Description
Delicious bunny-themed cupcakes perfect for any celebration!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup whole milk
- ½ cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 2 cups confectioners sugar
- 1–2 Tablespoons whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch salt
- ½ cup white sanding sugar (or white sprinkles or coconut)
- 12 large marshmallows
- 2 Tablespoons pink sanding sugar
- 24 mini chocolate chips
- 12 pink jelly beans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time, then mix in vanilla.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Add the flour mixture in two additions, alternating with the milk, mixing just until combined.
- Divide batter evenly among liners, filling each about two-thirds full.
- Bake 16–18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely.
- Beat butter until smooth and creamy. Gradually add confectioners sugar.
- Mix in vanilla, salt, and 1 tablespoon milk. Add more milk if needed until the frosting is smooth and spreadable.
- Spread frosting generously over each cooled cupcake.
- Sprinkle or gently roll the frosted cupcake in sanding sugar to create the bunny’s “fur.”
- Cut each marshmallow diagonally to make two ear shapes. Press the sticky cut sides into pink sugar.
- Cut each jelly bean in half to create noses.
- Use a small dab of frosting to attach two marshmallow ears to the frosted cupcakes.
- Add two mini chocolate chips for eyes and half a jelly bean for the nose.
Notes
- For a fun variation, try using different colors of sanding sugar.
- Ensure cupcakes are completely cooled before frosting to prevent melting.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 50mg