Lemon muffins, rabbit muffins or coconut muffins - is there anything better than Easter baking? Easter baking is not only delicious but also especially fun with the bright and cheerful colours of the cookies. That's why Easter baking is a perfect activity for the Easter holidays to do with your children at home, either with your family or your babysitting.
Baking is a stimulating and fun activity for children. It allows them to get involved, try out recipes and help create something creative. Let children help with Easter baking, for example, by mixing ingredients and decorating the Easter cake. This gives children the opportunity to concentrate, as baking can be meditative. Easter baking usually involves bright and cheerful colours, which also inspires creativity in children. And what's wrong with a homemade Easter dessert during the holidays? Muffins are a classic pastry that children love, so try making Easter muffins when you're preparing your Easter snack! Below are 3 simple and colourful recipes for Easter muffins. Of course, you can choose how you want to make the garnish, or just use what you have at home!
3 cute Easter recipes for the whole family
1. lemon muffins
Here's what you need (12 muffins):
For the muffins:
- 2 eggs
- 2 dl sugar
- 3 dl wheat flour
- 150 g butter
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla sugar
- 0.75 dl milk
- 0.25 dl lemon juice
- 1 lemon
- 1 pinch of salt
For the frosting:
- 100 g white chocolate
- 185 g cream cheese
- 3 dl icing sugar
- 150 g room temperature butter
For the garnish:
sprinkles
Here's how you do it:
Start by setting the oven to 200 degrees. Whisk the butter and sugar. Add the eggs, stirring, then the milk and lemon juice. Mix the dry ingredients separately and then sift them into the batter. Add the grated lemon zest and divide the batter into 12 muffin tins. Bake for 11-13 minutes. Melt the white chocolate and mix with the butter. Stir in the cream cheese and icing sugar and mix evenly. When the cupcakes are ready and have cooled, spread the frosting and finish with sprinkles.
2. rabbit muffins
Here's what you need (12 muffins):
For the muffins:
- 2 eggs
- 2 dl sugar
- 3 dl wheat flour
- 100 g butter
- 1 dl milk
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp vanilla sugar
For the garnish:
White, green and pink sugarpaste
Here's how you do it:
Start by setting the oven to 200 degrees. Melt the butter and set it aside. Whisk the eggs and sugar. Mix the dry ingredients separately and stir into the batter. Add the milk and butter to the mixture. Divide the mixture into muffin tins and bake for 15 minutes. Roll out the green sugarpaste and cut out round shapes equal to the surface of the muffins, which should represent grass. Then roll out the white sugarpaste to cut out bunny ears. Do the same with the pink sugarpaste but in a smaller size. Place the pink pieces on top of the white ones to make it look like bunny ears. When the cupcakes are ready and have cooled, first lay the lawn and then press down the bunny ears standing up, so that it looks like the bunny is sticking its ears out of the rabbit hole.
3. coconut muffins
Here's what you need (30 muffins):
For the muffins:
- 2 eggs
- 1.5 dl sugar
- 1 dl wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 dl coconut
For the frosting:
- 50 g cream cheese
- 25 g room temperature butter
- 2 dl icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla sugar
For the garnish:
Coconut chips
Here's how you do it:
Start by setting the oven to 200 degrees. Whisk the butter and sugar. Whisk in one egg at a time. Mix in the flour, baking powder and coconut. Divide the batter into small moulds and bake for 10 minutes. Whisk together the cream cheese, butter, icing sugar and vanilla sugar. When the cupcakes are ready and have cooled down, add the frosting and sprinkle with coconut chips.
Make Easter cakes with your class
Many children bake and sell cupcakes with their class to raise money for the class trip. Besides baking, there are other activities you can do together in class. For example Earn money for your class trip with the Olive Prince is also an option.
