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Bunny Cupcakes

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  • Prep 30 min
  • Total 1 hr 45 min
  • Servings 22
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You’re just a hop away from creating these deliciously sweet bunny cupcakes! This recipe is the perfect way to introduce your little ones to a springtime baking project. Not only are these cute-as-button cupcakes fun to make, they’re also a treat to eat. And since they’re made with Betty’s cake mix and fluffy white frosting, you can fuss less with the baking and focus more on the decorating. Marshmallows and pink sugar create the floppiest bunny ears you’ve ever seen and little candy hearts make alarmingly cute bunny noses! Don’t forget the candy eyeballs—they’ll really complete your funny, bunny faces. Hoppy baking!
Updated Jul 24, 2023
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Ingredients

  • 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
  • Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
  • 2 tubs (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
  • 11 large marshmallows
  • Betty Crocker™ Pink Decorating Sugar
  • Betty Crocker™ Dessert Decorations Candy Eyeballs
  • Heart-shaped candy decorations and sprinkles, as desired

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 22 regular-size muffin cups. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • 2
    To make ears, cut each large marshmallow crosswise in 4 pieces with kitchen shears. Press 1 side of cut edges into pink sugar, flattening slightly and pinch ends together to make ear shape.
  • 3
    Using photo as a guide, frost and decorate cupcakes. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    If you have only one pan and a recipe calls for more cupcakes than your pan will make, cover and refrigerate the rest of the batter while baking the first batch. Cool the pan about 15 minutes, then bake the rest of the batter, adding 1 to 2 minutes to the bake time.
  • tip 2
    Get your little bakers in on the fun. Once cupcakes are cooled and frosted, have them decorate the bunny faces to their liking!
  • tip 3
    Love bunny cakes? This Bunny Butt Cake is a classic among Betty fans. It’s Peter Cottontail in all his glory!
  • tip 4
    Substitute Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ White Cake Mix for the yellow cake mix in this recipe. Be sure to follow the directions on the box for the amounts of water, vegetable oil and eggs and number of cupcakes. Bake cupcakes as directed on box.

Nutrition

250 Calories, 12g Total Fat, 1g Protein, 33g Total Carbohydrate, 24g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cupcake (Cake and Frosting Only)
Calories
250
Calories from Fat
110
Total Fat
12g
19%
Saturated Fat
5g
24%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
25mg
8%
Sodium
170mg
7%
Potassium
10mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
33g
11%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
24g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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