Chocolate Nest Cupcakes
I wanted to do something a little different for Easter this year. So I decided to make little chocolate cupcake nests. This is a really neat little baking project that is sure to impress your guests without a whole lot of time and energy investment.I doubled the measurements below intending to have two dozen cupcakes for Alex to take to work. However, I only had one bag of Cadbury eggs, so that resulted in a little over a half a dozen cupcakes ending up with green sanding sugar (or grass as I liked to think of it). I think this combination really complimented each other. It had a really light, spring feel to it when I was putting them in the storage container. If you’re only planning to make one dozen cupcakes you should have plenty of mini-eggs with just one bag.This is the absolute best chocolate frosting you will ever taste…no I’m convinced of that. I’ve found that whenever I try to make a chocolate frosting it ends up being grainy or not really tasting chocolaty enough. This is not the case with this frosting recipe though. The combination of flavors really makes the chocolate pop and it is absolutely not grainy at all.[amd-yrecipe-recipe:186]Source: Cake adapted from: Kiss my Bundt – Chrysta Wilson
Alex had been requesting these from me for several weeks before I finally got around to making them. For some reason the idea of nuts and coconut just really appealed to him. I made a few tweaks to this recipe, like always, to give it my own flair. It also helped that I didn’t have all the traditional ingredients like I thought I did. These would make an amazing and easy dessert for any Easter celebration this weekend.This is a chocolate-peanut butter version of Seven Layer Bars. Since I only had chocolate graham crackers and peanut butter chips I decided it would be best just to embrace it and make these a combination of chocolate and peanut butter. Alex has requested that I get the ingredients for traditional seven layer bars so I’m sure you’ll see that in the future.[amd-yrecipe-recipe:185]
This recipe is a holiday tradition in my family. As long as I can remember this has been served at every single family holiday gathering. I have no idea where this recipe originated, Mom or an Aunt, any idea who introduced this recipe? I have to admit to you, I actually can’t stand this recipe. However, I’ve started making it for Alex’s family gatherings because it doesn’t feel like a holiday if this isn’t on the table.The nuts in the recipe are completely optional. My Mom makes it both ways when she brings it to a family gathering since one of my cousins doesn’t like it with the nuts. It is entirely up to you if you want to add them. I had maple candied pecans on hand so that’s what I used, you can use walnuts too if you like.[amd-yrecipe-recipe:145]
