Carrot Cupcakes for Easter

Festive cupcakes are ideal to serve at an Easter garden party or to take to a school function.

A fun way to eat your carrots. Sandra Shields/The Epoch Times

Festive cupcakes are ideal to serve at an Easter garden party or to take to a school function. This selection of fun recipe ideas is quick and easy to make. Everything can be prepared ahead of time, and children love to help with the decorating.

Makes 24 cupcakes

1 package carrot cake mix
1 can cream cheese frosting
Cocoa powder
Chocolate cookie crumbs for dirt
Extra long fancy coconut for stems
Green and orange paste food colouring

Prepare cupcakes as directed on package.

Tint coconut with green food colouring and let dry on paper towelling.

Take 125 ml (1/2 cup) frosting and tint with a few drops of orange colouring for carrots. Cover and set aside. With the rest of the frosting, ice cupcakes and dip in chocolate cookie crumbs to coat the top. Transfer the orange frosting to a pastry bag with a large round tip and pipe a carrot shape in the centre of each cupcake. Add green tinted coconut for the stems. Voila!

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