Easter Basket Cup Cakes
Its not so much a "recipe" as it is just a fun thing to do with cupcakes...something my mom used to do for me for my birthday around Easter time. Turn ordinary cupcakes into Easter baskets with coconut "grass", jelly bean "eggs", and pipe cleaner basket handles.
Ingredients
  • 1box Your Favorite Cake Mix
  • 1can Vanilla Icing
  • Shredded Coconut, optional
  • Jelly Beans
  • Green Food Coloring
  • Colored Pipe Cleaners
Instructions
  1. Make cupcakes according to instructions on the box.
  2. Allow them to cool to room temperature
  3. Add several drops of blue and yellow food coloring to the vanilla icing and beat until well-blended to a nice green color
  4. Also add food coloring separately to the shredded coconut and mix together until the coconut is all green
  5. Ice the cupcakes, then spread some coconut on the tops
  6. Push three or four jelly beans into the icing of each cupcake
  7. Anchor a bent pipe cleaner into the cupcake to make a handle