Ingredients for the Chick cupcakes for Easter

• 500 g FunCakes Mix for Cupcakes
• 100 g FunCakes Mix for Crème Pâtissière
• 350 g FunCakes Sugar Paste Mellow Yellow
• 200 g FunCakes Sugar Paste Bright White
• 50 g FunCakes Sugar Paste Tiger Orange
• FunCakes Sugar Pearls Medium Black
• FunCakes Edible Glue
• 250 g unsalted (cream)butter
• 250 ml of water
• 5 eggs (approx. 250 g)
• Apricot jam

Other necessities for the Chick cupcakes for Easter

• FunCakes Baking Cups Yellow
• FunCakes Decorating Bags
• Wilton Decorating Tip #1A Round
• Wilton 101 Cookie Cutters Set
• Wilton Recipe Right® 12 Cup Muffin Pan
• Wilton -Perfect Height- Rolling Pin 22.5cm
• Patisse Cookie Cutter Rings

Step 1: The batter for the Chick cupcakes

To start, preheat the oven to 180°C (convection oven 160°C). Process the ingredients for the FunCakes mix for Cupcakes on room temperature, mix 500g of the mix with 5 eggs and 250g unsalted (cream)butter. Mix the entirety for 4 minutes on the lowest speed with an electric mixer. Divide the paper baking cups over the muffin tray and fill the cups about halfway with the batter. Bake the cupcakes in the preheated oven for 18-22 minutes and let them cool off afterwards.

Step 2: Filling the Chick cupcakes

Mix 100g of the crème pâtissière in a bowl with 250ml of water and beat the entirety for about 5 minutes on a medium speed until smooth. Let it stiffen up for about 15 minutes before using it. Put the crème pâtissiere into a decorating bag.

Using something like an apple corer, take out a piece in the middle of the cupcakes. Save this piece for later. Fill the holes you just made with the crème pâtissière and then, put the piece you cut out back into the cupcakes. Spread some warmed apricot jam on top of the cupcakes.

Step 3: Decorating the Chick cupcakes

Knead the yellow sugar paste well, roll it out until its about 2mm thick and use a round cookie cutter to cut out a circle that fits perfectly on top of the cupcakes. Then, stick this on top of the cupcakes.

Then, knead the white sugar paste well, also roll this out to about a thickness of 2mm and use the same cookie cutter to cut out white circles. Cut the circles in half and create notches with a sharp knife. Stick this on top of the cupcakes as well with some edible glue.

Roll out the orange sugar paste super thinly and cut out small hearts for the beak and stick them on top of the cupcakes.

Puncture two small holes in the yellow sugar paste using the back of a brush and place two black pearls into the holes as the eyes. Make small balls using small pieces of yellow sugar paste that you roll into teardrop shapes and then flatten slightly. These will be the wings, make 3 tear drops per wing and stick them on the cupcakes. Create a curl using really thin rolls of yellow sugar paste and also stick this on using edible glue.

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