Name: Easter Bunny Cupcakes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 30
Ingredients: Unsalted butter, softened - 1 cup; Unsalted butter, softened - 2 tablespoons; White sugar - 1 ¾ cups; Eggs - 3; Grated lemon zest - 2 teaspoons; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 3 ½ cups; Baking soda - 1 teaspoon; Baking powder - ½ teaspoon; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Sour cream - 1 (16 ounce) container; Unsalted butter, softened - 1 cup; Unsalted butter, softened - 2 tablespoons; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Confectioners' sugar - 5 cups; Milk - 2 tablespoons; Large marshmallows, cut in half lengthwise - 30; Pink sugar sprinkles - 1 cup; Candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®) - 30; Black decorating gel - 1 (1.5 ounce) tube

Ingredients for - Easter Bunny Cupcakes

1. Unsalted butter, softened 1 cup

2. Unsalted butter, softened 2 tablespoons

3. White sugar 1 ¾ cups

4. Eggs 3

5. Grated lemon zest 2 teaspoons

6. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

7. All-purpose flour 3 ½ cups

8. Baking soda 1 teaspoon

9. Baking powder ½ teaspoon

10. Salt ½ teaspoon

11. Sour cream 1 (16 ounce) container

12. Unsalted butter, softened 1 cup

13. Unsalted butter, softened 2 tablespoons

14. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

15. Confectioners' sugar 5 cups

16. Milk 2 tablespoons

17. Large marshmallows, cut in half lengthwise 30

18. Pink sugar sprinkles 1 cup

19. Candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®) 30

20. Black decorating gel 1 (1.5 ounce) tube

How to cook deliciously - Easter Bunny Cupcakes

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 30 individual muffin cups or line cups with paper liners.

2 . Stage

Beat 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter and white sugar in a large bowl with an electric blender until creamy. Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition. Beat in lemon zest and vanilla extract.

3 . Stage

Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream and mix well into a thick batter. Spoon 1/4 cup of batter into each muffin cup.

4 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in the tins for 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool, about 20 minutes.

5 . Stage

Prepare the frosting while cupcakes are cooling. Cream together 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter and vanilla extract with an electric blender. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. Beat in milk and continue beating until frosting is light and fluffy.

6 . Stage

Spread out marshmallow halves on a clean surface, cut-side down. Spread a little bit of frosting in the center of each marshmallow half. Sprinkle with pink decorating sugar to make the bunny ears.

7 . Stage

Spread an even layer of frosting over each cooled cupcake. Place 2 of the prepared marshmallow halves on each cupcake for the ears. Place a chocolate piece in the middle of each cupcake for the nose and draw eyes and whiskers with black decorating gel.