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Cracked Easter Egg Cupcakes

March 29, 2013 by Cara

Remember those times as a kid when the year seemed to take forever to get through? Especially once Christmas passed, that period of waiting until Spring Break (which was of course the marking point that summer was just around the corner) seemed to drag on and on…

Cracked Easter Egg Cupcakes - Fork & Beans

No one tells you that as you get older that time tends to fly by so quickly. Or maybe our parents did warn us. In fact, now that I think about it, I remember getting the “Don’t grow up too fast” lecture often that I never really paid much attention to but now wish I did. Time now tends to seep through my fingers and I find that instead of fast-forwarding life, I want to rewind it  because I forgot what happened a mere week ago that I’d like to get back.

Cracked Easter Egg Cupcakes - Fork & Beans

So it comes as no surprise that this Easter has completely caught me off-guard and I’m a little bummed that I haven’t had any time to get into the Easter-season mood (except when I am walking down the candy aisles of CVS). So I needed to do something asap to get me prepared, even if it just for the day…

Cracked Easter Egg Cupcakes - Fork & Beans

These cupcakes are just the trick!

Cracked Easter Egg Cupcakes - Fork & Beans

Yellow Cupcakes Recipe

Gluten, egg, and dairy-free

Makes 12 cupcakes

INGREDIENTS

Dry ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 c. Cara’s Gluten-Free Flour Blend
  • 2/3 c. sugar
  • 1 tsp xanthan
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp turmeric (to give a nice yellow color)

Wet ingredients:

  • 3/4 c. non-dairy milk (I used unsweetened almond milk)
  • 1/2 c. oil
  • 2 1/2 Tb apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Grease a muffin tin or line with cupcake liners.
  3. Whisk together the dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
  4. Whisk together the wet ingredients in a small bowl and pour into the dry ingredients. Stir until just combined.
  5. Pour into muffin tin pan.
  6. Bake for 25-27 minutes or until baked through. Allow to cool in pan.

For Icing:

  • 4 c. powdered sugar
  • 1/2 c. shortening
  • 4 Tb non-dairy milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • yellow food coloring (or turmeric) for the yolks
  1. Beat sugar and shortening together until just combined.
  2. Add non-dairy milk and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
  3. Set aside 1/4 c. of the mixture and add food coloring.
  4. Spoon white icing onto cupcakes and smooth with the back of the spoon.
  5. Scoop 2 tsp or so of the yellow icing ontop and gently smooth with the back of the spoon.
  6. Top with dark chocolate that has been melted and set in a chocolate egg-shaped half mold. No need to be perfect here! The messier the egg chocolate comes out the better. You want them to look like they have been cracked.

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Filed Under: Dairy-Free, Desserts, Easter, Egg Free, Gluten-Free, Holiday, Kid-Friendly, Nut Free, Vegan Tagged With: baking, cupcakes, easter, eggs, gluten free, recipes, vegan

About Cara

Based in Chicago with her husband and son, Cara is the creator behind the site Fork and Beans: A place where kids can have fun with their food.

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Comments

  1. Katie @The Semisweet Sisters

    March 1, 2016 at 5:01 pm

    So creative! Love your site!

  2. mmmarzipan

    April 15, 2013 at 12:11 pm

    absolutely gorgeous!!!! πŸ™‚

  3. Gabby @ the veggie nook

    April 3, 2013 at 4:28 am

    These are TOO adorable!!!!

  4. Suzanne @RollWithIt

    April 2, 2013 at 3:04 pm

    So creative! I love this idea!!!

  5. Beth @ Tasty Yummies

    April 2, 2013 at 11:33 am

    Soo cute!! You are so damn crafty!!

  6. Anna {Herbivore Triathlete}

    April 1, 2013 at 6:03 pm

    These are absolutely adorable!

  7. frugalfeeding

    April 1, 2013 at 12:39 pm

    Cara! Hello! Long time – looks great over here. I’ve also gone solo πŸ˜€ – hope it’s all going well for you! Fantastic and fun Easter recipe this – I like it a lot πŸ˜€

  8. Somer

    April 1, 2013 at 9:08 am

    So adorable! You always come up with the best stuff! xx

  9. lyann

    March 29, 2013 at 10:17 pm

    what a cute idea!

  10. Your Biggest Fan!

    March 29, 2013 at 6:59 pm

    How clever – Your creativity never ceases to amaze me! Not only do they look unique but also delicious. How do you come up with these ideas? The cake looks very moist. I have used tumeric only with savory things (a potato recipe I used to make comes to mind) but it makes perfect sense the way you’ve used it here.
    Have a blessed Easter.
    XOXOXOXOX

  11. Cadry

    March 29, 2013 at 2:09 pm

    So cute, Cara! This was the time of year I always dreaded as a kid, because it was the time that all my classmates would have the ingenious realization that they should switch my name to Cadbury. I think these mouthwatering cupcakes could make me forget about all of that! πŸ˜‰

  12. Brooke (Crackers on the Couch)

    March 29, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    Suuuper cute! What a darling idea!

  13. Richa

    March 29, 2013 at 1:21 pm

    oooh how coool!!

  14. Laurel

    March 29, 2013 at 12:16 pm

    Belissima!

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