Easter is a time for indulging in scrumptious treats and spending high quality time with family members.
These Easter Bunny carrot cupcakes are the right strategy to do each.
So get inventive within the kitchen this Easter, with cupcakes that each bunny of all ages will help with.
Preparation time 45 minutes
Cooking time 30 minutes
Serves 12
1 ½ cups self-raising flour
1 tsp floor cinnamon
1 cup mild brown sugar
2/three cup desiccated coconut
2 cups grated carrot
1 cup contemporary pineapple, chopped into ½ cm items
½ cup canola oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
three massive eggs, evenly crushed
Cream cheese icing
100g low-fat cream cheese, softened
30g unsalted butter, softened
½ teaspoon lemon zest
1 ½ cups icing sugar
Decorations
1 cup shredded coconut
24 lolly bananas
24 purple jelly tots
12 white marshmallows
12 crimson jelly tots
1 roll licorice, minimize into 2cm lengthy whiskers alongside the traces
24 peppermint Tic Tacs
Preheat oven to 180C (160C fan-forced) and line a 12-hole commonplace muffin tray with paper instances.
In a big mixing bowl mix flour, cinnamon, sugar and coconut, stirring till nicely mixed. Add carrot and pineapple, stirring till nicely mixed.
In a medium-sized jug, mix oil, eggs and vanilla collectively, whisking till nicely mixed. Pour over the carrot combination, stirring till nicely mixed. Divide combination evenly into ready pan. Bake within the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Enable muffins to chill within the tin for 10 minutes earlier than transferring to a wire rack to chill fully.
Whereas the cake is cooking, combine the cream cheese and butter along with an electrical mixer, till clean. Then add lemon zest and icing sugar and blend till nicely mixed. Chill within the fridge till the muffins have cooled after which ice with ¾ of the icing.
To brighten the muffins, place coconut in a small bowl and dip every cake, till nicely coated. Utilizing the remaining icing, stick 2 bananas for ears, 2 purple jelly tots for eyes, 1 marshmallow halved for cheeks (minimize aspect up), 1 crimson jelly tot for the nostril, 6 licorice strips for whiskers and a pair of Tic Tacs for the tooth on every cake.
– first revealed in SA Life
