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🌿 Sunday on Great Island

Published about 20 hours ago • 1 min read

Hey friends❣️

Happy Sunday!

I hope your weekend is going well. I started mine with a recipe experiment ~ cute mini Easter cupcakes served in an egg carton. I got halfway through before I lost interest.

Mini cupcakes are tricky like that ~ they don’t keep well, so you have to make and serve them the same day. Fun, but not exactly practical.

But even though I won’t be posting this one, it is a cute idea ~ and if you stick to one flavor cake it’s much more doable.

  • Minis take about 8-10 minutes in the oven, I used Duncan Hines cake mixes but my favorite homemade chocolate cake would be fabulous.
  • Homemade frosting (Fresh Strawberry would be perfect) with sprinkles
  • Homemade Whipped cream, topped with a mini chocolate egg
  • Green tinted coconut topped with mini jelly beans

Tip: If you want them to sit up higher in the carton, stuff a little crumbled tissue paper or Easter grass into the wells first 🐰

a few more cute Easter ideas

1. Easter Brownies​

I love these, they're worthy of the 'good' chocolate eggs, even if they do get smashed :)

2. Mini Chocolate Layer Cakes​

There are so many wonderful possibilities with these!

3. Mint Chocolate Pudding Pots ​

Too cute for words. You could use edible flowers for 'planting' as well.

4. Easter "Crack" Candy​

This stuff is seriously good, that's why I custom make it for just about every holiday.

The emails and new recipes you might have missed this week

​🍓 Spring Desserts That Start with a Jar of Jam​

​🌟 5 Dinners My Family Requests on Repeat​

​☀️ The First Slice of Spring​

See you in the kitchen!

~Sue

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