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How To Make Adorable Easter Basket Cupcakes

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In my family, Easter has always been a pretty big deal. While we no longer have any small children in the family, we still have big clue hunts that ends in everyone getting their own unique Easter basket (even adults). As you can see, it’s a pretty big family gathering for the holiday. One of the things I enjoy the most, however, is baking for everyone. To me, nothing is better than seeing everyone light up after Easter dinner, especially if they see a very cute, appealing treat. Wanting to be a bit more creative this year, I decided to do some kitchen experimentation and created the cutest edible Easter baskets out there!

As you can see, everyone from this cute mini cake basket is edible, allowing kids and adults alike to have their very own Easter basket! Best of all, these are super easy to make, allowing you to impress friends and children alike with these cute little desserts. Just don’t be surprised if everyone asks you how you made these Cupcake Easter Baskets!

Note: Special thanks to my friend Carla from Adventures of a Nurse for helping me with this recipe and pictures!

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Cupcake Easter Basket Recipe

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  • Author: Susan Bewley
  • Category: Cake
  • Cuisine: Dessert

Ingredients

Units Scale

Vanilla Cake:

  • 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
  • Package of Waffle Bowls

FROSTING

  • 3/4 cup butter, softened
  • 2 packages (3 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 teaspoon water
  • 4 drops green food coloring
  • 1–1/2 cups flaked coconut
  • Jelly beans (I prefer YumEarth’s Organic Jelly Beans)
  • 4 large sugar cone bowls

Instructions

Vanilla cake:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Mix the sugar and butter until its creamed (about 1 -2 minutes).
  3. Add the eggs and yolks to the butter mix one at a time. Mix thoroughly.
  4. Add milk, water, and vanilla to the butter mixture. Mix thoroughly.
  5. Using a different bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
  6. Mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients until fully mixed.
  7. Evenly pour the batter in large sugar cone bowls (about 3/4 of the way full).
  8. Back for 18 to 25 minutes. You know they are finished when the cake is firm but springs back gently when pressed.
  9. Allow to cool completely before icing.

Frosting

  1. Mix butter, cream cheese, and vanilla until smooth.
  2. Gradually add confectioners’ sugar. Mix well.
  3. Once fully blended, ice mini cakes.
  4. Combine water, food coloring to a re-sealable plastic bag. Mix well.
  5. Add coconut to a plastic bag. Mix well or until the color is even on coconut. Sprinkle over cakes.
  6. Decorate with jelly beans and candies of choice.

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About 

Susan Bewley is a professional writer who has been writing content online & in print format for over 10 years. As well, she is an alumni of the University of Louisville with a Masters Degree in Special Education. When not working as an online business consultant or ghost writing, she can be found writing on Budget Earth, on her own novel, or working with various entities in the pet industry.

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Comments

  1. These are so cute! I didn’t even know there were waffle bowls. I need to get out more!

  2. I adore these Easter baskets – especially the waffle-bowl baskets! Such a unique idea!

  3. Aww, this is so cute! I would love to make these for Easter! Bet the kids would love them, too.

  4. These are really cute– U like the sugar cone idea as the basket–really fun– thank you for another great idea

  7. well, these are adorable. i wanted to find something to make my granddaughters for Easter that wasn’t a toy item, these will hit the spot.

  12. I love this recipe for Easter and it is good to do with my Grandkids, I will try it

  13. I think that this recipe idea is so cute. I love it and I might have to give it a go!

  16. They look absolutely adorable and I assume they will be tasty. Wonderful recipe! Thanks for this FUN recipe!

  17. We have always had big Easters too. This is amazing! I love it. So creative. Thanks!

  19. Cute idea! will work well for my autistic son, who doesn’t like to get his hands dirty!!!

  30. These are just adorable. Thank you so much for sharing this. I will give it a try

  33. This is such a clever idea! i never would have thought of going the extra step with the waffle bowls.

  37. what a creative way to start off Easter season with the young one. I love the look of this and love all the thought that was put into making this Easter basket..

  42. What an awesome idea! I think this is so adorable, and extremely festive. Will be pinning this for sure! 🙂

  43. This is absolutely ADORABLE!!! We love to bake and do crafts for each holiday, so this will be PERFECT for my family!!!

  45. These cupcake easter baskets are so cute and look yummy too. When I was a kid my parents had clues for my brother and I to find our easter baskets. I enjoyed reading the clues and finding where my basket was hidden.

  47. This recipe is fun and easy to make. I’m going to vary the recipe using chocolate chips!

  51. I really like the sugar cones. They remind me of nutty buddy ice cream cones. I always liked the very bottom because it had chocolate in it. Clever way to keep the ice cream from dripping out of the bottom.

  53. What a cute little treat, it looks like a real basket. I cannot wait to give this a try.

  54. These are too cute and will be so sun for an easter party!! I love that they look fabulous and are edible!!

  58. I have to say, I was really impressed with the end design after making this. Combining the ice cream waffle bowl with the sugary candy strip really does create the illusion of a wooden basket, it’s so cool! You could maybe even make this as a treat for other holidays around the year.