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Easter Nest Cupcakes!
Easy easter nest cupcakes with a chocolate cupcake, vanilla and chocolate buttercreams and easter chocolates!
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Category:
Cake, easter
Type:
Cupcakes
Keyword:
Easter, Mini Eggs
Prep Time:
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time:
20
minutes
minutes
Cooling & Decorating Time:
2
hours
hours
20
minutes
minutes
Total Time:
2
hours
hours
55
minutes
minutes
Servings:
12
Cupcakes
Author:
Jane's Patisserie
Ingredients
Cupcake Ingredients
200
g
unsalted butter/baking spread
200
g
caster sugar
4
medium
eggs
150
g
self raising flour
50
g
cocoa powder
Buttercream Ingredients
200
g
unsalted butter
(room temp)
400
g
icing sugar
1
tsp
vanilla extract
green food colouring
20
g
cocoa powder
mini eggs
Grams
-
Ounces
Instructions
Cupcakes
Preheat the oven to 180ºc/160ºc fan and grab 12 cupcake/muffin cases
Beat the butter and the sugar together
Add the eggs, flour and cocoa powder and mix
Split between the cases and bake for 20-22 minutes
Leave to cool fully
Buttercream
Add the butter to a bowl and mix to loosen
Add the icing sugar and vanilla and mix
Add half to a different bowl, and colour one green, and add the cocoa to another
Mix together
Use a grass piping nozzle to add grass around the edge of the cupcakes
Use another grass nozzle to pipe the nest in the middle
Add easter chocolates to the middle
Notes
I use t
his green food colouring
I use
these large piping bags
I use
this grass piping tip
This recipe was updated Feb 2024, original recipe in the blog post
I use
these baking cups
These will last for 3-4 days once baked
They will also freeze for 3+ months