Make the cupcakes:

In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

Mix together sugar and butter in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until butter and sugar becomes creamy.

Beat in the egg, vanilla and almond extracts until mixture is smooth.

Add half the flour mixture and stir until combined. Alternate adding buttermilk and flour mixture until both are added completely and all ingredients are mixed well.

Divide batter among 12 cupcake liners in a muffin tin. Bake at 350 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Tint coconut green. The easiest way to do this is to add the coloring to the coconut in a bowl and keep fluffing with a fork until the color is well distributed. You want the green to be the same hue as Easter grass.

Tint frosting green.

Frost cooled cupcakes.

Sprinkle green coconut on green icing.

Now we are going to add the jelly beans which will masquerade as Easter eggs. Spread a little of the green icing on some parchment paper. Dip the jelly beans into the icing which will act like glue to keep the jelly beans from rolling off the green cupcakes onto your floor where they will be smash and tracked all over your house.

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Jelly beans get glued on.

Cut licorice candy if needed to make the Easter basket handles. Gently press into the cupcakes to form the basket handle.

Have a Happy Easter!