3 Easy Easter Cakes & Cupcakes Recipes

Make some cute easter treats this season for your little bunnies with these simple-to-follow recipes. All it takes is a little imagination, some decorating gel and shapes, and the memories you'll create are almost as good as the snacks!

Easter Egg Cupcakes

Easter Egg Cupcakes are pretty simple to make and are super cute! First gather your ingredients. You will need:

1 package white cake mix
1 ¼ cups water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 egg whites
1 tub white frosting
1 tube green decorating gel
2 packages Easter candy cake decorations

Now heat your oven to 350 degrees. Line 24 regular-size muffin cups with paper baking cups. Make cake mix as directed on package, using water, oil and egg whites. Fill the baking cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake the cupcakes for 15 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Now, remove the cupcakes from the pan and cool completely. Decorate your cupcakes with frosting, decorating gel, and Easter decorations. This recipe makes 24 cupcakes.

Cupcake Flowers

You can make cupcake flowers with spring shapes or decorating gel. To make these you need:

1 package yellow cake mix
1 ¼ cups water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 tub vanilla frosting
3 cans decorating icing (pink, yellow, and blue)
1 tube decorating gel
1 package spring shapes (found at your local grocer)

Heat your oven to 350 degrees. Line 24 regular-size muffin cups with paper baking cups. Make cake mix as directed on the package, using water, oil, and eggs. Fill cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake the cupcakes for 21 to 26 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove the cupcakes from the pan and cool completely. Frost the cupcakes with frosting. Decorate your cupcakes to look like flowers, using decorating icing with decorating tips. Use black gel for the centers of the flowers and sprinkle with spring shapes. Now, you have 24 festive spring cupcake flowers!

Spring Flip-Flop Cakes

These are cakes shaped like flip-flops that you can decorate in spring pastel colors! Gather these ingredients before you begin:

1 package white cake mix
1 ¼ cups water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 egg whites
1 tub vanilla frosting
3 cans decorating icing (yellow, green, and pink)
4 rolls Fruit Roll Up chewy fruit snacks (any flavor)
1 package decorating roses
1 package spring shapes

First, heat your oven to 350 degrees. Line the bottom only of a 13x9-inch pan with cooking parchment paper or waxed paper. Make the cake mix as directed on the package using water, oil, and egg whites. Pour this mixture into the baking pan. Bake for 28 to 33 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the sides of the pan to loosen the cake and remove the cake from the pan to a wire rack. Remove the parchment paper. Let the cake cool completely for about an hour.

To decorate, cut the cake in half lengthwise. Trim the corners to make them round. Arrange the cake pieces on a tray. Now, trim the cakes to form flip-flop shapes. Divide the frosting into desired amounts to tint. Tint the frosting with decorating icing for whatever colors you desire. Frost the sides and tops of the cakes with your frosting. Now, cut the fruit snacks to form the straps of the flip-flops. Use the tinted icing, decorating roses and spring shapes to decorate the flip-flops.

This recipe makes two cakes or ten servings.