Where To Buy Bunny Butt Cake Decorations

These Bunny Butt Cupcakes are the perfect Easter and spring dessert and are easy to make if you lot aren't a seasoned decorator. They use some strategic cutting of marshmallows and tubes of pre-made frosting for the quickest and cutest cupcake!

several bunny butt cupcakes on a white cake stand

With a new flavour just effectually the corner, information technology'south time to start making desserts that are full and fun and color. If you are planning an Easter egg hunt, Easter party, or simply desire to dress up your vacation sugariness treat table, yous have to brand bunny butt cupcakes.

Besides, if you are petty ones effectually, they will definitely want to pitch in to help, which makes for a fun day in the kitchen.

Last year I made some Easter cupcakes that were a little less involved when it comes to the decorating portion, but still turned out actually cute, so exist sure to check those out for another idea.

If y'all are interested in learning more about simple cake decorating techniques, I wrote a whole post that is a great identify to get started as a beginner.

bunny butt cupcakes on a cake stand next to glasses of milk and pink paper straws

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INGREDIENTS

yellow cake mix – your favorite box mix will do the trick
eggs
water
vegetable oil

Bunny Butt Decoration Ingredients:

dark-green decorators icing – or dye your own icing by using green gel food coloring
marshmallows – exist sure to grab the standard size
white frosting
White sanding sugar or sugar crystal sprinkles – yous can also use but white sprinkles
pink decorators icing

ingredients needed to make easter bunny butt cupcakes

HOW TO Brand

PREPARE CUPCAKES: In a medium basin, combine the xanthous cake mix, eggs, water, and oil. Mix using an electric mixer until the ingredients are well combined.

Prep your cupcake pan past placing paper or silicone liners into the muffin cups and pouring in the concoction to each, about ii/3 of the style full.

Bake in the oven according to the instructions on the box, which should exist about 15 minutes at 350 degrees. In one case they are washed, transfer to a wire rack or cookie canvas to allow them to cool completely before decorating.

PIPING THE GRASS: Attach the tip (#233) to the icing tube, or place it in a pastry bag with green frosting. Concord the tip close to the summit of the cupcake, squeezing gently, then quickly pulling upward until the tiptop of the cupcake is covered in "grass" strands.

MAKING THE BUNNY Barrel: Cutting off 1/three of a marshmallow (or leave it whole if yous like that look better). On the terminate that has not been sliced, add together a dollop of white icing, so dip it into a pocket-size bowl with the sugar or sprinkles for a glimmering expect. Place the cut end down onto the frosted grass.

FOR THE BUNNY Anxiety: Cut the marshmallow diagonally to make two triangular pieces. Place each bunny foot on the grass with the cut side down. Pipage the pads onto the feet using a small round piping tip and pinkish frosting or icing.

Echo each of these steps for all of the bunny butt cupcakes.

bunny butt cupcake with piped grass on top out of the cupcake liner on a small white plate with others in the background

STORING AND FREEZING

Y'all can shop these cupcakes at room temperature on the counter for up to a week in an airtight container.

For freezing, I recommend freezing the cooled cupcakes in a unmarried layer then letting them thaw before decorating. Y'all could freeze them after decorating, but depending on your freezer storage situation they may get squished.

close up of bunny butt easter cupcakes on a cake stand in white cupcake liners

TIPS FOR MAKING BUNNY BUM CUPCAKES LIKE A PRO

You lot could swap the yellow block mix for white, or another season if y'all choose. Chocolate cupcakes requite a "dirt" look and the dark-green actually pops! Also, if you are short on time you tin use store bought cupcakes. If they are already iced, just utilise a flat decorating spatula to scrape off the top of each cupcake.
If you lot don't want to employ the icing that comes in a tube, y'all can use buttercream or any other recipe that holds its shape. This strawberry marshmallow frosting would exist perfect, too!
You can also tint your own icing past using gel food coloring.
Is the icing too thin? Add a scrap more confectioners' sugar (powdered saccharide) to thicken it up.
Don't take pipe bags? Use a regular plastic purse and snip the corner to add the piping tip.
Some people like using shredded coconut to comprehend the bunny butt and feet for a furry await.
Store any remaining frosting in the refrigerator if you plan to decor more cake or cupcakes in the future.
Another manner to brand the bunny anxiety is by melting white candy melts or white chocolate chips and pipage information technology into shapes on a parchment paper lined baking sail or a piece of wax paper. Then go dorsum with (melted) pink candy melts to add together the pads to each one. In one case the chocolate has set you can add together to the to the top of each frosted cupcake.

Electrical Mixer

Yellow Cupcake Ingredients:

one parcel yellow block mix
3 large eggs
ane cup h2o
½ loving cup vegetable oil

Bunny Butt Ornamentation Ingredients:

1 tube green decorators icing
48 standard size marshmallows
1 – sixteen oz. tub white frosting
White sanding carbohydrate or sugar crystal sprinkles
1 tube pink decorators icing

Set up cupcakes – In a mixing bowl, combine block mix, eggs, water, and oil.. Vanquish with a hand mixer or the continuing mixer for 2-3 minutes until fluffy and well combined.
Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners and fill each liner ⅔ of the fashion full. Bake according to the cake mix package instructions (approximately 15 minutes at 350°F.)
Allow cupcakes to cool completely.
Use grass piping tip #233 attached to the green tube of icing or a piping bag fitted with the tip to pipe a mound of grass on the top of each cupcake. Hold the tip shut to the cupcake and squeeze icing while pulling quickly outward and releasing pressure to make the grass strands.
Cut about ⅓ off of the finish of one standard marshmallow to make the bunny butt. (You tin likewise just leave it whole.)
On the intact end of the marshmallow, place a dollop of white icing and dip into the sanding carbohydrate to brand a sparkly bunny tail. Press the cut end of the marshmallow into the grass on the cupcake.
Take a second marshmallow and snip on the diagonal to cut off two triangular shaped marshmallow pieces – these will exist the two feet – the cutting side of each piece will be the bottoms of the feet.
Place the feet into the grass upwardly against the bunny barrel.
Use a modest round piping tip fastened to the pink tube of icing to pipage the pads of the anxiety. If the dots of icing come up to little points, just wait for them to set upwards a bit (about v-x minutes) and then gently press the pad of your finger confronting the point to flatten it.
Echo for the remaining cupcakes.