Easter Baskets & Bunnies Cupcakes Recipe
Recipe Ingredients
2 cup sugar
1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup hershey's cocoa, or... european style coco
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water
1 creamy vanilla frosting
1/3 cup butter or margarine softened
3 1/2 cup powdered sugar, divided use
1 1 1/2 tss vanilla extract
1/4 cup milk,
10 oz mounds sweetened coconut (flakes),, (tinted)*
SUGGESTED GARNISHES
1 marshmallows
1 hershey's mini kisses
1 licorice
1 jelly beans
Recipe Preparation
1. Heat oven to 350 F. Line muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter)
with paper bake cups.
2. In large bowl, stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder,
baking soda and salt. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium
speed of electric mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will
be thin).
3. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake 22 to 25 minutes or
until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.
4. Prepare CREAMY VANILLA FROSTING; frost cupcakes. Immediately press
desired color tinted coconut onto each cupcake. Garnish as desired to
resemble Easter basket or bunny. About 33 cupcakes.
CREAMY VANILLA FROSTING: In medium bowl, beat 1/3 cup softened butter
or margarine. Add 1 cup powdered sugar and 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
extract; beat well. Add 2-1/2 cups powdered sugar alternately with
1/4 cup milk, beating to spreading consistency. About 2 cups frosting.
NOTE: To tint coconut, combine several drops desired color food color
with 3/4 teaspoon water; add to 1-1/2 cups coconut. Stir until evenly
tinted.
Copyright 1995 Hershey Foods Corporation. Recipe may be reprinted
courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens.
Meal-Master format courtesy of Karen Mintzias.
Servings: 33
Back to Christmas Recipes
Food Tips of the Week
Advice on losing weightIf you enjoy your food, but want to become thin and also improve your overall physical condition, then, as most people know, you should follow a meticulously prepared wholesome dietary regime. Theoretically, this needs to involve 5 standard portions of grains, cereals and vegetables every day and also contain the optimum fusion of important nutrients.
Some low carbohydrate diet pointers:
* Understand the food labels Don't believe sales blurb that claims to be 'low carb' - check the real nutritional information on the rear of the tin or package. A good number of are only slightly lowered and in some instances still greater than a competitors standard brand. In addition, beware of 'low sugar' and 'low fat' labels - 'low sugar' does not always mean 'low carb' - often the carbs are identical.
* Replace sugar with a low carb substitute such as splenda. Many recipes that require sugar can be adapted to use splenda instead. It is much lighter so you will need to do a bit of trial and error and it may not work in every case, but it does bake up nice once you have it cracked.
Foods containing carotenes
(includes cilantro, mangos and winter squash)
These foods contain alpha-carotene and beta-carotene believed to play a major part in preventing cancer, particularly those cancers involving the lungs. Most also have a low calorie count, so are ideal for including in your weight loss program.
Easter Baskets & Bunnies Cupcakes Recipe - more haute cuisine from Recipes 4u
You can now save money on dear recipe cooking books or expensive dining in swanky dining establishments, all you have to do is find & print the recipe that you have chosen and start cooking a good meal to amaze your friends in the comfort of your own home
|
