Easter Nest Cupcakes

Easter Nest Cupcakes


Next to Halloween, Easter is my favorite time of the year to bake cupcakes. They are so many cool & cute designs you can decorate your cupcakes with! Seriously, Easter should last at least another month or so for me to make all kinds of sweet cupcake designs. For now, I have to discipline myself and only make a few … There’s always next year!

Today I made Easter Nest Cupcakes. I made these last year as well, but now I have Wilton’s #233 piping tip, so I could actually pipe grass. Hooray! I used an ordinary vanilla cake with buttercream frosting. No, actually not ordinary: Magnolia Bakery’s Vanilla Cake and Buttercream Frosting aka my new go-to vanilla cake! Rating: 5 out of 5.


These are some of the other Easter cupcakes I've made.
For recipe and how-to's click on the picture
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Vanilla Cupcakes: Magnolia Bakery - More From Magnolia

Ingredients: makes 24
- 1 ½ cup self-rising flour
- 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two 12-cup muffin tins with cupcake papers.
- In a small bowl, combine the flours. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, on the medium speed of an electric mixer, cream the butter until smooth. Add the sugar gradually and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the dry ingredients in three parts, alternating with the milk and vanilla. With each addition, beat until the ingredients are incorporated but do not overbeat.
- Using a rubber spatula, scrape down the batter in the bowl to make sure the ingredients are well blended. Carefully spoon the batter into the cupcake liners, filling them about three-quarters full. Bake for 20–25 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center of the cupcake comes out clean.
- Cool the cupcakes in the tins for 15 minutes. Remove from the tins and cool completely on a wire rack before icing.




Vanilla Buttercream Frosting: Magnolia Bakery - More From Magnolia

Ingredients: for one 2-layer 9-inch cake, or 24 cupcakes
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 6 to 8 cups confectioners’ sugar
- ½ cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions:
- Place the butter in a large mixing bowl. Add 4 cups of the sugar and then the milk and vanilla. On the medium speed of an electric mixer, beat until smooth and creamy, about 3-5 minutes.
- Gradually add the remaining sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating well after each addition (about 2 minutes), until the icing is thick enough to be of good spreading consistency. You may not need to add all of the sugar.
- If desired, add a few drops of food coloring and mix thoroughly. (Use and store the icing at room temperature because icing will set if chilled.) Icing can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days.


I love the texture of these cupcakes; they're soft but not spongy, and they have an intense vanilla flavor!


Easter egg cupcake liners.


Three pastel buttercream frostings.


My new Wilton #233 tip.


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5. (jelly beans)


Yummy yummy in my tummy!


They're so cute, I love them ♥!


I know it's a little early but,
Happy Easter!

Comments

You are amazing... these look incredible! I am going to try your Easter baskets this week! Looks so good! Thankyou for the inspiration...Happy Easter from Down Under!
Sugar Crawler said…
OMG! I'm just about the post magnolia's vanilla cupcakes I baked the other day on my blog..what a coincidence :p

I really like the cake but frankly, the buttercream is seriously sickeningly SWEET! Ugh..

Whew, for me easter means cute decorated sugar cookies, YAY!
A Bowl Of Mush said…
These are so BEAUTIFUL!!

This is exactly why I love the Spring time. Everything is so pretty :)
apparentlyjessy said…
I am seriously loving your Easter cupcakes! I agree, Easter is my second favourite holiday after Halloween too. The pastel colours and sweet designs are almost too much to bear, I am definitely inspired! SO cute!
HoosierHomemade said…
These are just adorable! I actually squeeled when I saw the little chicks in the next post!
I would love for you to join us on Cupcake Tuesday! We are also having a Spring Hop Party. Next wk, I'm giving away a decorator bag with a dual tip!
Thanks so much for sharing!
~Liz@HoosierHomemade
http://hoosierhomemade.com
Anonymous said…
Hi Danielle, Beautiful and creative Easter Cup cakes, by the way where did you buy the wilton's #233 tip I really like it and it creates a great pattern, love it.
If you celebrate Easter keep Christ in it! Thanks for sharing it with us, Liliana
Paris Pastry said…
Liliana, I bought it online here: http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?sku=402-233

Happy Easter to you and your family!
Tia said…
so cute!!! i love these.
tasteofbeirut said…
These are just adorable! Enough said! When can I eat them?
Lot-O-Choc said…
Aw these are so pretty, I love the pastel colours :),im making my easter cakes this week hehe ic ant wait :D
Your frosting is seriously adorable :) I wish I had the patience and skill to ice cakes like that. You have a lovely blog.
Cherry Blossoms said…
SO adorable!! I really really want one!!
Couples Kitchen said…
These are just darling! you are so talented.
Dining Detour said…
These came out amazing. After being inspired by your blog, I made similar ones last year with coconut. What a cool effect that tip creates. Nice work.
Oh my gosh I love yours! I did something similar with the same tip for my blog but I might like yours better! I LOVE the colors!
http://cuppycakebakes.blogspot.com
Unknown said…
Made these and they were a hit
Cassie said…
I bought a cake decorating kit for Easter desserts and it came with the grass piping tip, and I had no idea what to do with it, so in searching for ideas, I came across these cupcakes! I made these for Easter and they were a huge hit, everyone thought they were from a professional bakery!

I just wanted to say thanks for an awesome idea!

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