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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

RECIPE :: Spring Birds Nest Cupcakes


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It is FINALLY here!

It's spring! It's spring and I have been in the mood to create fun spring items whether I craft or make them. The other day while I was deciding what to make as a dessert to take to my momma's house, the idea came to me for these spring birds nest cupcakes! 
I WILL admit that this idea is NOT mine but one I saw on the back of a package of an edible Easter grass I picked up and knew it would be fun to make with my daughter and my momma! We had a blast making them together and I loved that it was something simple that we all enjoyed doing!


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I just baked my favorite cupcakes and then transported them over to my mom's for all of us to work on after dinner. I happened to use a funfetti cake mix for these cupcakes and just a vanilla pre-made frosting.

It was simple, quick and oh so good!


Spring Birds Nest Cupcakes

~Ingredients ~

  • 1 box of cake mix (your choice)
  • 1 container of frosting (your choice)
  • a bag of mini Robin Eggs
  • 1 bag of edible Easter grass
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 Instructions
  1. Prepare and bake the cupcakes following the directions on the box.
  2. Choose a frosting and go ahead and frost all of the cupcakes after they have completely cooled.
  3. Using the edible Easter grass, break into small pieces, as it comes as long pieces in the package, and strategically place in a circle formation around the top of the cupcake until it starts to look like a birds nest. My edible grass pieces I used were about 1-2 inches long. 
  4. Simply place three of the robins eggs in the middle to create the look of 'birds eggs' and you are done!
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I told you these were easy. It was a fun little baking project to do with the girls and we had so much fun laughing at my mom eating all of the grass to my daughter using all of the blue robins eggs on her cupcakes! Silly girls! ;)


These cupcakes are great at Easter, spring or even would be really cute at a baby or wedding shower! It was a perfect 'food craft' to do with kids as well, which are my favorite! 


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35 comments:

  1. Those cupcakes are almost too pretty to eat! They came out phenomenal!

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  2. These are such cute little cupcakes for Easter or for spring. They would be perfect for a school party or for a family get-together!

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  3. These are so cute and creative. I agree, I do not know if i could even eat these they are so pretty ! xx felinebykatsaris.com

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  4. Yummy! I have to admit..the eggs are super cute but I know I would be snacking the entire time.
    How could you not?!?

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  5. These are so creative and cute. I've been looking for ideas to celebrate Easter with our nieces. This should be fun since they love cupcakes.

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  6. What a cute and fun Easter treat. It would look beautiful on the dinner table.

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  7. It is so nice to see you doing recipes as well as crafts! They remind me of the decorations we would use to decorate Easter hats during our primary school Easter parades.

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  8. These cupcakes are too cute and I know they would be loved at any Easter party. I love the creativity.

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  9. These are the cutest little Easter-themed cupcakes! I know my kiddos would love to eat these up especially with edible grass!

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  10. Those are the cutest things ever! They look professional! And I had no idea they made edible grass!

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  11. These are just so fun. I really need to pick up some of that Easter grass and find some of those eggs.

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  12. Okay. These nests are adorable! I am going to look for the edible Easter grass! Didn't know about that.

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  13. I love when I see innovation embedded in recipes. Cooking and baking is art as well and I feel most don't recognize that. I find it spectacular that you have such innovative ideas and are able to implement them ! Great yummy post!

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  14. These are so cute! Great ideas for Easter! I can't wait to use them with my son for our dessert bar!

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  15. These cupcakes turned out so cute! I can't wait to make them with my kiddos!

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  16. I have never seen edible grass! What a great idea, and these are so adorable! Pinned this to make ......after I find the edible grass!

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  17. Those are so cute!! I didn't know edible Easter grass existed, but now the opportunities for Easter treats just grew!

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  18. These are super cute! I really like how bright and cheery they are too :)

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  19. These are so bright and colorful! My little ones would love these so much!

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  20. Your images are gorgeous! I have to ask- what lens do you use? I love these cupcakes - so pretty and festive for this Easter holiday!

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  21. These are so cute and perfect for Easter. Kids would love these!

    Southern Soul

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  22. Everything you do is so pretty. Food art and paper art. What lens did you use for these photos? They look amazing.

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  23. You have inspired me to decorate quail eggs for the Orthodox Easter, although it is not the tradition. We use chicken eggs, but I loved the idea of having small eggs instead.

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  24. Aw, these are like little masterpieces of art. I know my boys would love these and that they seem easy enough for me to make. I didn't know about the edible Easter grass, thanks for sharing. Pinning to my Easter board.

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  25. These are such cute cupcakes! My kids would love making these. They're perfect for Spring!

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  26. I haven't seen the edible easter grass before! What a cool concept, and these cupcakes look adorable! Definitely something my kids would love!

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  27. Those are SO adorable! What is edible Easter grass, I have never heard of this before and where do you get it?

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  28. yum and yum! i wonder if i could achieve this design...or if i'd eat the cupcakes before lol

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  29. yum and yum - looks delicious! not sure i have the patience to achieve this design but what fun!

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  30. It is a cute idea to use the candy to kick the homemade cupcakes up a few notches. I like that idea a great deal.

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  31. These cupcakes are perfect for Easter. I love all of the spring colors and how festive they are. The kids in our family would gobble them right up.

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  32. We love making birds nest cupcakes! I am now so happy my niece is old enough to make them. We are planning some baking this weekend and she will enjoy these

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  33. This is the first year that I have seen the edible grass. So many fun treats to be made from it!

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  34. So adorable! I think this recipe would be perfect for kids to make, teach them about measuring and baking.

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  35. I really love this - the colors are so bright and happy, and it's easy enough that my son would love to help (and be able to!) I had not seen the edible grass before, and now I am going to be on the hunt to find some.

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