Easter Nest Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes based on a flap jack type of recipe. I thought this was a good alternative for friends of mine that prefer this type of cake. I topped off each cupcake for Easter with a decorative fruit jelly egg that I got at a local supermarket. The local shops often have great ready made things for decorating your Easter cupcakes.

I am going to post the recipe for this as well. Hope every one has a good Easter weekend and thanks for reading

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Easter ideas in York

When I was in York last week I saw this hen with chickens in a shop window for Easter. I thought it was a good idea for displaying cupcakes. The nest is made of feathers and straw. I expect this could be adapted with coloured feathers and then colourful cupcakes displayed inside it. The idea for chicken faces is also good for Easter cupcakes. They are so cute.
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Easter Cupcakes Ideas

Well I have just returned from a week in the English Lake District. We stayed in Grasmere, this is a shot of the lake. Walking there is superb and Words worth is buried here.
I found this cupcake door mat in the garden centre there so it is now in my hall way.

These are some shots of cupcakes for Easter and Easter displays in Grasmere shops. I think they have some good ideas for Easter cupcakes decorations with chicks, rabbits, bunnies and Spring things. Hope they give you some ideas for decorating your Easter cupcakes. Enjoy

Easter eggs and chickens with busy bees.

Easter chicks cupcakes in lemon with icing.

Some cute Easter bunnies in lemon with decoration

Some creamy looking Easter egg nests but the idea could be used for Easter egg cupcakes recipes

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Easter Cupcakes

These cupcakes for Easter use a lot of products that I have bought from my local supermarket. There are lots of ways of decorating cupcakes for Easter and I think these could be popular if not a bit over the top with chocolate but it is good to have treats at this time of the year.

This is a chocolate chicken on a stick that I bought . I had to cut the stick down in size so it would go in the cupcake. I used a chocolate cupcake recipe for the sponge and topped it off with some Lemon Frosting which I spread onto the cupcake and then I dipped the cupcake into a saucer of a broken chocolate flake. I then put in the chocolate chicken into the cake.

Lemon Frosting I took equal quantities of butter and icing sugar and creamed them together by hand or with a mixer. I added the grated rind of a lemon and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. The amount you make depends on how many cupcakes you are going to decorate. I then spread this frosting on the top with a knife for a flat look or a fork for a textured look.

This is the chocolate cupcake topped off with lemon frosting and a jelly egg that I bought from the supermarket. It came in a box of 12 so I could decorate a lot of cupcakes on this theme. I think to decorate with spring flowers adds to the freshness of the cupcakes for Easter.

This cupcake for Easter uses a chocolate bunny on a stick placed inside a cupcake like the chicken one above. I think that presentation is so important with cupcakes recipes . For Easter I use flowers and the fresh greenery from my garden or from the countryside but the supermarkets have some great pot plants that could set the scene for Easter and be a focal point for your cupcakes for Easter.

I hope you enjoy these ideas for Easter. Tomorrow I am going to put on here the Traditional Easter Simnel Cupcakes that I have made for Easter using traditional English recipes for this time of year. It has taken a bit of research to get the right recipe for the Simnel cupcakes but for those of you like my husband who prefer fruit to frosting these are superb.

Check out the labels, cupcake store and archives for lots more ideas. Thanks for reading. Enjoy