Easter Cupcakes
These Easter Cupcakes with cute bunny Peeps are a delicate lemon cupcakes with Strawberry frosting. They also have a surprise yummy marshmallow filling.
Prep Time 40 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Lemon Cupcake 15.25 oz Lemon cake mix I Used Duncan Hines 1 cup water 3/4 cup oil 3/4 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon lemon zest 2 Tablespoon lemon juice 4 Egg whites Strawberry Fosting 1 1/2 sticks room temp butter 1 oz bag freeze dried strawberries 1 teaspoon strawberry extract 3 cups powdered sugar 2-3 tablespoons milk Marshmallow filling-optional 7 oz jar marshmallow cream 4 Tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar Easter Decorations Bunny Peeps Easter cupcake liners Jelly Beans
Lemon Cupcake Preheat oven to 350 and line cupcake tins with easter cupcake liners
In a large mixing bowl mix the lemon cake mix, water, oil, sour cream , lemon zest and lemon juice. Beat until smooth
In a medium bowl beat 4 egg whites with a wire whisk attachment until stiff peaks form
Gently fold egg whites into the cake mix until it is all incorporated
Fill cupcake liners
Bake for 13-15 minutes
Let cool on a wire rack completly
Strawberry Frosting Place freeze dried strawberries in a food processor or blender and blend it until it a fine powder , set aside
Place room temp butter in a stand up mixer and beat until fluffy
Add the strawberry powder and beat untill incorporated
Beat in strawberry extract
Add a powdered sugar a half a cup at a time and alternate adding milk until desired consistency
Beat until smooth and fluffy
marshmallow filling This step could be skipped but it is a little extra goodness
Beat all the ingredients of the marshmallow filling together
Fill in a piping bag fitted with a big tip or even just the end snipped off
assembling cupcakes I used the wide end of a piping tip to cut out the center of the cupcakes for the filling but you can you a small pairing knife also
Once all the cupcakes have the centers cut out pipe the filling in , it will be thick
Pipe the strawberry frosting ontop of the cupcake giving a pretty good mound for your bunny peep
Break apart the bunny peeps and place a tooth pick in the bottom and place it on the mound of strawberry frosting
place a few jelly beans around the bottom of the peep