How to Make Lemon Meringue Bunny Cupcakes

Have the "hoppiest" day ever with one of these delicious lemon meringue bunny butt cupcakes!

Ingredients

Cupcakes

• White box cake mix
• 3 tbsp. Amoretti® Lemon Meringue Artisan 

Buttercream

• 1 lb. powdered sugar
• 2 sticks unsalted butter (room temp)
• 3 tbsp. heavy cream
• 1/2 tsp Amoretti® Vanilla Madagascar Bourbon Water Soluble 2X
• Pinch of salt
• Amoretti® Natural Green Food Color Water Soluble
• 2 piping bags
• 1 grass piping tip OR small star tip
• 1 large round piping tip

Assembly

• Coconut flakes
• Amoretti® French Almond Dragées
• Mini Marshmallows
• Pink sprinkles
• Pink chocolate melts

Directions

Cupcakes

1. Prepare box cake mix according to directions on box and then mix in Artisan.
2. Fill mix into cupcake pan and bake according to directions on box.
3. Let cool before frosting.

Buttercream

1. Place butter in bowl of stand mixer and beat until smooth.
2. On slow setting add half of the powdered sugar and mix until well incorporated.
3. Add vanilla Extract and salt, mix until combined.
4. Add the remaining powdered sugar.
5. Increase speed and slowly add in heavy cream until your desired consistency is achieved.
6. Remove 1/4 of the icing and place into a separate bowl.
7. Color the 1/4 bowl of icing with green food color until desired color is achieved.
8. Fit piping bags with tips.
9. Fill grass/star tip with green icing.
10. Fill round tip with white icing.

Assembly

1. Once the cupcakes have cooled, using a piping bag, pipe a mound of butter cream in the middle. Creating the behind.
2. Lightly dust with coconut flakes, creating the fur.
3. Pipe the green frosting around the edges to create grass.
4. Grab your mini marshmallow and cut in half horizontally.
5. Take the side you cut, and press into pink sprinkles, creating the tail. Insert into buttercream, creating the tail.
6. Melt some pink chocolate melts and allow to come to room temperature.
7. Fill a piping bag with the melted candy melts and cut a very small opening.
8. Grab the French Dragees and pipe the bunnies pink foot padding and place on cupcake, creating the feet.
9. Enjoy!