Bunny Cupcakes

There’s cute and then there’s next level cute like these Bunny Cupcakes. Almost too cute to eat, they’re guaranteed to bring a big dose of happiness to your Easter celebrations.

How long will it take?

1 hour

What’s the serving size?

Makes 9

What do I need?

For the cupcakes

160 g plain flour
100 g caster sugar
2 tsp baking powder
80 g unsalted butter, softened
½ cup milk
2 eggs
½ tsp vanilla extract

To decorate

100 g unsalted butter, softened
250 g icing sugar, sifted
1 tsp vanilla extract
1-2 tbsp milk
2 drops green food colouring
9 mini white marshmallows
9 standard white marshmallows
200g white chocolate
Pink gel colouring
50 g desiccated coconut

How do I make it?

To make cupcakes

Preheat oven to 180C.
Line 9 holes of a standard muffin tray with paper patty cases.
Sift the dry cupcake ingredients into the bowl of an electric mixer, add the butter and beat on medium until it resembles crumbs. Add the remaining ingredients, increase speed to high and beat for 3 minutes.
Divide the mixture between the 9 patty cases and bake in the oven for 16 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
Remove from oven, stand for 5 minutes before placing onto a wire rack to cool.

To make frosting

Place softened butter into the bowl of an electric mixer. With the machine on low, slowly add the sifted icing sugar until combined. Increase the speed and beat until smooth and pale, about 3 minutes.
Add the green food colouring and vanilla and mix until well-incorporated. Slowly add milk until the consistency is thick but not stiff. If it is too runny add more icing sugar and if it is too thick add more milk.

To assemble

Pipe or spread the green frosting onto the cupcakes.
Melt white chocolate and divide into 3: one bowl with 2 tablespoons of white chocolate and a drop of pink food colouring. The second, a piping bag with 4 tablespoons of white chocolate, and the remainder kept warm to coat the marshmallows.
Using the white chocolate in the piping bag, pipe 10 feet shapes onto baking paper. Allow to set before piping pink toes and feet pads onto the foot shapes. Set aside.
To make the bunny bodies, use a skewer to hold the marshmallows and dip them into warm white chocolate. Repeat for the tails using mini marshmallows and follow with a coating of coconut while the white chocolate is still wet. Place on baking paper, remove the skewer and allow to set.
Use some of the melted white chocolate to “glue” the bunny body to the top of the cupcakes, and the tail to the body. Finally, add the feet using white chocolate to stick them to the body, creating a cute bunny digging into the ground.
Make the ears by piping 8 ear shapes onto baking paper. Allow to set before piping pink on the inside. Set aside to set. Use some of the melted chocolate to fix the ears to the cupcakes.