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Bird Nest Cupcakes

• 19 March 2008

Last week when pouring toasted coconut over my new favorite ice cream, an idea came to me for an Easter cupcake. Here are the results! I used pretty jordan almonds in pastel shades from Cost Plus World Market, the Magnolia Bakery recipe for chocolate cupcakes and their signature vanilla buttercream frosting. I bought a bag of sweetened coconut and toasted about a cup in the oven on 350 degrees for several minutes. Make sure you lay out the coconut in a thin layer before toasting.

If you really wanted to go the extra mile, you could present each cupcake on a bed of wheatgrass or even in a terra cotta container of wheat grass. You'd probably make it onto Sk*rt if you did that :)

Today we are spending a LOT of time preparing for our Easter camping trip in Southern Utah but I'm going to try and squeeze in a couple of deliveries before I eat them all. This morning I discovered that cupcakes make an excellent breakfast :) Better get 'em out of here....


14 comments:

  1. I just love your blog. It's like a sunny day. Thanks so much!

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  2. Those are so adorable I'll have to try them. I too have been known for inhaling a early morning cupcake and writing it off as a decent breakfast. I managed to tell myself it was just a muffin with frosting!

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  3. Wow! These are super-cute, and I will be copying your cupcake stylings for the in-law Easter celebration this weekend. I can't wait to get started.

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  4. I was a lucky receiver of one of these fine creations. It didn't last long, and it was worth every calorie :)

    Steph gets presentation and style points on this one!

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  5. You are just so dang cute. I need to make time for things like this...you are my style maven!

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  6. I love it! I'm definitely doing this!

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  7. have fun camping!! the cupcakes look amazing!

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  8. You have very fortunate friends/neighbors -- the recipients of all your beautiful and tasty creations.

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  9. Love these! I was going to make something similar (for the kids) but this will spice it up.

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  10. Your Easter cupcakes look fantastic! So cute.

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  11. Aren't these easy to make? They look like the ones we made. Great minds think alike!

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