These Bunny cupcakes are a super simple Easter Cupcake Recipe that make a super cute Easter dessert! Homemade cupcakes, topped with homemade frosting and bunny ears make these Bunny Ears Cupcakes perfect for Easter!
Bunny Ears Cupcakes
Need a SUPER Simple Easter dessert? These Simple Bunny Ears Cupcakes are easy to make and quite adorable! We are a household that loves to have fun and make holidays fun. I like to have holiday treats for the kids not just on the holiday but also during the days and weeks leading up to the holiday.
Of course things we are always crazy busy in our house getting things done, with school and work and regular life I need things to be as easy as possible. These Easter cupcakes are so easy to make that the kids can help make and decorate them. Which also makes for a fun Easter activity for the kids to do while we get planning done for Easter, including going over the Easter story like we do each year.
Tips for Making Easter Cupcakes
Use any cupcake frosting flavor that you want to when making these bunny cupcakes. I personally prefer using homemade buttercream when making these super cute Easter Bunny cupcakes but if you are looking for more frosting flavors be sure to check out some of our favorites.
Looking for frosting recipes? Check these out!
- Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
- Lemon Buttercream Frosting
- vanilla buttercream
- marshmallow buttercream
- Caramel Buttercream
- Mint Buttercream
- Chocolate Raspberry buttercream
- Peanut butter buttercream
- Raspberry buttercream frosting
- Whipped frosting
Use any cupcake flavor. The great thing about these cupcakes is they are totally customizable when it comes to cupcake flavor and frosting flavor. You can use totally homemade cupcakes or you can use the making a boxed cake taste homemade trick!
Looking for cupcake flavors? Check these out!
- chocolate cupcakes
- vanilla cupcakes
- strawberry cupcakes
- blueberry cupcakes
- Blackberry Cupcakes
- Raspberry cupcakes
Use homemade colored sugar. To decorate these Easter cupcakes you are going to need colored sugar. You can buy it in the store or you can learn how to color sugar and make it whatever colors you want to.
Let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting. I find it best to bake the cupcakes, remove them from the baking pan and then start making the frosting. This way the cupcakes are cooled when I go to frost them.
Use a pastry bag or thick zip close bag to frost the cupcakes. I much prefer decorating cupcakes with a pastry bag, it makes life easier. But if you don’t happen to have pastry bags you can use freezer zip top bags. But you need to make sure you’re using the freezer bags or when you push the frosting out the bag will rip open. Trust me I’ve had experience with this!
Do not over mix. Over mixing the batter will lead to having tough cupcakes. Just mix the ingredients until they are mixed together.
Do not over bake. Leaving cupcakes in the oven baking longer then needed will dry out the cupcake.
Tips for Baking Cupcakes
Follow the recipe. Each cupcake recipe is different. It is important to follow the recipe as directed. all of our cupcake recipes have been tested multiple times to make sure they are perfect.
Bring ingredients to room temperature. Cupcakes will bake best when the ingredients are brought to room temperature before mixing the cupcake batter.
Allow cupcakes to cool completely. Before frosting the cupcakes let them cool completely. If you frost cupcakes while they are still warm then the frosting will melt.
Do not over mix. Over mixing the batter will lead to having tough and flat cupcakes. When making cupcakes you have to be careful that you don’t over mix the batter when you are folding in the flour mixture. If you over-mix your angel food cake batter your cupcakes will turn out flat. You want to mix everything just until mixed, over mixing will cause you to have rough and tough cupcakes. We all know that the best cupcake are light and fluffy.
Fill the cupcake liners appropriately. You do not want to over fill the cupcake liners. Follow the directions for the specific cupcake recipe, if the recipe doesn’t tell you how full stick to the 2/3 full rule. Which is roughly 3 tablespoons of cupcake batter per cupcake liner.
Use the best kitchen tool for filling liners. If you are working with a thick cupcake batter then you want to use a spoon or a cookie scoop to fill the cupcake liners. If it is a thin cupcake batter then use a bowl with a spout or a glass measuring cup to pour in the batter.
Use quality cupcake liners. While you might not think it matters a cupcake liner but having a quality cupcake liner will make it so your cupcakes don’t stick to the wrapper and peel off nicely so you can see the perfect cupcake in it.
Bake one tray at a time. Using the center of the oven rack and bake one tray of cupcakes at a time. This will give you the best cupcake results.
Allow cupcakes to cool completely before frosting. If you frost cupcakes while they are still warm then the frosting will melt.
How to tell when cupcakes are done baking
I like to use the toothpick test when I am making cupcakes with the kids because it is easier for them to see and learn. But if you have been making cupcakes for a while you may not want to use that method.
If you are wanting an even easier method, the cupcake bounce done method as we call it is even easier. Pull the tray of cupcakes out from the oven and lightly press on a cupcake in the middle of the baking pan. If if bounces right back and no finger print is left behind then your cupcakes are done. If there is a finger print you need to bake them for a few more minutes.
How to Store Cupcakes
It is best to store cupcakes in an airtight container on the counter. Cupcakes are best to be enjoyed with in 48 hours of making them. They won’t be bad to eat after 40 hours but they will start to dry out and not be as fresh.
Bunny Ears Cupcakes Ingredients
- 24 Cupcakes
- 1 batch buttercream Frosting
- 24 large Marshmallows
- 1/2 cup Pastel colored Sugar
- 1 cup Colored Coconut
How to Make Bunny Ears Cupcakes
While the cupcakes are cooling make your bunny ears.
Using kitchen shears, cut the marshmallows in half at a angle. Dip the sticky side of the marshmallow into the sanding sugar. You need 2 ears per cupcake, so one marshmallow per cupcake.
How to Make Bunny Ear Cupcakes
Once your frosting is made, your cupcakes are cooled and your bunny ears are done place your buttercream in a piping bag with a large tip.
Pour the sweetened coconut into a bowl.
Pipe the buttercream on the top of the cupcakes. If you are unsure on how to do this, check out how to make a cupcake swirl. It is super easy! You only want to have a small cupcake swirl for these cupcakes.
Next dip the cupcakes into the coconut making sure to keep a round shape.
Once all of your cupcakes are frosted and have the coconut on the top of them it is time to put your bunny ears on.
Place a small dot of buttercream to the bottom of the marshmallow and stick two ears on a cupcake.
Easy Easter Recipes
- Chocolate Covered Peeps
- Peeps Smore Bars
- Easter Bunny Cupcakes
- Peep S’mores
- Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Eggs
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs
- Bunny Cake
Bunny Ears Cupcakes
Ingredients
Bunny Ears Cupcakes Ingredients
- 24 Cupcakes
- 1 batch buttercream Frosting
- 24 large Marshmallows
- 1/2 cup Pastel colored Sugar
- 1 cup Sweetened Coconut
Vanilla Cupcakes Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 1/4 cups cake flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting Ingredients
- 1.5 cups Butter
- 1.5 cups Shortening
- 3 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 3 pounds Confectioners sugar
- 2 1/4 tablespoons hot water
Instructions
How to Make Bunny Ears Cupcakes
How to Make Vanilla Cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line your cupcake pans with your choose of cupcake wrappers.
- Place your self-rising flour, cake flour, and sugar in the bowl of your mixer. Mix them together for a minute or two until they are well combined.
- Cut your butter into tablespoon pieces. Slowly add your butter into the flour mixture one piece at a time continue mixing until you have reached the texture of sand.
- Pour half of your milk into the flour mixture and mix just until the milk is incorporated. Use your rubber spatula to scrape down the sides of your bowl. Add your remaining milk and the vanilla to your batter and mix until combined.
- Slowly add in one egg at a time to the cake batter, making sure each egg is incorporated before adding the next egg.
- Scoop the batter into the prepared cupcake pan, filling them 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake for 10 minutes then rotate the cake pans so the pan that was on the top rack is now on the bottom and the pan that was on the bottom is now on the top rack. Continue to bake for another 10-13 minute until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cupcake.
- Transfer the cupcakes to a cooling rack until they have reached room temperature.
- While the cupcakes are cooling make your frosting.
How to Make Easy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- Bring the butter to room temperature. Do NOT put it in the microwave to soften, put it on the kitchen counter and soften.
- Add the butter and the shortening to the bowl of the stand mixer bowl. Using the paddle handle on the mixer to combine the two on medium speed.
- Once butter and shortening are combined slowly add in the confectioners sugar and mix it little bit little until the sugar is incorporated into the butter/shortening mixture then add in the Vanilla Extract and let the mixer whip the frosting for 10 minutes to bring it to fluffy frosting.
- If the frosting is thick add a little water a little bit at a time until you get to the consistency you are wanting.
- Set the frosting aside until the cupcakes are done cooling.
How to Make bunny ears with Marshmallows
- While the cupcakes are cooling make your bunny ears.
- Using kitchen shears, cut the marshmallows in half at a angle. Dip the sticky side of the marshmallow into the sanding sugar. You need 2 ears per cupcake, so one marshmallow per cupcake.
How to Assemble Bunny Cupcakes
- Once your frosting is made, your cupcakes are cooled and your bunny ears are done place your buttercream in a piping bag with a large tip.
- Pour the sweetened coconut into a bowl.
- Pipe the buttercream on the top of the cupcakes. If you are unsure on how to do this, check out how to make a cupcake swirl. It is super easy! You only want to have a small cupcake swirl for these cupcakes.
- Next dip the cupcakes into the coconut making sure to keep a round shape.
- Once all of your cupcakes are frosted and have the coconut on the top of them it is time to put your bunny ears on.
- Place a small dot of buttercream to the bottom of the marshmallow and stick two ears on a cupcake.
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