Easter Chick Cupcakes
Maybe the cutest easter cupcakes ever and it doesn't hurt that they're delicious!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour (215g)
- 1 cup sugar (200g)
- 1/4 tsp baking soda (1g)
- 1 tsp baking powder (4g)
- 3/4 cup salted butter (170g)
- 3 egg whites
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract (15mL)
- 1/2 cup sour cream (120ml)
- 1/2 cup milk (120ml)
- 6 cups confectioner’s sugar (66og)
- 1 cup softened butter (225g)
- 1/4 cup heavy cream (60mL)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (5mL)
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (175g)
- 2 cups fondant
- 8 drops yellow food coloring
- 2 drops orange food coloring
- 1 tsp dark sprinkles
Instructions
- 1
To Make the Cupakes
- 2
Whisk the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Set aside.
- 3
Cream the butter and sugar.
- 4
Mix in all of the wet ingredients.
- 5
Using a stand mixer slowly add in the dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix until combined.
- 6
Pour into papered cupcake pan and bake at 350F for about 15-20 minutes.
- 7
For the Buttercream
- 8
In a small bowl melt the cream and chocolate then set aside to cool.
- 9
Cream the butter until light and fluffy
- 10
Add the confectioners' sugar in while mixing and an then add the cream in. Mix until smooth.
- 11
Separate about a 1/4 of the buttercream into a bowl and beat with the room temperature melted chocolate. Add to a piping bag fitted with a 133 tip.
- 12
Color the remaining mixture with green food coloring and add to a piping bag fitted with a 133 tip.
- 13
For the Chicks
- 14
Add orange food coloring to about 2 tbsp of the fondant and fold until mixed in. Roll out to an 1/8 inch thickness and cut into small diamonds. lightly impress a line across the short end of the diamond and fold to a right angle.
- 15
Add yellow food coloring to about 1 3/4 cups of the fondant and fold until mixed in. Take about a teaspoon of the yellow fondant and roll into a sphere.
- 16
Add two dark sprinkles to the head for the eyes then add the beak. You can brush a small amount of water onto any area that is not sticking.
- 17
Pipe the grass using the green buttercream and a 133 tip. Pipe a nest on top using the chocolate buttercream and a 133 tip. Place two to three chicks in each nest and enjoy!