Easter Chick Cupcakes

These easy Easter chick cupcakes are so fun to make and totally delicious! The cupcakes themselves are moist vanilla with a hit of lemon and they’re so good you might add them to your dessert rotation!

Ingredients:

For the Cupcakes:

1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour 215g
1 cup sugar 200g
1/4 tsp baking soda 1g
1 tsp baking powder 4g
3/4 cup salted butter 170g
3 egg whites
1 tbsp vanilla extract 15mL
1/2 cup sour cream 120ml
1/2 cup milk 120ml

For the Buttercream:

6 cups confectioner’s sugar 66og
1 cup softened butter 225g
1/4 cup heavy cream 60mL
1 tsp vanilla extract 5mL
1 pinch salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 175g

For the Chicks:

2 cups fondant
8 drops yellow food coloring
2 drops orange food coloring
1 tsp dark sprinkles

Instruction:

To Make the Cupcakes:

Whisk the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Set aside.
Cream the butter and sugar.
Mix in all of the wet ingredients.
Using a stand mixer slowly add in the dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix until combined.
Pour into papered cupcake pan and bake at 350F for about 15-20 minutes.

For the Buttercream:

In a small bowl melt the cream and chocolate then set aside to cool.
Cream the butter until light and fluffy
Add the confectioners’ sugar in while mixing and an then add the cream in. Mix until smooth.
Separate about a 1/4 of the buttercream into a bowl and beat with the room temperature melted chocolate. Add to a piping bag fitted with a 133 tip.
Color the remaining mixture with green food coloring and add to a piping bag.

For the Chicks:

Add orange food coloring to about 2 tbsp of the fondant and fold until mixed in. Roll out to an 1/8 inch thickness and cut into small diamonds. lightly impress a line across the short end of the diamond and fold to a right angle.
Add yellow food coloring to about 1 3/4 cups of the fondant and fold until mixed in. Take about a teaspoon of the yellow fondant and roll into a sphere.
Add two dark sprinkles to the head for the eyes then add the beak. You can brush a small amount of water onto any area that is not sticking.
Pipe the grass using the green buttercream. Pipe a nest on top using the chocolate buttercream. Place two to three chicks in Easter cupcakes and enjoy!