Lemon Bunny Cupcakes

Hop into Easter with these adorable treats! Start with our classic Lemon Cupcakes, full of spring-fresh flavour, and top with your favourite buttercream icing. Finish with adorable marshmallow ears and a nose so cute you could—literally—eat it up. It’s festive, delicious, and so easy!

Prep Time
20 to 25 minutes
Bake Time
20 to 25 minutes
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Decorative Easter-themed lemon cupcakes with buttercream frosting and coconut-dipped marshmallow bunny ears, showcased in pastel cupcake wrappers, perfect for a festive spring dessert.

Redpath® Golden Yellow Sugar & Redpath® Icing Sugar

Redpath® Golden Yellow Sugar

Redpath® Golden Yellow Sugar

Light-coloured and just right for baking, the subtle notes of caramel and moist texture make it ideal for allowing delicate flavours to shine through in your creations.

Redpath® Golden Yellow Sugar

Redpath® Icing Sugar

Redpath® Icing Sugar

Use it to make the smoothest frostings, icings, and glazes you’ve ever seen for the finishing touch on your cakes, cupcakes, and more.

Muffin tin

Paper liners x 15

Scale OR dry measuring cups

Liquid measuring cup

Measuring spoons

Medium bowl x 2

Spoon

Whisk

Stand mixer with paddle attachment OR hand mixer with large bowl

Rubber spatula

Trigger-style scoop OR ladle

Skewer

Piping bag

Plain or round piping tip (large)

Chef’s knife OR paring knife

Servings
15 cupcakes
For the cupcakes:
For bunny decorations:
  • Large marshmallows
  • Shredded coconut
  • Heart-shaped nonpareils or jellybeans or candy-coated chocolate eggs
Instructions
For the cupcakes:

Step 1

Make one batch of the Lemon Cupcake recipe according to instructions.

Step 2

Make one buttercream recipe of your choice.

For bunny decorations:

Step 1

Pipe a mound of buttercream onto the completely cooled cupcakes.

Step 2

With a sharp chef’s knife, slice marshmallows diagonally in half (see Chef’s Tips).

Step 3

Dip the cut ends into the shredded coconut and place the “ears” onto the mound of buttercream.

Step 4

Carefully place a heart-shaped nonpareil, jellybean, or chocolate egg onto the front of the mound for the bunny’s nose.

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A close-up image of a decorated cupcake designed to look like a bunny. The cupcake has two bunny ears made of cut and textured marshmallows positioned in a swirl of cream-colored frosting on top. It's placed in a purple cupcake wrapper and has a small pink heart-shaped sprinkle in the center of the frosting. In the background, there are more cupcakes, a pastry bag, and marshmallows, all on a marble countertop.