Jumbo Easter Egg Cupcakes

4.50 from 2 votes

Vanilla cupcake filled with a marshmallow Easter egg baked inside, topped with chocolate frosting and finished off with broken pieces of chocolate Easter bunnies and Easter eggs.

Prep Time45

Cook Time25

Total Time1 10

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings: Cupcakes

Calories: 801kcal

Author: Emma Burton

Ingredients

Vanilla Cupcakes;

½ Cup Butter, Softened (110g)
½ Cup Caster Sugar (100g)
2 Large Eggs
1 and ½ Cups All Purpose Flour (185g)
1 and ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Baking soda
¼ teaspoon Salt
¾ Cup Milk
2 teaspoon - 1 Tbsp. Vanilla Extract, Depends on your personal tastes
3 Marshmallow Easter Eggs, Chopped in half

Chocolate Frosting;

½ Cup Butter, Softened (110g)
3 Cups Icing Sugar (375g)
¼ Cup Cocoa Powder (24g)
¼ Cup Milk
12-18 Mini Easter Eggs, for decorating
1 Easter Bunny, for decorating

Metric - US Conventional

Instructions

First make the vanilla cupcakes.
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) and line a large 6x muffin tray with cupcake cases.
Beat the butter and caster sugar together.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating in between each addition.
In a separate bowl mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together.
Beginning and ending with the flour mixture, alternate adding the flour and milk to the butter mixture.
Once it is all combined add the vanilla extract and ensure it is mixed through.
Spoon in the mixture into the prepared cupcake cases and bake in the oven for around 20-25 minutes until the cupcakes spring back to the touch.
While the cupcakes are still hot, scoop out the center of each with a spoon and place a half of a marshmallow egg in each to let the residual heat melt them slightly.
Allow the cupcakes come to room temperature while you make the chocolate frosting.
Beat the softened butter until creamy.
Add cocoa and milk and beat.
Slowly add the icing sugar as the beaters are going.
If the mixture is too stiff add a bit more milk until it is piping consistency.
Pipe the chocolate frosting onto each cupcake and decorate however you please.
I chose to decorate with mini Easter eggs and broken pieces of a hollow Easter bunny to create a birds nest design but it is entirely up to you how you want to decorate them.

Notes

If you want volcano cupcakes, place the marshmallow eggs in the middle of each cupcake before baking.

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