CAKES RECIPES KIDS PARTIES

Echidna Cupcakes

Summary

Servings 12
Time Needed Prep
Cook
Ingredients 14
Difficulty Medium

Rating (click to rate)

5.0 based on 3 ratings.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Self Raising Flour
  • 2 Eggs
  • 3/4 cup Milk
  • 1 cup Caster Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Butter (room temperature)
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • Chocolate Icing
  • 2 tbsp Cocoa
  • 1.5 cups Icing Sugar
  • 2 tsp Butter softened
  • Decoration
  • 1 cup Green Coconut For Grass ( 1 cup coconut 3 teaspoons green food colouring, place both into a plastic zip bag, close and shake until mixed)
  • 1 packet Chocolate Bullets
  • Brown M&Ms (Handful)

Nutrition Information

Qty per
64g serve
Qty per
100g
Energy 85.155208333333kcalcal 132.3619997149kcalcal
Protein 2.029375gg 3.1543829018652gg
Fat (total) 1.8639583333333gg 2.8972655603108gg
 - saturated 1.1841666666667gg 1.8406233871473gg
Carbohydrate 15.045gg 23.385372717493gg
 - sugars 0.88083333333333gg 1.3691336525086gg
Dietary Fibre 0.58333333333333gg 0.90671102815137gg
Sodium 282.06979166667mgmg 438.43849853576mgmg

Nutritional information does not include the following ingredients: Eggs, Vanilla extract, Cocoa, Icing Sugar, Butter, Green Coconut for grass , Chocolate Bullets, Brown M&Ms (Handful)

Please Note - Nutritional information is provided as a guide only and may not be accurate.

These Echidna Cupcakes will brighten up the table with their cuteness!

Serve these on Australia day and the kids will go NUTS for these cute little echidna cupcake treats.

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

  2. Line a 12 hole muffin tin with muffin cases and set aside.

  3. Cream the butter and caster sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla essence and then the eggs one at a time and beat.

  4. Sift in the flour and add the milk and fold until just combined (don't overbeat).

  5. Spoon the mixture evenly into the 12 patty cases.

  6. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden.  Allow to cool on a wire rack.

  7. Sift icing sugar and cocoa, add butter and mix using electric beaters until light and fluffy.

  8. Chocolate bullets 

  9. Brown M&Ms

  10. Green Coconut for grass ( 1 cup coconut 3 teaspoons green food colouring, place both into a plastic zip bag, close and shake until mixed)

  11. Arrange bullets at the back of your iced cupcake in three rows.

  12. Place eyes on at the front. Put nose on below eyes, using a bullet at the front edge of the cupcake.

  13. Sprinkle coconut 'grass' on plate and place Echidna Cupcakes on top.

They can even help you make them and they’ll love decorating them.

stay at home mum - home logo
About Author

Sahm Community

Stories that have been written by mums, with a raw, honest, heartfelt sometimes tearful emotions put into words. Just so that we as a community know t...Read Morehat as mums you are not alone! Read Less

Ask a Question

Close sidebar