Easter Cupcakes

These Easy Vanilla Easter Cupcakes are fluffy and super fun to make!  They have a simple vanilla cake base and are topped with a buttercream frosting, toasted coconut and pretty pastel coloured chocolate candy.  Even the Easter bunny would approve!

Ingredients
Easter Cupcakes

• 1.5 cup all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter -softened at room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs -I used large
• 1.5 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup milk -I used 2%
• baking spray -to grease cupcake liners

Buttercream Frosting

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter -softened at room temperature
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp milk -I used 2%
• yellow gel food colouring -optional, to desired colour

Garnish

• 1/3 cup unsweetened shredded coconut -toasted. See note below.
• leftover Easter candy -mini eggs or similar, about 3 per cupcake so 36 in total

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F. In a bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Stir to combine and lay to one side.
2. In a stand mixer, blend sugar with butter until smooth, about 2 minutes.  Add eggs, one at a time.  Then add vanilla and mix to combine.  
3. To butter mixture add about half the flour mixture and half the milk and blend.  Repeat with remaining flour and milk until blending, about 1-2 minutes
4. .................................

For full instructions please see : girlheartfood.com

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