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Peeps Birds Nest Cupcakes

How cute are these? Just a few simple additions (no need for ninja cake decorating skills) and you can turn plain cupcakes into these adorable Peeps Birds Nest Cupcakes. Perfect for spring and Easter!

Course Dessert
Cuisine American/Canadian
Keyword cupcakes, Easter, Peeps
Prep Time 22 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 52 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 542 kcal

Ingredients

For Cupcakes:

  • 1 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter; softened
  • 3 egg whites room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup whole milk

For Frosting:

  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 2 cups confectioner's sugar
  • 1 cup unsalted butter; room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
  • 12 purple peeps chicks
  • 12 Hershey's milk chocolate candy eggs
  • 3 packages edible grass green

Instructions

For Cupcakes:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place cupcake papers in a cupcake pan.
  2. Sift the flour, sugar salt, baking soda and powder into a large bowl, and whisk together.
  3. Separate the eggs. In another bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients until combined. The batter will be lumpy.
  4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix until combined.
  5. Distribute the batter evenly into cupcake papers, filling each paper with about 2/3 the way up.
  6. Bake for about 22 minutes or a toothpick comes out clean.

For Frosting:

  1. Whip the butter and salt for about a minute using a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.
  2. Sift in the confectioner’s sugar in several batches beating on low after each addition. Scrape the bowl down and repeat the process.
  3. Add a tablespoon of the cream while mixing on low then add the vanilla. Beat until you have an even, fluffy consistency.
  4. Pipe white frosting onto the cupcakes. Pull some edible grass from the pack and roll and set on top. Place the peeps chick and an egg on top of the edible grass.