Bunnies in the Grass Cupcakes

Tomorrow is our big annual

 Easter Egg Hunt

and these Bunny Bum cupcakes

are going to be perfect for the lunch.

Bunny Bottom Cupcakes

Just make your favorite cupcake and your favorite 

white frosting.  

Butter Frosting

1/2 C. softened butter

4 C. powdered sugar

1 tsp. almond flavoring

2-3 T. water, milk or cream

(water will give the easiest to use frosting as it

will be a little stiffer, cream will make the softest)

Mix all in a mixing bowl and beat with the

wire whip until smooth and fluffy.  You want

this a little on the stiff side so that you can pipe it

and it will hold its shape.  I choose water when I 

want the frosting to hold its shape better.

Add more or less water as needed depending on

where you live.  We live in the desert west so we often

have to add more liquids to our recipes.

I frosted the tops of the cupcakes and then piped

using Wilton's 233 tip, which looks like grass for

the rabbit fur.  Pipe a little extra for the tail.

For the ears and feet just melt a little white chocolate

(I prefer discs to chips.  I think they melt better and

create a smoother finished product)

and pipe it into oblong shapes for the feet and

long pointed shapes for the ears.  Using a little pink

or red food coloring, color some of the white chocolate

to make the bottoms of their feet and use a toothpick

to make the pads of their feet with the pink.

I made the mistake of doing pink on the 

undersides of the ears, but since they are headed

down into the grass, only the back sides of their

ears should be showing.

Growing up our Easter Bunny always left

 trails of jelly beans and candy 

to help us find the baskets.  Sometimes

the bunny even hopped across our beds - we sure remember

that year.  That tradition continued in our home.

Well, I had better 

hop along

as I have more fun treats to make.

I will be posting this with

Weekend Wrapup

Pink Saturday

Sweets for a Saturday

Seasonal Sunday

Foodie Friday