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Easter Cupcakes

Published: Mar 28, 2015 · Modified: Oct 11, 2023 by Bianca · This post may contain affiliate links · 11 Comments

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Easter Cupcakes

Recipe for festive, cute little vegan Easter Cupcakes! Perfect for the holidays. Colored Almond Paste Balls remind of the eggs in a Easter Nest.

Easter Cupcakes

Time to prepare for Easter! This is not the first time I've been making these Easter Cupcakes and they always have been a great hit with my family and colleagues. They look just too cute.

When I was a child we celebrated Easter and my parents hid chocolate and colored cooked eggs (...yes) in the garden which my sister and I had to search. Good for me that my bedroom window was facing the garden and I was watching them in the morning hiding the treats, therefore having an advantage to my younger sister. Hah.

Now I don't celebrate Easter anymore, but I really enjoy baking for people I like and I'm always inspired by festive occasions. Therefore I was making festive Easter Cupcakes that recreate an Easter Nest. I've formed little balls with almond paste and colored them to look like colored eggs.

Easter Cupcakes

The base is a fluffy and super soft cocoa muffin. It's so good. Then it is topped with a Peppermint Liqueur Frosting. You can sub this, of course, with Peppermint Extract but you'll need much less of it, I guess. I don't have any experiences with Peppermint Extract - sorry!

Easter Cupcakes

I used store-bought almond paste and colored one part blue, coated one in cocoa powder and left the other one plain to have three different colors, but if you have any other food colors at home feel free to use those! You'll need 12 almond past balls of each color. Watch out for the almond paste to be vegan... I've never seen non-vegan almond paste, but who knows. Better be safe than sorry.

Easter Cupcakes
Easter Cupcakes

Easter Cupcakes

Elephantastic Vegan
Recipe for festive, cute little vegan Easter Cupcakes! Perfect for the holidays. Colored almond paste balls remind of the eggs in an Easter Nest.
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 50 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Vegan
Servings 12
Calories 428 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

Ingredients for the Cocoa Muffins

  • 2 cups all-purpose-flour
  • 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 cup dextrose* or your sweetener of choice
  • 1 ½ cups almond milk I used sweetened
  • 2 teaspoons coconut vinegar
  • ½ cup canola oil
  • a few drops vanilla extract

Ingredients for the Peppermint Liqueur Frosting

  • ½ cup vegan butter Alsan, Earth Balance,..
  • 1 ½ cups confectioner's sugar
  • ¾ teaspoon peppermint liqueur if you sub it with peppermint extract you'll need less

Ingredients for the Almond Paste Eggs

  • 1 cup almond paste
  • 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
  • ¼ teaspoon blue vegan food coloring**

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C.
  • In a mixing bowl add all the dry ingredients given above for the muffin and whisk.
  • Mix in the wet ingredients for the muffin and whisk again until it's a nice smooth dough.
  • Put muffin liners in a muffin tray and fill them with the dough about ¾ full.
  • Put them in the oven for about 20 minutes. (Use the Toothpick Method to make sure the dough is done in the middle.)
  • Let the muffins cool off completely before applying the frosting.
  • Meanwhile mix the butter along with the confectioner's sugar and the peppermint liqueur with an electrical handmixer until it's a smooth frosting.
  • Fill the frosting in a piping bag and put it in the fridge for the meantime.
  • Divide the almond paste in 3 equal pieces.
  • Color one piece blue by adding food coloring into the the almond paste and kneading it until it has an even color.
  • Roll out of every piece 12 small almond paste balls with your hands.
  • Put the cocoa powder in a small bowl and roll 12 almond paste balls around in the bowl until they are all coated with cocoa powder.
  • If your muffins have cooled down by now pipe circles with your frosting on the muffins.
  • Place the little almond paste balls into the circle. Start by putting the cocoa coated ball first, otherwise it will get messy.
  • Ready are your Easter Cupcakes!

Notes

*I've used Dextrose in this recipe which is a fructose-free sugar, but you can sub it with your preferred granulated sweetener.
**Instead of the blue food coloring, you could use a splash of beet juice for an all-natural pink food coloring :)

Nutrition

Calories: 428kcalCarbohydrates: 56gProtein: 4gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 198mgPotassium: 115mgFiber: 1gSugar: 38gVitamin A: 360IUCalcium: 88mgIron: 1.3mg
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  1. June Burns says

    March 28, 2015 at 5:41 pm

    Those look perfect! I like the idea of making almond paste eggs, they are so cute :)

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    • bianca says

      March 28, 2015 at 8:42 pm

      Thank you so much, June, for your lovely comment! :)

      Reply
  2. Audrey @ Unconventional Baker says

    March 29, 2015 at 12:10 am

    These are a work of art, Bianca :) Love the little colored eggs. Just beautiful ♥

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    • bianca says

      March 29, 2015 at 1:13 pm

      Awww, Audrey, you're too sweet! Thank you so much!

      Reply
  3. Linda @ Veganosity says

    March 29, 2015 at 4:35 pm

    These are so festive and pretty! I love that you made the eggs on top. Very fun! PInned.

    Reply
    • bianca says

      March 30, 2015 at 7:14 pm

      Awwwww! Thank you so much, Linda!

      Reply
  4. Natalie @ Feasting on Fruit says

    March 30, 2015 at 3:21 am

    These are so cute!!! I love the little eggs, I've never worked with almond paste before, but it obviously makes for perfect little cupcake decor <3 I really like the colors too :)

    Reply
    • bianca says

      March 30, 2015 at 7:15 pm

      Thank you Natalie! Almond Paste / Marzipan is great for that, really easy to work with and it's easy to color them. I imagine beet juice would work as well, but I didn't have any so blue, natural and cocoa powder had to do :)

      Reply
  5. Anu-My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says

    March 30, 2015 at 3:58 pm

    These Eater cupcakes are so adorable! Love your addition of little eggs on the top Bianca. Vibrant colors and beautifully presented too! :)

    Reply
    • bianca says

      March 30, 2015 at 7:17 pm

      Awww! Anu, thank you so much. The cupcakes were gone too fast, I still have some almond paste left so I think I'll make them again :)

      Reply
  6. Ann Pierce says

    September 04, 2016 at 6:41 am

    ADORABLE and DELICIOUS! I used a yellow cake mix...Can't wait to make these for the kids for Easter! Thanks for sharing. :)

    Reply

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