Easter

Easter cupcakes are easy to whip together.
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10 Beautiful Easter Desserts

Because everything looks prettier in pastels and sugar.

by Samantha Darby

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From vintage lamb cakes to popping a few Peeps on top of a cupcake, these Easter desserts are as beautiful as they are delicious. Bonus: your kids will eat them, too.

Easter desserts don’t have to be elaborate — use pretty Easter grass to hold some mini candy eggs and sparkly, pastel sugar cookies.Phamai Techaphan/Moment/Getty Images
If you’re short on time, decorate a bundt cake and pop a chocolate bunny in the middle. Voila! Perfect Easter dessert.Anastasiia Krivenok/Moment/Getty Images
There is something so delightfully kitschy about the Easter lamb cake, which was super popular in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Coconut gives it some texture, and you can’t go wrong with jellybeans surrounding it.
Make perfect little nests with chocolate rice cereal and marshmallow, then just add some candy-coated eggs. These would make great favors for an Easter brunch.Tim Young Photography/Moment/Getty Images
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Macarons can be fussy to make, but you can also buy some ready-made ones and just decorate them to look like sweet little Easter chicks.

Honestly, Peeps are just gorgeous on their own. Use them to top a simple cake or cupcakes for the cutest Easter dessert.Shutterstock
A beautiful cake with sprinkles and lots of little spring touches — including a chocolate bunny — is easy to put together and looks magical.Getty
I’m obsessed with these mini bundt cakes covered in pastel icing and filled with jellybeans. Such a lovely Easter treat, and just right for tiny hands.GMVozd/E+/Getty Images
For a spring dessert that’s as gorgeous as it is delicious, try a strawberry shortcake roll. There are so many variations out there, but you can’t go wrong with a perfect sponge, whipped cream, and strawberries.yumehana/E+/Getty Images
Does. It. Get. Any. Cuter? Add little fondant bunny feet and a tail to a coconut cake for the world’s most darling Easter dessert.