Easter Basket Cupcakes

Name: Easter Basket Cupcakes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American,
Ingredients: 24 sugar ice cream cones; 1 package (2-layer size) white cake mix; 1 tsp McCormick® Yellow Food Color; 1/2 tsp McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract; 1 container (16 oz) vanilla frosting; McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye; 24 pieces red string licorice cut to 4-inch lengths; 1 cup flaked coconut; 72 Jelly beans

Instead of paper liners, these cupcakes are baked in ice cream cones to make edible Easter baskets.

30m

PREP TIME

20m

COOK TIME

258

CALORIES

9

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients 24 (1 cupcake) Servings

24 sugar ice cream cones Substitutions available
- waffle ice cream cones
1 package (2-layer size) white cake mix
1 teaspoon McCormick® Yellow Food Color
1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract
1 container (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye
24 pieces red string licorice, cut to 4-inch lengths
1 cup flaked coconut
72 Jelly beans

KEY PRODUCTS

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Trim off the bottom 2 to 3 inches of the ice cream cones. Wrap bottom of cones in small pieces of greased foil. Place cones in muffin pans sprayed with no stick cooking spray. (Cones should be slightly taller than muffin cups.) Set aside.
2 Prepare cake mix as directed on package, adding yellow food color and lemon extract. Pour batter into cones. Bake as directed on package for cupcakes. Cool cupcakes on wire rack. Remove any excess cake from bottom of cones.
3 Tint frosting with desired food colors. Frost cupcakes. Attached string licorice for the basket handles. Decorate cupcakes with coconut and jelly beans.

TIPS AND TRICKS

To tint coconut: Place about 1/2 cup coconut in resealable plastic bag. Squeeze 2 to 3 drops of desired food color into bag. Shake until color is evenly distributed.