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Thank you for visiting! We are Amanda, Tiffany, Lauren H, Lauren F, Danielle, Lisa, Meagan, Teresa, Emily, Cassie, & Bea. We are a group of women ranging in age from 27-32. 2011 marks the 5th Fall season of us getting together weekly, on Thursdays, to make dinner for eachother, talk about our kids, marriages, jobs, weddings, homes, weekends and so on. We travel as far North as Kirkland and as far South as Graham to visit each week...that's a total of nearly an hour of driving (not counting traffic), so that should show you how dedicated we are to "the cause" of having some girl time each week. A few of us are mothers and have planned our weddings. Our group also includes a dietitian, wine distributor & a few teachers ranging from elementary to high school. We are here to share our favorite recipes, update you on our girl talk each week, answer questions from experience and review products for companies and share our takes on them for the women out there just like us. Please feel free to contact us with topics you'd like us to cover or questions you may have. Our group e-mail is ThursdayGirlsNights@gmail.com Thanks again, The Girls

Sunday, April 24, 2011

A Cute Easter Dessert... for Next Year





Before I begin, I must say that I did not come up with this idea myself. Browsing another blog I follow (fabulesslyfrugal.html) I came across this super cute cupcake. And with Easter almost over, I guess you can just keep this in mind for next year maybe. Or I guess it could be a Spring cupcake.

Since I had some (cheap) cake mix and frosting I had picked up at Fred Meyer a couple of weeks ago and coconut already in the cupboard all I needed was the Robin's eggs for the top. And luckily, the blog posted a deal at Albertson's on the eggs. So I printed off my coupon and got a bag for $.69!




These were the eggs I used, but you could probably use any other type of candy eggs. I liked the fact that they were speckled. These also come in mini eggs, but they didn't have them.

The directions are pretty simple: bake cupcakes and frost. To tint the coconut I just put it in a zip lock bag and added food coloring. Shake until all coconut is colored. I ended up having to use blue and yellow food coloring because I was out of green. But I think it gave it an even deeper green color doing it that way. I then put the eggs on the frosting and covered the rest of the frosting with the coconut. Putting the eggs on first worked better because they stuck to the frosting better than the coconut.

And here is the final product!

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