Bluebird cupcakes
These are from my personal tribute to Easter – but still just as cute now as then. Despite the fact that I don’t celebrate the day as a religious holiday, I am a sucker for the pagan Rites of Spring imagery: baby chickies and bunnies, all the delicious pastel pinks and yellows, and greens, and intricately molded and decorated sweets. As close to girlie girl as I get!
As for the cupcakes, duty requires that I nod to Martha (who else?!) for the original concept. Mine were low-fat cake, with full-fat absolutely scrumptious butter cream frosting (my own recipe).
And apparently, toasted coconut is an acquired taste, meaning the under-10 set felt the need to scrape it all off. Lesson learned. All frosting should be sickeningly sweet, brightly colored and any “enhancements” should involve fake sprinkles with tons of hydrogenated crap!
