Name: Bunny cupcakes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: Decorations; tic tacs, liquorice, m&m's, marshmallows; 1 cup caster sugar; 125 gram butter, chopped; 100 gram dark chocolate, chopped; 1/2 cup hot water; 2 tablespoon milk; 3/4 cup plain flour; 2 tablespoon self-raising flour; 2 tablespoon cocoa powder; 1 egg, lightly beaten; Buttercream icing; 125 gram butter, softened; 1 1/2 cup icing-sugar mix; 2 tablespoon milk; 1/4 cup desiccated coconut

Bunny cupcakes

Make these bunny cupcakes as an Easter treat and let the kids help decorate them. These can be made in advance and stored in the freezer.

Prep

20M

Cook

25M

Total

45M

Ingredients

Decorations

tic tacs, liquorice, m&m's, marshmallows

1 cup caster sugar

125 gram butter, chopped

100 gram dark chocolate, chopped

1/2 cup hot water

2 tablespoon milk

3/4 cup plain flour

2 tablespoon self-raising flour

2 tablespoon cocoa powder

1 egg, lightly beaten

Buttercream icing

125 gram butter, softened

1 1/2 cup icing-sugar mix

2 tablespoon milk

1/4 cup desiccated coconut

Method

1.Preheat oven to moderate, 180°C . Line 10 holes of a 12-hole muffin pan with paper patty cases.

2.Combine sugar, butter, chocolate, water and milk in a medium saucepan. Stir over low heat until smooth. Transfer mixture to a medium bowl. Cool for 10 minutes.

3.Sift flours and cocoa together. Fold into chocolate mixture with the egg. Divide mixture among patty cases.

4.Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of a cupcake comes out clean. Cool in pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

5.BUTTERCREAM: Meanwhile, using an electric mixer, beat butter until very pale. Beat in icing sugar and milk in two batches. Spread over cakes. Sprinkle cupcakes with coconut.

6.Add Tic Tacs for teeth, liquorice for mouth, M&M’s for eyes and nose, and marshmallows for ears.