I love to bake, especially around holidays, and Easter is no exception. I try to make simple and easy designs that my son will love. So when I found him sneaking into the kitchen to try to snag one of these, I knew I was onto something.
I’ll walk you step by step through how I made each of these, and I hope it inspires you to create your own fun Easter cupcakes with your kiddos!
Bird’s Nest Cupcakes
Tools you’ll need: Cupcakes, a frosting bag filled with white frosting with Wilton #1M tip, another frosting bag filled with brown frosting with Wilton #233 tip (grass tip), and candy eggs. I like these Cadbury mini dark chocolate eggs with a hard candy shell.
I used a Funfetti boxed cake mix for these and I always use the Wilton buttercream frosting recipe. It’s delicious and holds its shape really well when decorating with tips.
Step 1: Pipe a swirl of frosting onto the cupcake with the white frosting. This is meant to cover the entire cupcake.
Step 2: Create a circle with the brown frosting, it should look like strands, and if you go around three or four times to build up the frosting, it looks just like a birds nest!
Step 3: Add a few eggs on top and you’re all done!
Bunny Bottom Cupcakes
Tools You’ll Need: Cupcakes, a frosting bag filled with white frosting with Wilton #12 tip (large round), another frosting bag filled with green frosting with Wilton #233 tip (grass tip), another frosting bag filled with pink frosting with Wilton #3 tip (small round), and white candy pearls.
Step 1: Pipe a swirl of frosting onto the cupcake with the green frosting. This is meant to cover the entire cupcake and represent grass.
Step 2: Create a large dot in the center of the cupcake for the bunny’s bottom. Then create the two feet on one side by making a dot and then slowly extending it as you squeeze the bag. Then add another smaller dot on top of the first one for the bunny’s tail.
Step 3: Add pink dots on the bunny’s feet, and top the tail with the small white candy pearls to indicate fur.
Baby Chick Cupcakes
Tools You’ll Need: Cupcakes, a frosting bag filled with yellow frosting with Wilton #12 tip (large round), another frosting bag filled with orange frosting with Wilton #3 tip (small round), and another frosting bag filled with black frosting with Wilton #3 tip (small round).
Step 1: Create a large dot in the center of the cupcake with the yellow frosting. This should cover most of the cupcake.
Step 2: Create a second, smaller dot with the yellow frosting on top of the first one. Pull the tip straight up as you finish to create a point on top.
Step 3: Create tiny black dots for the eyes, an orange dot for the beak, and six orange dots for the chick’s feet.
