Bunny Cupcakes

Bunny Cupcakes

Who believes in the Easter Bunny? Dressed up in a colorful Baked for You Dots baking cup, this bunny looks like he's in a basketful of eggs.


What you need:

Reynolds® Baked for You® Baking Cups (Dots)
1 package (18.25 ounces) strawberry cake mix
1 container (16 oz.) ready-to-spread white frosting
Pink fondant
White fondant
Black food coloring
Small paint brush
Zipper bag or Decorating tip #2
 

Instructions:

PREHEAT oven to 350°F. 

PLACE Reynolds Baking Cups in muffin pans; set aside. 

PREPARE cake mix following package directions for 24 cupcakes.  Spoon batter into baking cups. 

BAKE following package directions (18 to 22 minutes).  Cool.

SPREAD thin layer of frosting on each cupcake; set aside. 

DIVIDE remaining frosting evenly into two bowls.  Leave one bowl white, tint the other bowl black.

ROLL OUT pink fondant for bunny heads.  Cut round shapes the same size as top of cupcake.  Place fondant circles on top of cupcakes.

MAKE AND ASSEMBLE bunny face

  1. Roll pink fondant into one oval shaped ball about 1/8" wide x 1/4" long. 
  2. Use paintbrush to brush one side lightly with water and attach to center of cupcake.  This will be the nose.
  3. Roll white fondant into two thin stips about 1/2" square.  Place these teeth on the head, about 1/4" below nose.
  4. Roll pink fondant into two egg-shaped balls that will form the cheeks.
  5. Use a wooden toothpick or skewer to make the small indentions that give the cheeks dimension. 
  6. Brush back-sides lightly with water and attach at 45 degree angles just below the nose and on top of the upper part of the teeth. 
  7. For ears, roll out pink fondant and cut into slightly rounded, ear-shaped triangles.  Bend their tops slightly forward to give them shape.  Let dry.
  8. Brush water lightly on back of the bottom edge of ears to attach.
  9. Prepare piping bags with white and black frosting.  If using a zipper bag, be sure to snip just a tiny corner off the bag so that the lines are delicate.
  10. Use white frosting to pipe two small circles for eyes and three straight lines on each side of the nose for whiskers. 
  11. Pipe black icing onto centers of eyes and eyebrows.

Reynolds Kitchens Tip: TINT FONDANT

Although you can buy colored fondant, you may also want the option to tint white fondant.  Paste colors work best for this type of material.  Knead color into fondant with hands or using a food processor.  Be sure to wear gloves, because the color can tint your hands.