you know you were one of my most viewed links on my Saturday Spotlight party last week. Congrats and thanks for linking up! 🙂
http://angelshomestead.com/saturday-spotlight-5/
April
Adorable, Linda. Thanks for linking up to Tasty Thursdays. Nichi
I love these!! I'm trying to get going on my Easter stuff. Thanks so much for sharing at A Bouquet of Talent.
Love the coconut and eggs on top. So cute!
Thanks for sharing at my weekend link party @The Weekend re-Treat!
Hope to see you again next weekend!
This is very cute and you have amazing recipes! wow!
I would love if you link this and other posts to my link party Monday morning!
XO
Isabelle
http://lechateaudesfleurs.blogspot.com/
This looks so fun! Thanks for sharing at Two Cup Tuesday at Pint Sized Baker . I hope to see you again there tomorrow night!
Oh, HOW SWEET!!!!! Thanks for starting off the Easter Season. And for sharing it with ME and my followers. Best wishes, Linda
Linda,
These are precious Easter Cupcakes, and it is coming soon this year. Hope you are having a great Valentine weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Cute!
These are so cute!!
The Busy Bee's,
Myrna and Joye.
These are so lovely! I found you through Monday Funday and would love to have you share these at my new link party ~ Project Inspire{d} at Cupcakes and Crinoline ~ http://cupcakesandcrinoline.com/2013/02/project-inspired-link-party-week-1/
I hope to see you there and have a WonderFul week!
Mary Beth
Love these with the Easter colors and "eggs" on top! So cute!
Just dropping by to say Hi and tell you we love your blog! You have so many delicious recipes! We love this Easter Egg cupcake! Have a great week! -The Six Sisters
You are way ahead of me girl! I am still focused on Valentines and you are at Easter!! YUM!
Those are so pretty! What a perfect cupcake for Easter!! I bet they are so pretty when you bite into one!
Karen
oh they're cute, Easter will be here before we know it!
These are so, so very cute! I love Easter colors!
very cute!!