Bake these simple Bunny Honey Cupcakes sweetened with natural honey and let your children help decorate the cupcakes! It’s an easy bake recipe and you’ll be able to please a crowd in under an hour. Create the whimsical faces from coconut and soft marshmallow sweets and enjoy eating the leftovers. The honey cupcakes would be perfect for Easter or for a children’s birthday celebration.

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easy Easter bunny cupcakes
Yield: 12

Bunny Honey Cupcakes

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes

Bake these simple Bunny Honey Cupcakes sweetened with natural honey and let your children help decorate the cupcakes! It’s an easy bake recipe and you’ll be able to please a crowd in under an hour. Create the whimsical faces from coconut and soft marshmallow sweets and enjoy eating the leftovers. The honey cupcakes would be perfect for Easter or for a children’s birthday celebration.

Ingredients

  • 1¼ cups self-raising flour
  • ½ cup caster sugar
  • 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup honey warmed
  • 2 eggs
  • 2/3 cup canola or vegetable oil
  • 1½ cups finely grated carrot
  • FROSTING
  • 250g cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 cup icing sugar mixture, sifted
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • DECORATION
  • Shredded coconut, for fur
  • Marshmallows, cut into slices with scissors, for ears and cheeks
  • Jellybeans, trimmed, for nose and teeth
  • Liquorice pieces, for eyes

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 celsius. Line 12 – hole regular muffin pan with paper cases.
  2. Place flour, sugar and cinnamon in a large bowl and stir to combine.
  3. Place honey, eggs and oil in a medium bowl and whisk until combined. Add to dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in carrot. Fill paper cases about ¾ full with mixture. Bake 20 minutes or until firm. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  4. Place all frosting ingredients into a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Spread over cupcakes and decorate with coconut and sweets to form bunny faces.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

12

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 413Total Fat: 23gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 52mgSodium: 270mgCarbohydrates: 50gFiber: 2gSugar: 37gProtein: 4g
© Kerry Heaney
Cuisine: Baking / Category: Easter
easy easter bunny cupcake
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