Name: Easter Bird Nest Cupcakes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 18
Ingredients: Self-rising flour - 1 cup; Self-rising flour - 2 tablespoons; Unsalted butter, at room temperature - ½ cup; White sugar - 7 tablespoons; Eggs - 2; Cocoa powder - 2 tablespoons; Unsalted butter, softened - ¾ cup; Cocoa powder - 1 ½ cups; Confectioners' sugar, or more as needed - 5 cups; Milk - ½ cup; Milk, or more as needed - 2 tablespoons; Vanilla extract - 1 drop; Chocolate sprinkles, or as needed - 3 tablespoons; Mini chocolate candy-coated Easter eggs - 58

Ingredients for - Easter Bird Nest Cupcakes

1. Self-rising flour 1 cup

2. Self-rising flour 2 tablespoons

3. Unsalted butter, at room temperature ½ cup

4. White sugar 7 tablespoons

5. Eggs 2

6. Cocoa powder 2 tablespoons

7. Unsalted butter, softened ¾ cup

8. Cocoa powder 1 ½ cups

9. Confectioners' sugar, or more as needed 5 cups

10. Milk ½ cup

11. Milk, or more as needed 2 tablespoons

12. Vanilla extract 1 drop

13. Chocolate sprinkles, or as needed 3 tablespoons

14. Mini chocolate candy-coated Easter eggs 58

How to cook deliciously - Easter Bird Nest Cupcakes

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 18 muffin cups or line with paper liners.

2 . Stage

Combine 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour, 1/2 cup butter, sugar, eggs, and 2 tablespoons cocoa powder in a bowl. Beat with an electric blender until batter is evenly blended.

3 . Stage

Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.

4 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely, about 20 minutes.

5 . Stage

While the cupcakes are cooling, make the buttercream. Beat 3/4 cup butter in a bowl with an electric blender until light and fluffy. Add 1 1/2 cups cocoa powder and confectioners' sugar alternately with 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk. Add vanilla extract. Beat frosting until it has a spreading consistency, adding more confectioners' sugar or milk as needed.

6 . Stage

Transfer chocolate buttercream to a piping bag with a star tip and pipe a round nest onto each cupcake. Sprinkle nest with chocolate sprinkles and place 3 mini chocolate eggs into each nest.