Easter Cupcakes

It's almost Easter, so I thought I would share these cupcakes I made over a year ago for my MIL (Mrs. Bunny)'s birthday party.  They were a huge hit at the party and I am still amazed at how cute they turned out!

I don't remember all the details of what I did since it was so long ago.  It was the first time I ever made sugar cookies and icing from scratch and did the "flooding" technique when icing the cookies.  It was intimidating at first, but really cool and EASY.  I really should start doing it more!

I put two toothpicks in each cookie (pair of ears) before baking them...to help secure them in each cupcake.

Green cupcake wrappers (sitting in grass) and white pom-pom tails for extra detail.

I LOVE how it looks like it has hair!

This was my first attempt (no time for practice), so I'm sure I could have made it look more polished had I had time for practice.  However, I still think they are just adorable!  (Except for the horrible lighting in my kitchen!)

Here is a good tutorial on icing cookies:

http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/2011/07/outlining-and-filling-cookies-with-royal-icing/