Easter Chick Cupcakes

 

Ingredients for Cake:

1 Box Cake Mix
Butter Cream Frosting
Yellow Sugar Sprinkles
Chocolate Chips

 

Easy Butter Cream Frosting Recipe

 Ingredients:

5 tablespoons salted butter
5  tablespoons shortening
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons milk

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Directions:

Beat butter and shortening together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Beat the vanilla extract into the butter mixture. Add sugar, one cup at a time, beating on medium speed until fully incorporated. Add milk, one tablespoon at a time, beating on high until fully incorporated and you have frosting.

Cupcake Directions:

Prepare Cupcakes according to box cake mix instructions

Using Buttercream frosting recipe dye your frosting with yellow food coloring until you reach the desired color.  Save a small amount and dye that a bright orange.

Frost entire cupcake with yellow frosting, and dip into yellow sugar sprinkles.  Add chocolate chips to make the eyes.  You can also add a dab of white frosting to make the eyeball detail.
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Using a rosette-frosting tip make “chick wings” on the sides and then sprinkle a small amount of the yellow sugar sprinkles on top.  Then use a small amount of your orange frosting to make a beak and feet for your chick.
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3 Responses to Easter Chick Cupcakes

  1. Mai T. says:

    So so cute! I should make these together with my kids!

  2. Hina momin says:

    Look amazing so sweet dish i will cook this dish

  3. Linda Yip says:

    Super cute baby would love this

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