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Easter Cupcakes

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Last Updated March 18th, 2021 at 09:04 am by Lisa

Easter Cupcakes with homemade buttercream frosting, an easy Easter dessert to make with kids and decorate your Easter Dinner table or buffet!

These "naughty" garden bunnies are a fun Easter cupcake idea...


And Here Is The Best Part

  1. Bake or No-bake- your choice! Assemble with pre-made unfrosted cupcakes and frosting at your local grocery store, just ask in the bakery! I bought mine at Albertsons.
  2. Frost with vanilla buttercream frosting - again, make your own with this easy recipe or buy at the store, and add cute decorations from the craft store or online.
  3. Everything you need is at the store, and kids, even the little ones, can help you assemble and decorate these easy Easter cupcakes.

What You Need

Let's Put Them Together

  1. Buy plain vanilla cupcakes from the bakery, bake them at home from scratch or boxed cake mix.
  2. Make the buttercream frosting: In a stand mixer using wire beaters, or using a handheld mixer combine butter, powder sugar, vanilla extract, and milk. Mix until a nice smooth consistency, add a bit more milk or powder sugar as needed.
  3. Use a small offset spatula to frost each cupcake on top, or pipe on cupcakes using a pastry bag.
  4. Pour white sprinkles in a small dish, and dip and roll the top of the cupcake to coat with sprinkles.
  5. Use more frosting a "glue" to stick on feet and tail.
  6. Wrap Wilton each cupcake with a white picket fence cupcake wrapper. Serve on a tray with Easter candies or decorations.

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Easter Party Appetizers: Garden Crudites with Light Green Goddess Dressing, Crostini with Edible Flowers and Garden Herbs

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Easter dessert idea, bunny cupcakes digging in the garden.
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Easy Easter Cupcake Idea

Easter Cupcakes with homemade buttercream frosting, an easy Easter dessert to make with kids and decorate your Easter Dinner table or buffet!
Course Desserts & Sweets
Cuisine American
Keyword Bunny Cupcakes, Easter cupcakes, Easter desserts
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 604kcal
Author Lisa Hatfield

Equipment

Wilton Cupcake Decorating Kit
Wilton Cupcake Wrapper
Chocolate Carrots

Ingredients

  • 12 baked vanilla cupcakes

Homemade Vanilla Frosting

  • ¾ cup softened butter
  • 2 ½ cups powder sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ½ cup milk
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Buy plain vanilla cupcakes from the bakery.

Make Homemade Vanilla Frosting

  • In a stand mixer using wire beaters, or using a handheld mixer combine butter, powder sugar, vanilla extract, and milk. Mix until a nice smooth consistency, add a bit more milk or powder sugar as needed. (Or skip this and buy frosting from the bakery and just decorate!)

Decorate Bunny Bottom Cupcakes

  • Use a small offset spatula to frost each cupcake, or pipe on cupcakes using a pastry bag.
  • Pour white sprinkles in a small dish, and dip and roll the top of the cupcake to coat with green sprinkles for grass.
  • Use more frosting a "glue" to stick on feet and tail.
  • Wrap Wilton each cupcake with a white picket fence cupcake wrapper.

Notes

Fun to display the cupcakes on Easter grass and place a few chocolate carrots around. Happy Easter! all photography images and text © Lisa Torres | Delicious Table

Nutrition

Calories: 604kcal | Carbohydrates: 80g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 356mg | Potassium: 61mg | Sugar: 69g | Vitamin A: 750IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 92mg | Iron: 0.8mg
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  1. Ruby says

    5 stars
    This frosting is delicious and I love the idea of buying the plain cupcakes from a bakery. Why do I not think of these things Lisa?? I can't wait to decorate these for Easter. Think I will do a few different cupcake flavors for fun. PS. Love the carrot and flower centerpiece. Definitely want to give that a try this Easter too.

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