Easter Bunny Cupcakes

As you can probably tell from the title, this is another post which was intended for many months ago! Although we may be closer the Halloween than Easter now, these cupcakes are still pretty cute; the method of decoration can be adapted slightly for many different themes. For example recently instead of bunny bottoms I made some which had the same shape, but looked like moles digging their way out of a hole.
The actual cupcake can be anything you want- mine were just basic vanilla- but it's the decoration which makes these exciting. I chose green buttercream for the base to look like grass, and piped it in smaller swirls instead of one large one to hopefully add to the 'grassiness'. Then I used white fondant to shape one large ball, one smaller one and two smaller rectangles. I flattened one side of the big ball so that it would sit on the buttercream easier, then stuck the smaller piece on top using a small amount of icing and water. The feet are definitely the trickiest bit; I used a little bit of food colouring to make some pink icing, then picked off tiny pieces and rolled them into balls before pressing them down into the rectangular white feet- one larger and three small ones per foot. This can be a faff but I promise it makes the cupcakes much more realistic and effective.

This design is simple and cute, but be aware that it does use more fondant than you might expect! Also they are more for decoration than eating really, unless you enjoy eating a big chunk of fondant- I don't, but I definitely know people who would!

I have since made these cupcakes again as part of an assortment for a friend's Alice in Wonderland themed murder mystery party (yes you read that right)- they went down well!