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a group of easter cupcakes with pink strawberry frosting and and jelly beans as garnish

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.
3.34 from 6 votes
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 24
Calories

Ingredients
  

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

Instructions
 

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
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