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Easter Egg Hunt Cupcakes Recipe

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Easter Egg Hunt Cupcakes are colorful and fun. These homemade cupcakes are perfect for many occasions, including dinners, parties and school or club events.

Easter Egg Hunt Cupcakes Recipe - Fromn Val's Kitchen

Cupcakes are such a favorite. For everyone. These Easter egg hunt cupcakes are colorful and fun. They’re perfect for all sorts of occasions, including the family Easter dinner, children’s parties, school events and club gatherings. Here’s how you make them.

Easter Egg Hunt Cupcakes

Ingredients

Vanilla Cupcake Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 3/4 cup cake flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 2 eggs, room temperature
  • 1/3 C sour cream
  • 1 tbsp vanilla
  • 2/3 cup whole milk, room temp

Grass Green Frosting Ingredients

  • 1 cup soft unsalted butter
  • 4 + cups powder sugar
  • 4 tbsp heavy whipping cream
  • Grass Green gel food coloring
  • 1 bag of small Easter malted eggs
  • Wilton Icing Decorations small flowers

Easter Egg Hunt Cupcakes Recipe

Instructions

Vanilla Cupcake Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pan with paper liners.

Put sugar, cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl.

Beat with an electric mixer for about 1 1/2 minutes. Mix well.

Scoop in the butter mixing on medium to low speed for about 2 minutes.

The batter will have an appearance of small crumble pieces.

Whisk the eggs, sour cream and vanilla together until the texture is smooth.

Pour the liquid mixture in with the dry ingredients beating until combined on medium.

Reduce speed to low while gradually adding milk to the above mixture. (Batter may be thin and watery.)

Spoon the batter into the lined cupcake tins until 2/3 rds filled.

Bake on 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Take out of oven allowing the cupcakes to remain in the cupcake pan to cool for several minutes.

Transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack until totally cool.

Easter Egg Hunt Cupcakes Recipe

Grass Green Frosting Instructions

Cream the butter and powder sugar until it looks light and creamy.

If it doesn’t cream add several drops of the heavy whipping cream until it creams.

Test to see if the frosting can form and hold a stiff peak by taking a spoonful of frosting and turning the spoon upside down. If the frosting stays on the spoon it is ready if not then….

Add more powder sugar 1/2 C at a time…. mix well.

Add several drops of the grass green gel food coloring. Mix well to incorporate the color thorough out the frosting.

If ready scoop the frosting into a pastry bag with a large star tip.

Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the star tip.

Start by frosting on the outside edge of the cupcake working to the center of the cupcake.

Place the malted Easter eggs, in a set of three together in the center of the cupcake.

Position several candy flowers on the frosted cupcake.

Easter Egg Hunt Cupcakes Recipe - From Val's Kitchen

Holly @ Woman Tribune

Friday 25th of March 2016

What adorable cupcakes, and an extra special little way to celebrate Easter in a delicious way. You did a really great job with these.

brianna george

Wednesday 23rd of March 2016

Adorable cupcakes. I have no where to take these this year, but I am keeping this for next year. :)

CourtneyLynne

Tuesday 22nd of March 2016

Omg how cute are these cupcakes?!! Totally something my daughter would love! And the perfect Easter dessert!

Chelley @ A is For Adelaide

Monday 21st of March 2016

I love these! What a cute "prize" for a great Easter egg hunt!

Crystal

Monday 21st of March 2016

Those are just darling! I know the kids would be able to keep up their energy for the three egg hunts planned on Easter with a super cute cupcake.