Make Bunny Honey Cupcakes

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.

Bunny Honey cupcakes

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Makes: 12

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

Method

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.

More honey recipes

Try this Walnut Honey Cake recipe for a perfect mid-morning pick-me-up with a cup of tea!