Baby Chick Cupcakes

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Not a “Pinterest Mom”? No worries! These cute and easy Baby Chick Cupcakes are the perfect party treat that the rest of us can pull off!

These cute and cheerful Baby Chick Cupcakes are guaranteed to brighten anyone's day! Easy dessert recipe perfect to make with kids.

Easter Chick Cupcakes

Though I make my living as a food and craft blogger, I’ll readily admit that my husband got all the talent when it comes to the kitchen!

I can handle simple recipes, but when it comes to making elaborate Pinterest-worthy party treats, well…my results sometimes look like they belong on an episode of “Nailed It!”

That’s why I love to share easy recipes that anyone can do – kids included!

These bright yellow Easter Chick Cupcakes are super cute and super easy! Delicious from-scratch cupcakes and buttercream frosting, topped with adorable “chick” faces — kids will love to make them! And they are easy enough that kids really can make them!

— Stacey

Related: For another easy Easter recipe for kids, check out our Easter Egg Sugar Cookies!

These cute Easter Egg Cookies are easy for kids to make using a sugar cookie mix shortcut and colorful fondant! Click for photo step-by-step recipes.

Baby Chick Cupcakes Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups cake flour
  • 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk

For the vanilla buttercream and decorations:

  • 2 cups butter
  • 8-10 cups icing sugar
  • 2-4 Tablespoons cream or milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • Yellow gel food coloring
  • 4-5 maraschino cherries or orange candies for beaks
  • 48 mini chocolate chips
  • 1 cup shredded coconut

These cute and cheerful Easter Chick Cupcakes are guaranteed to brighten anyone's day! Easy dessert recipe perfect to make with kids.

How to Make Easy Baby Chick Cupcakes

Keep reading for photo step-by-step directions to make our easy Easter chick cupcakes. A free printable copy of this recipe with full ingredients and instructions is available at the bottom of the post.

First you’ll want to prepare your cupcakes. We’ve provided a from-scratch recipe in the recipe card below, but you’re welcome to use store-bought, box mix, or your own favorite cupcakes recipe.

Here are some of our favorite cupcake recipes:

Allow cupcakes to cool completely before frosting and decorating.

For the buttercream frosting:

We’ve also provided a from-scratch buttercream recipe in the recipe card at the end of the post. If you’re short on time, you’re welcome to use pre-made frosting.

However, we find that homemade buttercream is firmer and holds up better during decorating.

To decorate your chick cupcakes:

Start by generously covering all of your cooled cupcakes with yellow buttercream frosting.

Next, fill a small bowl with shredded coconut. Add a few drops of yellow food coloring to your coconut flakes and stir to color them yellow. These will be the “feathers” on your chick cupcakes.

After frosting your cupcakes, roll them gently in the dyed coconut:

These cute and cheerful Easter Chick Cupcakes are guaranteed to brighten anyone's day! Easy dessert recipe perfect to make with kids.

Add candy eyes and a candy nose to form your faces. We used chocolate chips and candied cherries, but you can use whatever you have available.

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These cute and cheerful Baby Chick Cupcakes are guaranteed to brighten anyone's day! Easy dessert recipe perfect to make with kids.

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Yield: 24 cupcakes

Baby Chick Cupcakes

These cute and cheerful Easter Chick Cupcakes are guaranteed to brighten anyone's day! Easy dessert recipe perfect to make with kids.

These cute and cheerful Easter Chick Cupcakes are guaranteed to brighten anyone's day! Easy dessert recipe perfect to make with kids.

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

Cupcake ingredients:

  • 1 1/4 cups cake flour
  • 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk

For the vanilla buttercream and decorations:

  • 2 cups butter
  • 8-10 cups icing sugar
  • 2-4 Tablespoons cream or milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • Yellow gel food coloring
  • 4-5 maraschino cherries or orange candies for beaks
  • 48 mini chocolate chips
  • 1 cup shredded coconut

Instructions

To Make the Cupcakes:

  1. Preheat oven to 350F and line a cupcake tray with your chosen liners.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  3. Place the two eggs in a separate bowl and beat for 30 seconds before slowly adding in the white sugar.
  4. Once the egg and white sugar mixture is light and fully beaten, beat in the vanilla and oil.
  5. Add half of the dry ingredients, mix completely, then add half of the buttermilk. Repeat.
  6. Fill the muffin liners halfway full and bake 12-15 minutes and cool in the pan before removing to a cooling rack.

For the buttercream frosting:

  1. Combine the butter, sugar, 2 Tablespoons of cream and the vanilla in a large mixing bowl.
  2. Mix for 2 minutes and adjust the consistency with the addition of more sugar or cream.
  3. Dye the buttercream yellow with a small amount of yellow gel coloring.
  4. Place the coconut in a second small bowl and dye to the same color with the yellow dye.

To decorate:

  1. Spoon the buttercream into a piping bag and cut off the tip to be at least 1" wide.
  2. Pipe a big dollop of frosting in the middle of the cupcake, and then smooth it down into a dome shape using an offset spatula dipped in water.
  3. Roll the cupcakes in the dyed coconut to imply feathers.
  4. Add candy eyes and a candy nose - in our case, a small piece of candied cherry.
  5. Repeat for all remaining cupcakes.

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