We've whipped up the cutest Easter cupcakes, with yellow chicks and white Easter bunnies - and they're not that hard to make at all. They consist of a chocolate muffin topped with frosting and sweets, and the kids can decorate them to their hearts' content. Enjoy!

Directions

Batter

1. Preheat your oven to 175 degrees convection.

2. Warm butter and milk together in a pot, or in a bowl in the microwave. Set aside for later.

3. Whisk egg and sugar fluffy with a hand mixer. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl: Flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, vanilla sugar and salt. Whisk the dry mix into the egg and sugar, add milk and melted butter, and whisk some more. Chop the chocolate into small pieces and fold into the batter.

4. Pour the batter into muffin tins - fill about two thirds of the way to the top. Bake for about 20 minutes - or until no batter sticks when poked with a knitting needle. Let cool before you add the frosting.

5. While the muffins bake, get the frosting and decoration ready.

Frosting and decoration

6. Cut the butter into smaller pieces and whisk it soft. Add cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla sugar, and whisk until even. Add yellow food dye to half of the frosting - add the dye little by little until you're happy with the colour. Pop the frosting in the fridge for 15 minutes.

7. Mix powdered sugar, cocoa powder and a bit of boiling water well to make an icing. Find the white liquorice eggs , cut 'em in half and use chocolate icing to dot on eyes. Halve the marshmallows diagonally, and press the sticky sides into a pile of sprinkles.

8. Pop the frosting in a piping or freezer bag with a star tip, and cut a hole on the end. Pipe frosting on each cupcake - half white, half yellow. Add liquorice eyes to the yellows, use yellow and orange liquorice eggs for the beaks, and red ones for the combs. Give the white cupcakes marshmallow ears, and use chocolate icing to draw on eyes, nose and whiskers.

9. Yay, they're ready for eating now - if you aren't quite, pop them in the fridge until it's time to serve them.

10. Enjoy!

Tip

Tasks for kids in the kitchen: Let your kids help add ingredients to the bowl and whisk the batter. They can also whisk the frosting, and of course help decorate the cakes.