Easter Cupcakes Every Bunny Will Love

By Alexandra Lim-Chua Wee
Looking for the perfect sweet finish to your Sunday brunch or epic egg hunt? Here are 18 of our favorite Easter cupcake recipes.
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Coconut Chick Cupcakes

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To make these mini chicks, turn vanilla-bean cupcakes upside down to frost, then have little hands help decorate the birdie beaks. They're (almost) too cute to eat!

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Piped-Rose Cupcakes

Basic yellow butter cupcakes receive an elegant upgrade with these piped icing roses.

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Nesting Baby-Bluebird Cupcakes

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Delicious and delightful, these nesting baby-bluebird cupcakes come together with a little coconut, tinted buttercream, and a lot of love. 

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Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

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Add Easter flair to a favorite cupcake (we used carrot cake) by topping them with a fondant molded rabbit, made using a springerle mold. (Every bunny will want one!)

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Pink Meringue Cupcakes with Raspberry Curd

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Light as a cloud, these fruity mini meringues are filled with raspberry curd, fresh berries, and creme fraiche. 

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Flower Cupcakes

Tosca Radigonda
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Candy centers make these flower cupcakes extra kid-friendly. To create an equally darling display, cut green crepe paper leaves to add to any cake stand.

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Hazelnut Carrot-Oat Cupcakes with Cream-Cheese Frosting

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Put a hazel-nutty twist on everyone’s favorite carrot cupcakes with these sweet and simple crowd-pleasers. 

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Coconut Nest Cupcakes

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Buttermilk cupcakes get a charming upgrade with these toasted coconut nests and pastel candies -- an Easter dessert essential.

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Triple-Tier Flower Cakes

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Make these tiny tiered cupcakes--stacked with Swiss meringue buttercream--the star of your dessert table (they’re perfect for sharing!) 

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Spiced Cupcakes with Citrus Glaze

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Orange juice gives these lightly spiced cupcakes a colorful touch (and tangy kick!) 

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Chrysanthemum Cupcakes

No gardening, just some buttercream tinting and creative piping is needed for these buttercake blooms. 

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Hummingbird Cupcakes

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Hummingbird cake is a sweet Southern favorite mixing pineapple, bananas, pecans, and cinnamon, with a cream-cheese frosting. Add that little something extra to yours with our easy-to-make pineapple flower.

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Spring Cupcakes

Wendell T Weber
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Transform simple cupcakes into adorable flowers with the help of colored sprinkles and assorted jellied-citrus slices.

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Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

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Take a (short!) break from of all the Easter chocolates with these refreshingly zesty cupcake classics. 

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Orange-Poppy Seed Cupcakes with Buttercream Poppies

Ditte Isager
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Hints of orange in the batter and finishing glaze give these cakes the perfect citrus punch. Add buttercream poppies with a sprinkle of poppy seeds for a floral finale.

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Banana Cupcakes with Honey-Cinnamon Frosting

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These beloved banana cupcakes get extra special treatment with a honey-cinnamon frosting, making them the ideal Easter treat. 

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Edible-Flowers Cupcakes

Con Poulos
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We don't believe there's such a thing as too many flowers! Scattering fresh edible petals can perk up any dessert. Our picks for the best edible flowers? Nasturtiums, pansies, hibiscus, snapdragons, and violets.

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