Cupcakes Inside Easter Eggs

Cupcake Project never ceases to amaze me. I've heard of baking cakes inside eggs before, but then the Cupcake Project blog goes and dyes the eggs for Easter too. How cute are they!?

These cupcakes were made by emptying them, dying them, filling them with cake batter and cream cheese frosting, and then baking them. It's seems like a long process, so for all the directions and recipes, check out this post by Cupcake Project!

Extreme cupcake cuteness: Bird's nest lemon Easter cupcakes with chicks hatching out of them!

These cupcakes deserve some sort of prize for internet cuteness! They're bird's nest lemon cupcakes with chicks hatching out of Easter eggs, and you can find out how to make them, including recipe and instructions, over at The Southern Institute, in a post by Jenn from Rook No. 17. Via Craftzine. Love love love. Happy baking and decorating; I don't see how you could make these and not smile.



From the post:

Atop a tender mini lemon cupcake(with coconut cream cheese icing)sits a nest of toasted coconut,gently cradling a tiny speckled chocolate egg.

Lemon Shamrock Cupcakes

I love the shamrocks on these cupcakes! Barbara Bakes made these lemon cupcakes with lemon cream cheese frosting and topped them with green sprinkles and shamrocks made out of green gum drops. I've seen these made two different ways. You can either cut the gums drops into slices, or roll them out with a rolling pin and cut out the shapes. Either way, they'll probably look super cute. For the recipes, check out Barbara Bakes!

Lemon lime loveliness and donuts atop mini cupcakes by G.I. Cakes

I've been busy being on vacation in Hawaii so I haven't had as much time to blog about all the fabulous cupcakes I got to indulge in and the wonderful people who came out at our meetup, but I will in full this week, plus will be working on interviews with the many wonderful bakers I met, and I already am planning a return trip to Honolulu, maybe in November for my birthday.

Some of the cupcakes that most impressed me were the lemon lime mini cupcakes by G.I. Cakes. I love lemon curd, and these were the perfect mix of sour and sweet, with little candies dotting them. I kept bringing people over to these and saying "You have to try this" and delighting when they enjoyed them as much as I did! The donut mini cupcakes were also utterly adorable and delicious; I've seen and eaten donut cupcakes, but never mini ones. Also the minis were perfect for a party like that because it allowed us to sample more flavors (I ate 2 of the lemon ones though!). They can be reached at getsome at gi-cakes.com or 808-691-9122, and you can follow G.I. Cakes on Facebook and @stayfrosted on Twitter.

Lemon cupcakes with lemon Swiss meringue buttercream

Check out these lemon cupcakes with lemon Swiss meringue buttercream - visit The Beachside Baker for the recipe!





From the post:

These lemon cupcakes begin with a sweet lemon cake base, lemon infused Swiss meringue buttercream, and a homemade candied lemon peel. I really recommend you try the candied lemon peel step. Not only does it make the flavor of the cupcake more obvious, but it makes the cupcake look so professional! They taste very good too!