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    Home » Recipes » Holiday

    Bird’s Nest Cupcakes

    Published: Mar 25, 2015 · Modified: Jun 14, 2023 by Alison · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    bird's nest cupcakes

    These Bird’s Nest Cupcakes are great for Spring and Easter time. Not only are they fun to make but also fun to eat with the chick Peeps. If you didn’t want to use Peeps, you could use chocolate robin eggs found in the store. Enjoy!

    Bird’s Nest Cupcakes

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    INGREDIENTS

    • Eggs
    • Vegetable oil
    • White boxed cake mix
    • White frosting
    • Chocolate frosting
    • Chick Peeps
    • Green food coloring
    • Cake decorator

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    DIRECTIONS

    1. Mix and bake cupcakes according to box directions.
    2. Let the cupcakes cool.
    3. While cooling mix green food coloring into white frosting and add to cake decorator.
    4. Using the large star cake decorator tip, add dots around the edge of the cupcake to create a grass-like affect and then add a larger drop in the middle of the cupcake.

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    5. Wash out the cake decorator and add the chocolate frosting.
    6. Using the small circle cake decorator tip make a continuous line around the middle of the cupcake forming a bird’s nest.
    7. Add the chick Peep on top of the nest.

    bird's nest cupcakes

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    Bird's Nest Cupcakes

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    Ingredients
      

    • Eggs
    • Vegetable oil
    • White boxed cake mix
    • White frosting
    • Chocolate frosting
    • Chick Peeps
    • Green food coloring
    • Cake decorator

    Instructions
     

    • Mix and bake cupcakes according to box directions.
    • Let the cupcakes cool.
    • While cooling mix green food coloring into white frosting and add to cake decorator.
    • Using the large star cake decorator tip, add dots around the edge of the cupcake to create a grass-like affect and then add a larger drop in the middle of the cupcake.
    • Wash out the cake decorator and add the chocolate frosting.
    • Using the small circle cake decorator tip make a continuous line around the middle of the cupcake forming a bird's nest.
    • Add the chick Peep on top of the nest.

    Nutrition Disclosure

    Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.

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