Easter Cupcakes

Name: Easter Cupcakes
Yield: Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: grated zest of 1 lemon; ready-made orange fondant icing; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tsp baking powder; 125 g/4½ oz softened unsalted butter; red jelly beans; edible eyes; 100 g/3½ oz softened unsalted butter; Cheerios; 2 tbsp milk; 125 g/4½ oz caster sugar; 125 g/4½ oz self-raising flour; 2 large eggs; ready-made black fondant icing; mini marshmallows; 175 g/6 oz icing sugar

Preparation info

Makes
12
cupcakes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Real Food Kids Will Love

By Annabel Karmel

Published 2018

About

Round up your little chickens and have an egg-cellent time making these adorable cakes, which are fun for the whole family to decorate.

Ingredients

Cupcakes

125 g/4½ oz softened unsalted butter
2 large eggs
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Cake

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/Gas 3 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with small paper cases.

Put all the cupcake ingredients in a large mixing bowl and whisk with an electric hand-held whisk until light and fluffy (or use a stand mixer). Divide the cake mixture evenly between th