Description
Delightful Easter Bunny Chick Cupcakes bring springtime whimsy to dessert tables with adorable frosted characters. Pastel colors and playful decorations make these treats perfect for family celebrations, ensuring smiles from kids and adults alike.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 recipe vanilla cupcakes
- 1 recipe fluffy vanilla frosting
Decorative Ingredients:
- 1 yellow food coloring
- 1 pink colored sanding sugar
- 1 black decorator icing
Embellishments:
- 1 large marshmallows
- 1 mini marshmallows
- 1 yellow sprinkles
- 1 white sprinkles
- 1 pink jelly beans
- 1 orange colored gum
- 1 orange M&Ms
Instructions
- Prepare vanilla cupcakes following your preferred recipe or package instructions. Cool completely at room temperature for approximately 30 minutes.
- Prepare vanilla frosting using a homemade recipe or store-bought option. Divide frosting and tint half yellow using food coloring for chick cupcakes.
- For bunny cupcakes, generously spread white frosting over each cupcake, creating a smooth, rounded surface that resembles a bunny face.
- Transform marshmallows into bunny ears by cutting diagonally. Dip cut sides in pink sanding sugar, ensuring even coating. Apply cooking spray on scissors to prevent sticking.
- Position marshmallow ears into frosting at the cupcake’s top, angling pink sides inward to create a realistic ear shape.
- Coat entire frosted surface with white sprinkles, generating a fluffy fur-like texture for the bunny.
- Enhance the bunny face by placing halved mini marshmallows as cheeks. Position a pink jelly bean for the nose and use black decorator icing to create small dot eyes.
- For chick cupcakes, utilize a large plain piping tip to create a spiral pattern of yellow-tinted frosting on each cupcake.
- Simulate feather texture by thoroughly covering yellow frosting with yellow sprinkles. Dust lightly with yellow sanding sugar for additional shimmer.
- Complete chick design by positioning an orange gum piece or M&M as the beak. Add two small black icing dots above for eyes.
- Arrange cupcakes on a decorative platter. Store in an airtight container at room temperature until serving time.
Notes
- Choose high-quality, fresh ingredients for the most delightful flavor and texture in your Easter cupcakes.
- Ensure cupcakes are completely cool before decorating to prevent frosting from melting or sliding off.
- Use room temperature ingredients for smoother frosting and easier mixing.
- Try alternative decorating tools like toothpicks or small offset spatulas for precise detailing.
- Consider gluten-free cake mix or dairy-free frosting for guests with dietary restrictions.
- Keep extra marshmallows and sprinkles on hand for backup decorations or quick fixes.
- Refrigerate decorated cupcakes for 15 minutes to help set the frosting and maintain intricate designs.
- Practice piping techniques on a separate surface before decorating the actual cupcakes for more confidence.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg