Pascha Recipes
Marshmallow Peeps Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 (18.25 ounce) box white cake mix* or scratch cake ingredients (your choice)
- White frosting
- Grated coconut
- Green food coloring
- Marshmallow Peeps (yellow, pink, white, blue or lavender)
- Peeps Jelly Beans or Teenee Beanee Gourmet Jelly Beans
Instructions
- Bake cupcakes as per directions on box and frost.
- Color grated coconut with green food coloring. Top with Marshmallow Peeps (one sits perfectly on a cupcake) and add a few Peeps Jelly Beans or Teenee Beanee Gourmet Jelly Beans (they make great eggs). (Note: If you don't like coconut, use green sugar sprinkles. You don't get the same grass effect as the coconut, but you might like the taste better).
- Another option is to pipe a "nest" of green icing to encircle the top and place a Peep in the center. Sprinkle with colored sprinkles for a finishing touch.
Notes
* 18.25 ounce boxes of cake mix have been replaced by 16.5 ounce and 15.25 ounce boxes. To compensate for the volume loss in a 16 ounce box, whisk 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour into the dry cake mix before proceeding with the recipe. To compensate for the volume loss in a 15.25 ounce box, add 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.