Description
Easter Basket Cupcakes are a festive and delightful way to celebrate the spring season! These charming treats mimic the look of baskets, filled with vibrant frosting and fun decorations like colorful jelly beans and adorable vegan marshmallow Peeps. Perfect for Easter gatherings, family celebrations, or just a fun baking day, these cupcakes are sure to bring smiles to everyone’s faces. With their eye-catching design and delicious flavors, they make an ideal centerpiece for your dessert table. Invite creativity into your kitchen by involving kids in the decorating process, ensuring that everyone has a memorable experience together!
Ingredients
Scale
- 24 cupcakes (baked and cooled)
- Pink frosting
- Purple frosting
- Green frosting
- Jelly beans
- 4 vegan marshmallow Bunny Peeps
Instructions
- Bake your favorite cake mix into 24 cupcakes according to package instructions and allow them to cool completely.
- Arrange the cooled cupcakes in a bowl shape for the basket base, arching the top cupcakes for the handle.
- Pipe pink frosting using a Wilton 1M tip to create rosettes forming the basket handle.
- Use purple frosting with the same piping tip to pipe rosettes on the bottom of the basket.
- Pipe green frosting with a Wilton 233 tip on top for grass effect, lifting gently to form tufts.
- Decorate with small pink flowers using pink frosting around the base of the basket.
- Scatter colorful jelly beans around the green frosting 'grass.'
- Top with four vegan marshmallow Peeps nestled among the grass.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake (75g)
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 0mg