Easter Basket Cupcakes
Instead of paper liners, these cupcakes are baked in ice cream cones to make edible Easter baskets.
Ingredients
- 24 Sugar Ice Cream Cones
- 1 Package (2-Layer Size) White Cake Mix
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Yellow Food Color
- 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract
- 1 Container (16 ounces) Vanilla Frosting
- McCormick® Assorted Food Color & Egg Dye
- 24 Pieces Red String Licorice, 4-inch Lengths
- 1 cup Flaked Coconut
- 72 Jelly Beans
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Trim off the bottom 2 to 3 inches of the ice cream cones. Wrap bottom of cones in small pieces of greased foil. Place cones in muffin pans sprayed with no stick cooking spray. (Cones should be slightly taller than muffin cups.) Set aside. Prepare cake mix as directed on package, adding yellow food color and lemon extract. Pour batter into cones. Bake as directed on package for cupcakes. Cool cupcakes on wire rack. Remove any excess cake from bottom of cones. Tint frosting with desired food colors. Frost cupcakes. Attached string licorice for the basket handles. Decorate cupcakes with coconut and jelly beans.
Main Products
Duncan Hines Cake Mix Classic White
McCormick Pure Lemon Extract
Betty Crocker Whipped Frosting Vanilla
McCormick Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye Kit
Full Circle Organic Coconut Flakes