Eggscellent Easter Egg/Bunny Cakes

You will need

• 140g caster sugar
• 140g of butter/marg for cake
• 125g of self raising flour
• White chocolate chips (optional)
• 15g of cocoa for cake
• 2 eggs
• 200g of icing sugar
• 40g of butter for icing
• 15g of cocoa for icing
• chocolate strands (optional)
• Mini eggs or smarties eggs
• Malteasters mini rabbits (little disappointed there were only 5 in the packet)

Getting started
 
Preheat oven to 180 and put paper cases into a 12 hole cupcake tray
 
Making the cakes

• Whisk the caster sugar and butter/marg together until smooth
• add one egg and half the flour and whisk
• add the other egg, rest of the flour and the cocoa
• whisk for 2 minutes
• add half your chocolate chips
• Put a tablespoon of the batter into each paper case and then top up if necessary
• TIP! Chocolate chips often sink in light cupcakes, so as well as adding some to the batter, sprinkle a few onto the top of each cake. These may sink to the middle, or stay near the top - either way, it won't look like all of your chocoloate chips have sunk to the bottom!!
• Bake for 25 minutes

 
Icing and decorating

• Wait for the cakes to cool completely
• Add the icing sugar, cocoa and butter to a large bowl
• Starting with a spoon (rather than an electric mixer) to avoid sending a cloud of icing sugar into the sky, slowly mix the butter into the icing
• Once combined, whisk for a couple of minutes
• If the icing is too thick, add some milk - too thin add a little more icing sugar
• (Optional) add the chocolate strands to good the icing a crunch and more nest like appearance!
• Spoon into an icing bag with a star nozzle
• Pipe a circle around the edge of each cake and then another inside this (making a nest shape)
• Decorate with the mini eggs and bunnies.
• Job done!!