Easter Cupcakes

If you like kitschy ideas, these easter cupcakes (more pictures available here and here) will for sure appeal to you. I've been meaning to make cupcakes decorated as tiny birds nests for sometime but one of the key ingredients, Cadbury Mini Eggs, is not available except around Easter. After a few months of anticipation, I finally got my hands on an economy-sized bag and an occasion to bake.

The cupcakes are simple chocolate pound cake topped with a white chocolate cream cheese frosting. I love the tangy taste of cream cheese frosting. Actually, this is one of my favourite frosting because it is so easy to make! It was a blend of cream cheese, white chocolate, butter, and lemon juice...no cooking required. The frosting was covered with lightly toasted shredded sweetened coconut. Of course, the final touch was a few nicely placed Mini Eggs.

My friends SZ, AH, and ARA will be racing in Asia and Europe this summer so it will be some time before we get to skate together again. For their going-away party, I think these birds nests cupcakes are, in a way, very appropriate. They remind me of spring...a new beginning. I wish them all the best in this new adventure and I'm looking forward to hear all about their experience.

For more Easter treats, check out my Mango Coconut Carrot Cake complete with Easter Bunny topper!

Comments

[Jackie]

Candy, you are a culinary genius! These look so beautiful and I'm sure they taste perfect. Coincidently, this year my baking goal is to learn how to make frosted cupcakes appropriate for entertaining. If you have a fool-proof cupcake recipe (my first batch turned out quite dense), please let me know!

Cheers,
Jackie K L

[Candy]

Hi Jackie, my personal preference for cupcake is to turn to my favourite pound cake recipe. Pound cake and its variants yield nice tight crumb with beautiful uniform domed cake which I prefer for frosting purposes. There really isn't any fool-proof cupcake recipe so to speak. It comes down to what you prefer.

[Cheryl]

Hi Candy,

I love the cupcakes!! They are beauitful..do you have a recipe so that I can make them this weekend?

[DessertByCandy]

It was a long time ago since I made those cupcakes. I believe the cake recipe comes from chocolate pound cake (quatre-quarts au chocolat) in Dorie Greenspan's Paris Sweets. The frosting recipe comes from White Chocolate Cream Cheese Buttercream in Rose Levy Beranbaum's The Cake Bible.

[Cheryl]

THANK YOU THANK YOU..AND MANY BLESSINGS YOUR WAY!! Happy Easter!