Time to Decorate Easter Cupcakes !

Today’s activity … Cute Chicks and Easter Egg Hunt Cupcakes. These two cupcakes designs my 12-year-old daughter makes are my favorite of all time… in case you are looking for fun treats to make for the kids on Easter. We are getting ready to celebrate Easter with our family tomorrow.

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Cute Chick Cupcakes

Cute Chick Cupcakes

Easter Egg Hunt Cupcakes 

Fun and Easy Easter Cupcake Designs

Cute Chick Cupcakes

Made by Kids for Kids

My 10-year-old daughter recently saw these cute chick cupcakes on Pinterest (http://birdonacake.blogspot.com/2012/03/adorable-easter-chick-cupcakes.html) and she decided to make them to bring to our cousins’ house. I thought I would share the recipe with you to add to the other 2 Easter themed cupcake designs she tried this year. Happy Baking!

Ingredients: yellow cake cupcakes, buttercream frosting (she used Wilton’s recipe: http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Buttercream-Icing and made yellow and orange using food coloring), yellow decorating sugar, mini chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Bake cupcakes according to package.
2. Using yellow buttercream frosting, frost the cupcakes.
3. On a plate, press the frosted cupcake into the yellow decorating sugar to cover completely.
4. Add 2 mini chocolate chips (pointed tip inside the cupcake) for eyes.
5. In a piping bag, add yellow frosting and make the wings (she used Wilton tip # 104). Sprinkle yellow sugar on the wings.
6. In a piping bag, add orange frosting and make the beak and feet (she used Wilton tip # 3).

Tip:  You can improvise if you do not have icing piping bags and tips, another suggestion is cake writing gel or use a sandwich bag as a piping bag (add frosting to bag, hold at an angle like a piping bag and cut off a tiny corner to make a tip.)

Fun and Easy Easter Cupcake Designs

 

Made by Kids for Kids

Here are 2 cute and simple Easter cupcake designs that my 10-year-old daughter and niece recently baked and decorated! A perfect treat for kids at your Easter gathering…

Carrot Cupcakes

This design was copied from http://puzzlerpaige.hubpages.com on Pinterest (thanks for sharing the idea!)

What you will need: cupcake mix, white frosting, & orange and green M &M’s

Instructions: Bake cupcakes according to package. Frost cupcakes once cooled. On each frosted cupcake, place 6 orange M & M’s sideways to create a carrot shape, and then 2 green M & M’s for the carrot’s top.

Egg Hunt Cupcakes

This design was copied from http://fabulousfindsstudeio.blogspot.com on Pinterest (thanks for sharing the idea!)

What you will need: cupcake mix, green buttercream frosting (see recipe below), mini egg candy (we used Cadbury Mini Eggs), icing bags, and a multi-opening decorating tip (ex: #233 Wilton tip)

Instructions: Bake cupcakes according to package. Make buttercream frosting (we used Wilton’s Buttercream recipe and added green food coloring http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Buttercream-Icing ).  Frost cupcakes (when cooled) using an icing bag and a multi-opening decorating tip to make the grass. Top with 3 candy eggs.