Easter Cupcakes

Make Easter extra sweet this year with adorable lemon-cream cheese cupcakes that are fun to decorate and eat! All you need are a batch of frosted cupcakes, some Avery labels, and a little creativity.

Hop to it with these simple instructions:

Lemon-Cream Cheese Cupcakes

Original recipe makes 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 (515g) package (2-layer size) white cake mix
• 1 (99g) package of Lemon Instant Pudding
• 1 cup water
• 4 egg whites
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 (250 g) package Brick Cream Cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 3/4 cups icing sugar

Steps:

1.  Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2.  Beat first 5 ingredients in large bowl with mixer on low speed 1 min. or until dry ingredients are moistened. (Batter will be thick.) Beat on medium speed for 2 min. Spoon into 24 paper-lined muffin cups.
3.  Bake 21 to 24 min. or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 min.; remove to wire racks. Cool completely.
4.  Beat cream cheese, butter and lemon juice in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Gradually add sugar, beating well after each addition. Spread onto cupcakes.
5.  Follow the decorating tips below to create your Easter cupcake topper.

Easter Cupcake Topper Steps

Step 1:

Open the free template in Avery Design & Print Online program

Easter basket template

Bright Bunny template

Step 2:

Print the template on Avery Round or Square labels

Step 3:

Assemble the decorations.  Peel off the labels and attach a toothpick to the label.  Repeat on the other side.  Insert the toothpick into the cupcake.

Enjoy!