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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 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 24
Calories: 383 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

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

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  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Line two 12-cup cupcake tins with paper liners. Set aside.
  3. Mix sugar and butter in a mixer until very creamy, scraping sides as needed, 1 to 2 minutes.
  4. Add the eggs and yolks, one at a time. Add the milk, water, and vanilla and blend.
  5. In separate bowl mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
  6. Add the dry ingredients, in 3 batches to the wet mixture.
  7. Evenly pour the batter into the prepared cups, filling them 3/4 of the way full.
  8. Bake until the cakes are just firm and spring back when gently pressed 18 to 25 minutes.
  9. Let cool
  10. In a small bowl, beat butter, cream cheese and vanilla until smooth.
  11. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar; spread over cupcakes.
  12. Combine water and food coloring in a large resealable plastic bag; add coconut. Seal bag and shake to tint.
  13. Sprinkle over cupcakes.
  14. Using a metal or wooden skewer, poke a hole in the top on opposite sides of each cupcake.
  15. Cut licorice into 6-in. strips for handles; insert each end into a hole.
  16. Decorate with jelly beans.

Notes

  • You can absolutely substitute a box cake mix to save time on these cute cupcakes!

Nutrition Information

Calories 383kcal (19%) Carbohydrates 56g (19%) Protein 4g (8%) Fat 15g (23%) Saturated Fat 9g (45%) Cholesterol 67mg (22%) Sodium 162mg (7%) Potassium 138mg (4%) Sugar 39g (78%) Vitamin A 470IU (9%) Calcium 73mg (7%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 24Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 383

% Daily Value*

Calories 383kcal 19%
Carbohydrates 56g 19%
Protein 4g 8%
Fat 15g 23%
Saturated Fat 9g 45%
Cholesterol 67mg 22%
Sodium 162mg 7%
Potassium 138mg 3%
Sugar 39g 78%
Vitamin A 470IU 9%
Calcium 73mg 7%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.