- [Lachlan] Today on Preppy Kitchen
we're Lachlan and George
we are making
- [Lachlan And George] Easter Bunny Cupcakes!
- My gosh, I've been replaced!
So let's get started!
These are gonna be delicious vanilla cupcakes.
So start putting flour in the bowl.
You can each take turns.
- May I have a turn?
- Yeah, of course you may.
Pop that in there.
So this is 1 2/3 cups of flour, just about.
Now, I also need a 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda.
George, can you add that in?
In you go.
Lucky,
I'm gonna add in 1 teaspoon of baking powder.
I need you to add in 1/2 a teaspoon.
Good job!
So 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
- Papa, what are those cupcakes for?
(John gasps)
- [John] Maybe they're Easter Bunny Cupcakes!
Maybe they're things we made already.
We don't want flour on our hands yet.
Who wants to help me whisk?
- I do!
- All right.
These cupcakes are really fun.
And one thing I love about them is they are stir together,
so there's no mixer needed,
just a little bit of handy work.
So I don't have to worry about any fingers
getting into places they shouldn't be.
Right?
- I moved this bowl.
- Mm you did.
How do you have flour on your face?
- Oh these are ours!
- It's all over.
Okay
- These are ours.
- Now we have some egg whites in here.
This recipe uses egg white instead of the whole egg.
So this is about the color.
Plop.
Pretty technical term here.
Plop.
Good job!
So we have 3 egg whites and 1/2 a cup of sour cream.
- What's in here?
- Stop.
- These are called cupcake papers.
And do you wanna help me pour this in?
Both of you is gonna take a turn,
but hold the top 'cause the bottom got a little hot.
You can help me with the next ingredient.
Do you know what else goes in cupcakes?
- What?
Sugar!
- That's true.
Oh my gosh, I forgot the sugar.
(John laughs)
Wait Lucky, we weren't supposed to mix that up yet.
- I'm just mixing it.
- I know you were just helping.
- I was.
- [John] I'm gonna put that aside.
Wait, wait.
You hold this.
This is the sugar.
1 cup, 200 grams of granulated sugar.
Doing a good job.
Okay, pour that in.
Ooh, good job.
I need 1/2 of a cup of whole milk.
Let's measure that out.
Good job, can you pour that in there?
And George, smell that.
What is that?
- Honey!
- No, what is this?
- Vanilla!
- Okay. Pour that in.
Yes, you may whisk it up.
So whisk carefully.
Mix, mix, mix.
These are really easy vanilla cupcakes.
And the nice thing is that the recipe's basically done.
- No, I must finish.
Okay, so look, this is mixing.
Oh my gosh.
All right, look, does that look nice and smooth?
- [George] May I see it?
- You can smell it.
Yeah, smell.
(George sniffing)
- Mm!
- [John] You wanna smell?
- I do.
(whisk clanking)
- Okay, that looks great.
All three of us together
are gonna pour the wet into the dry.
Get all of that out.
Okay, George, carefully,
we're gonna stir this together now.
So use the spatula
and stir just so you don't see any flour left.
Woo.
(John laughs)
This is all mixed up.
And now can you put the papers in the cups?
Yes.
This is good.
(John laughs)
1, 2, 3, and 4!
Okay, I'm gonna have a turn first
and show you what to do.
One scoop in.
- I know what you're going to do.
- I know, you've done it before.
- You have to put it in here.
- [John] That's true.
So I'm gonna put that in there carefully.
Pour it in, really careful.
See if you can use two hands.
Good job!
Ooh, very nice.
Ooh, you're doing a job.
Oh he's using the trigger, too.
All right, I'm gonna fill some up.
I'll let you guys do a couple.
- But I have sneaky hands.
- You do have sneaky hands.
How did you get cupcake batter on your hands?
What happened?
- He took some of this.
- I put milk in here, right?
Yes.
I don't know what happened,
but we ended up with 10 cupcakes.
Where do these have to go?
- In the oven!
- Into the oven.
We're gonna bake these up for how long?
- 10 minutes.
(buzzing)
- 18 minutes.
Say 18 minutes.
- [Lachlan And George] 18 minutes.
- Okay.
- [Lachlan] Papa can we wait here?
- [John] You can wait here.
- [Lachlan And George] We'll be back in a minute.
(John laughs)
- Where is the marshmallows?
- Tell us, tell us, tell us!
Yeah tell us.
- [John] These are gonna be our bunny ears.
So our bunnies are gonna have marshmallow ears.
And do you know what the fur's gonna be made out of?
- What?
- It's in front of you.
Lachlan, can you read the bag?
- Coconut.
- [John] That's right!
It's coconut fur.
- Coconut.
- [John] See, coconut.
Good job reading.
And then I think we need the pink sanding sugar.
Okay.
- George, I got this out of here.
- [John] Okay, take it over to the counter.
What does it smell like?
- Play-Doh.
(John laughs)
- Ah, they're my children.
Okay, we're gonna use a little bit of fondant though.
So I'm gonna give you some
and you can roll it into a ball.
You can roll it into a ball.
(indistinct speech)
No like a nice ball, like this.
Look, on my hands.
Roll it into a ball like that.
- Can we not eat this kind of one?
- It's not for eating yet.
So we're making some fondant noses
while our cupcakes bake.
This way everything can be ready.
- I made this!
- [John] Good, that's a nice one.
- Now this is the fun
- Marshmallows!
- [John] This is the fun part.
Gosh, he hasn't had any cupcakes yet.
What's going on?
Here, you can pour a little bit of sanding sugar on.
Just a little bit.
There we go.
- What!
(everyone laughing)
- That was a lot of sanding sugar.
Let me put some back here.
Now we're gonna take our little noses-to-be
and
- Bunny Easter!
- [John] Let's see.
We're gonna roll this in the sanding sugar.
Oh, look at that.
It sticks right away.
So if it doesn't stick,
actually this isn't sticking as nicely as I might like.
You can just take a little bit of water
and wet them just a little bit
- Papa I made a ball here.
- [John] That's a good little ball.
- I got a little bit of water.
- And then we have a pink sugared nose.
You guys are doing a great job.
Okay, these are gonna be cute homemade bunnies.
Right, George?
- [George] Yes, bunnies!
- They're getting like a contact eye
from the proximity to desserts.
Okay.
Hey, Lucky, why is there pink sugar on your face?
What happened?
- Because I ate some of it.
- Mm, at least you're honest.
- I'm hungry.
Because I'm hungry.
- [John] Okay, for the ears,
you take a marshmallow,
cut them diagonally,
And if you have even littler ones,
you can just prep things out
and have things ready to assemble.
But the boys love helping in the kitchen.
Do you love helping in the kitchen?
- Mhm, and I love eating stuff.
- Lachlan, do you wanna try dipping?
Hold it by the dryer side
and dip it face down one time in the sugar.
Do it one more time, but press.
Ah, good job!
Ooh. That's nice.
Does this look like a little bunny ear kind of?
- Mhmm
- [George] Marshmallow.
- Yeah.
Do you wanna dip it?
Dip.
Now pop, pop, pop, dip.
- Hey Jed!
(John laughs)
All right.
Now.
Here we go.
That's a nice little ear.
Our cupcakes are just about out of the oven.
- Are we gonna eat them just now?
- Should I make some frosting
and then we can decorate them?
- Yes.
- Yay! Yes. Yay, yes, yay, yes.
- Should it be vanilla frosting?
- Yes.
- Yes!
- We'll be back in a minute.
- Are you excited?
- Yes!
- Yes.
- Are those cupcakes for us, Papa?
- They are.
Right now they're kind of boring, you know why?
There's no frosting, there's no decoration on them.
- Is this cheese?
- No, it's coconut.
- Because I tasted it.
- Is this a soap dispenser?
- It's not a soap dispenser.
This is a turntable.
See? It spins.
Wanna spin it?
Hmm.
Okay, I'm gonna put the cupcake on
and do the first one
so you can watch.
Okay?
This is vanilla frosting.
I'm gonna squeeze some on.
And the nice thing about these cupcakes
is that you don't have to worry
about the way they look.
Because step two,
do you know what step two is?
- What?
- You know?
- We get to eat them.
- No, step two is I take them with the coconut
and I plop them face down
and I pat them around like this.
And now, they look kinda like they're covered
in fluffy bunny fur.
No, it's coconut George.
We're not making cheese cupcakes.
That gets that aside.
All right. George?
So I'm gonna put this down.
So it's more reachable for you.
So squeeze this on.
Squeeze, squeeze.
Squeeze as hard as you can.
Squeeze!
(John laughs)
I'll help you squeeze.
Squeeze.
Good.
(George laughs)
- That's a double frost cup.
This is a soap dispenser.
- [John] And if they get a little crazy
you can just use a palette knife.
Okay, someone's eating some coconut.
I see that.
I see you.
Okay.
- Papa, can I squeeze some?
- Yeah, but it's George's turn first.
So George, okay.
Gently, don't squeeze this 'cause it's very delicate.
Just put it in like this
and roll it around a little bit.
Just like it's a little baby puppy.
Ooh. How does that look?
- [George] Good.
- Okay.
Lachlan, it's your turn.
So here, you're gonna squeeze it out.
I'm gonna help you.
So take two hands
and gently squeeze.
'Cause you're strong.
Good.
Good, stop.
That looks great.
I'm just gonna add a little bit more to the side over here.
Smooth that out a little bit so it's more of a dome.
- I just love coconuts.
- I know.
I love coconut too.
Okay.
Yeah, gently like that.
Just to pick some fur up.
Perfect!
Just a little bit more.
- Hi everybody at home.
- You wanna watch Papa?
Look.
- Am nyam nyam.
- Watch Papa while you eat some coconut.
I can't be mad 'cause literally when I was their age,
this is all I did.
So normally when I make this,
I use little mini chocolate chips.
I think someone ate them all.
- Lachlan ate all the cupcakes!
- [John] No, he didn't eat anything.
So we're using candy eyes today.
But I thought maybe they'll look a little creepy.
So in that case we can use regular chocolate chips.
Let's find out.
So I'm using a little tool to push aside
some of the coconut.
I'm gonna put one eye in here,
one eye in here, like this.
And then we need a little nose.
Like that.
And then we need our two ears.
- Papa, when we're done with this can we eat it?
- After we make some.
How does that look?
- Good.
(everyone laughing)
Okay, let's angle the eyes of it
so they're facing people.
(Lachlan laughs)
How does that look?
Does that look cute?
- Yes, it looks like the bunny rabbit.
- Papa, I ate an eye.
- This one's mine.
Do you guys wanna try now to make one?
Okay, so we're pushing aside the coconut
and now grab your nose carefully
and put it right here.
Good.
You can eat that piece of coconut since it fell off.
All right.
Now we're gonna add two more holes for the eyes.
That looks good.
And then we're going to
- Eat them?
- Do you want to put the ear on?
- [Lachlan] Papa, can I put one ear?
- Okay, just gentle.
- [George] Marshmallows.
- How cute is that cupcake?
- [Lachlan] I ate some coconut off this.
- I know.
The poor bunny says, "I'm cold, ooh help me!".
Okay, Lachlan, do you want a bite?
Take a big bite.
- For dessert time
- Hmm
Do you want a bite?
Take a big bite.
(John laughs)
That's a big bite.
How does that taste?
- Can I have one more bite?
(John laughs)
- I guess it tastes good.
Does that taste good?
- Mhmm.
It tastes so good.
- [John] Ooh.
- [Lachlan] I want another bite.
- [John] Do you wanna taste the ear?
Do you wanna take one more bite?
(John laughs)
Okay, well is it pretty delicious?
- [Lachlan And George] Yes!
- We ate a bite of this!
- That's a delicious and fun project to do with the kids.
It's definitely memorable for them.
I hope you get a chance to make this recipe
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