Egg Hunt Cupcakes
Prep Time:
40 Minutes
Total Time: 1 Hour
40 Minutes
Servings: 24 cupcakes
Kids will love helping to make and decorate these Easter Egg Hunt Cupcakes with only a few containing a golden chocolate egg inside! Who’s lucky enough to pick one with the hidden treat?
All You Need Is ...
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Vanilla Cake Mix
- 3 extra large eggs
- 80g butter, melted or 1/3 cup (80ml) vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup (150ml) milk or water
- For the filling and decoration
- 4 mini chocolate eggs, sprayed with edible gold spray or lustre
- 380g Betty Crocker™ Creamy Deluxe™ Vanilla Flavoured Frosting
- Pink, yellow, blue and green food colouring paste or gel
- 72 micro sugar-coated chocolate eggs (approximately 80g)
Betty's Easy Steps
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan forced). Line 2 x 12 hole muffin pans with 24 paper cupcake cases.
- Make up the cake mix as directed on the box with the eggs, butter or oil and milk or water. Divide the mixture evenly between the cupcake cases.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes or until risen and just firm to the touch. Leave in the pans for 5 minutes, then transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack and leave to cool completely (about 30 minutes).
- Using a teaspoon or the tip of a knife, scoop out the centre of 4 of the cupcakes, reserving each scooped out piece. Place a gold chocolate egg inside each hollow. Slice some of the cake off the bottom of the reserved pieces, then place on top of the filling, pressing down gently to give a level surface to each cupcake.
- Mix the sachet of frosting from the cake mix box with the 380g of frosting. Divide the frosting evenly between 4 bowls (125g in each bowl) and using the food colouring pastes or gels, colour each bowl of frosting pale pink, yellow, blue or green.
- Spoon 1 colour of frosting into a disposable piping bag fitted with a medium fluted nozzle or tip. Pipe swirls on top of 6 cupcakes. Repeat with the 3 remaining coloured frostings, removing the nozzle from the bag each time, washing it and placing in a new disposable bag. Decorate each cupcake with 3 micro sugar-coated eggs.
Betty's Tips
- For a quicker way to decorate the cupcakes, simply swirl a dollop of the pastel coloured frostings onto each cupcake using a small palette knife. Instead of the micro eggs, you can just top each frosted cupcake with a single mini chocolate egg, if preferred.
