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Originally uploaded by pikatures

If you haven't checked out Karen Tack & Alan Richardson's book, Hello, Cupcake! I highly recommend getting it immediately. It is such a great resource of beautiful, inspirational pictures and clear instructions on creating each masterpiece shown.

These Easter egg themed cupcakes took a little time to make but the results were fantastic. I would definitely take their advice and nuke the crackers to make them easier to cut for the egg shapes (you'll notice that several cupcakes do not have the "eggs" as I ran out of graham crackers due to breakage).

The recipes included are also delightfully delicious. These were made from the carrot cake cupcake and cream cheese frosting recipes in the book. Don't omit the raisins and walnuts, they really make this cake special.

Because it is the season, our local Target carried all of the necessary sugars and decor - no special trips necessary! Actually, everything except the blue sugar was part of a giant canister of decorations with sugars and decorations (on sale!)