Super Easy Easter Bunny Cupcakes

What You Will Need

Vanilla Cupcakes

• 125g butter, softened
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup self raising flour
• 1 cup milk

Vanilla Icing

• 2 cups icing sugar
• 125g butter, softened
• 3 tsp. vanilla extract
• 3 tbs. milk

Bunny Ears

• 12 mini marshmallows
• 100s and 1000s

How To Make It

For the mini cupcakes:

Step One: Preheat oven to 180°C.

Step Two: Line mini muffin tin with mini cupcake liners.

Step Three: In a bench mixer or using a hand mixer, beat together butter and sugar for 5 minutes, until light and fluffy.

Step Four: Add vanilla and ONE egg at a time, beating until combined before adding next egg.

Step Five: With the mixer on low, mix in flour and milk until just combined.

Step Six: Pour batter into mini cupcake cases.

Step Seven: Bake for 12 minutes.

Step Eight: Allow mini cupcakes to cool in tin for 10 minutes then completely cool on wire rack.

For the Icing:

Step One: In a bench mixer beat together butter and icing sugar for 5 minutes, until creamy.

Step Two: Add vanilla and mix until combined.

Step Three: Add ½ cup icing sugar at a time mixing on low between each addition.

Step Four: With mixer on low, mix in milk until combined.

Step Five: Beat on MED-HIGH for 2 minutes. 

Step Six: Place icing in an icing bag and pipe on to mini cupcakes.

For the Bunny Ears:

Step One: Cut mini marshmallows in half.

Step Two: Dip the halves of mini marshmallows into 100s and 1000s.

Step Three: Pop bunny ears onto the iced mini cupcakes.

Note: If you would like to make regular sized cupcakes, bake for 20mins.