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Here's an idea for
something for the Easter Egg basket that isn't candy: Chocolate-Covered
Easter Cupcakes! These cupcakes
also make a nice treat for your son or daughter to take to school to
share with classmates, or for you to take to work to share with
co-workers.
Cupcakes are easy to handle---and
definitely help to limit portions!
Use your favorite chocolate cake
recipe (from scratch or boxed mix). Follow the recipe as you would
normally, there's no need to make any adjustments.
I found these Easter-decorated cupcake
papers at my local dollar store. |
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Step 1.
Fill the cupcake papers about 1/2 to 2/3
full. Do not overfill.
Bake at the temperature called for by
your cake recipe. Cupcakes usually don't take as long to bake as a whole
cake, so you'll want to check for doneness after about 15 minutes. After
that, check at 3-5 minute intervals and take the cupcakes out of the
oven as soon as your cake tester (or toothpick) comes out clean.
It is very easy to overbake cupcakes.
I recommend that you rotate the cupcake pans at least once during baking
to ensure even baking. No oven really bakes evenly, so move the pans
from top to bottom and turn from front to back. |
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Step 2.
While the cupcakes are cooling, you can
get the coconut topping prepared. The coconut topping will look like
Easter grass.
Divide the coconut into three small
bowls, and select three colors of food dye. |
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Step 3.
Add in some food dye, and mix with a
fork. Continue to blend until all the coconut is colored. You may need
to add in more food color to achieve the color that you want. |
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Step 4.
After the cupcakes are completely
cooled, they are ready to be frosted and then topped with colored
coconut. |
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Step 5.
I used vanilla frosting so that the
colored coconut would show up nicely. |
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Step 6.
Now, the cupcakes are ready to eat! You
can simply put them in an Easter basket and use as a table decoration,
or to transport them to school or work. |
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Step 7.
As an alternative, you can put the
cupcakes into plastic "goodie" bags. I found these decorative Easter
bags at my local dollar store. In order to make bagging the cupcakes a
little easier, I put the cupcakes in the refrigerator for an hour to
harden the frosting. That made the cupcakes easier to handle while I put
them into the bags.
This concludes the tutorial for
Chocolate Easter Cupcakes. |
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For another idea for
Easter cupcakes, go to
Easter Egg Cupcakes. Everyone who eats these cupcakes will get a
"surprise in every bite!" |
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Do you need free Easter
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card using nothing but computer paper and a glue stick!
Go to
Easy to Make Half-Fold Easter Card. |
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