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Category Archives: easter

Nobunny knows Easter better than Cupcake Rehab.

I mean are you kidding? Bunnies, eggs, chicks and all things cute are my specialties. This Easter had a sad spin on it, given the events of last week. But I tried my hardest to make it as nice & happy as possible, complete with pretty little cupcakes & desserts. The cake pops I made [...]

Malt shop egg roll.

What a combination, right? Malt shops & egg rolls. I can’t help it, it’s just what I thought of when I made these. Eggs are a big part of Easter. It goes back to the fertility rites of the spring in the “pagan” religions, the ‘egg’ obviously symbolizing new life, and is continued in the [...]

Spring has sprung.

Not 100% of course, but for the most part anyway. I’ve done one of these little compilation posts for Halloween, Thanksgiving & Christmas, Valentine’s Day & St. Patrick’s Day, so here’s my springtime/Easter version. I don’t really do “Easter”, I like bunnies, baby chicks, lilies & chocolate… so I celebrate those things & call it [...]

Easter?

That was basically my reaction to baking for this holiday this year. I don’t celebrate Easter for the religious aspect, not at all. I celebrate the chocolate bunny aspect, the dying eggs aspect, and the beautiful spring flower aspect (lilies are my favorite flower). I celebrate spring, I guess you could say, more than “Easter.” [...]

Chocolate covered Easter cupcakes, with banana flavored Italian meringue.

For Easter this year, I decided to make a cupcake I’ve been wanting to try for years and never did. Mainly because they seemed slightly time consuming (and I’m lazy), but also because I never have all the ingredients on hand; corn syrup, cream of tartar and 14 oz. bittersweet chocolate are rarely here all [...]