Cadbury Cupcakes From Scratch

Cadbury Cupcakes: Rich chocolate cupcakes with creamy buttercream frosting decorated to look like a Cadbury Egg. The easiest and yummiest Easter Cupcake around!

Cadbury Eggs are something I avoided for so many years. My family told me I wouldn’t like them.  Plus I though they had real eggs inside (EW!). A few years ago I tried them, and LOVED them. Now I’m making up for lost time!

These cupcakes start out with a rich homemade chocolate cupcake. However, you can certainly use a chocolate cake mix if you’d prefer.

They are both filled with and topped with Cadbury Eggs because you can can never have enough! Seeing this recipe and it’s not near Easter? STOP don’t just pin this post for later. Try it with my Copycat Cadbury Eggs recipe.

I even decorated them to resemble a Cadbury egg, but that’s optional. They’d still taste great with regular buttercream (or dare I say it chocolate?!).

Makes These For Easter Too

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Cadbury Cupcakes

Rich chocolate cupcakes with creamy buttercream frosting decorated to look like a Cadbury Egg. The easiest and yummiest Easter Cupcake around!

5 from 2 votes

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 17 minutes

Total Time: 27 minutes

Servings: 12 Cupcakes

Calories: 473kcal

Author: Krystle Smith

Ingredients

For the Cupcakes

• ▢ 24 Mini Cadbury Creme Eggs (12 Frozen)
• ▢ ½ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• ▢ ¾ Cup All Purpose Flour
• ▢ ½ Teaspoon Baking Soda
• ▢ ¾ Teaspoon Baking Powder
• ▢ ¼ Teaspoon Salt
• ▢ 2 Eggs
• ▢ ½ Cup White Sugar
• ▢ ½ Cup Brown Sugar Packed
• ▢ ⅓ Cup Canola Oil
• ▢ 2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• ▢ ½ Cup Buttermilk

For the Frosting

• ▢ 1 Cup Butter Softened
• ▢ 4 Cups Powdered Sugar
• ▢ 3-4 Tablespoons Whole Milk
• ▢ 2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• ▢ Pinch of Salt To Taste
• ▢ Yellow Food Coloring If Desired

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Instructions

For the Cupcakes

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a cupcake tin with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, combine oil, brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
• Pour in buttermilk.
• Stir in cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add in flour a little a time until just combined. Do not over mix.
• Fill cupcake liners ~⅔ of the way full. Press a frozen Cadbury egg into the middle of each cupcake. Use a knife to cover the hole you made.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool completely.

For the Frosting

• Cream butter until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla and salt.
• Gradually add powdered sugar a little at a time. Add milk as needed until you reach your desired consistency.
• Dye ~1 Cup of the buttercream frosting yellow.
• Spread or pipe white frosting. Top with yellow frosting. Top with a mini Cadbury Egg.

Nutrition

Calories: 473kcal | Carbohydrates: 66g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 69mg | Sodium: 256mg | Potassium: 134mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 57g | Vitamin A: 535IU | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 1mg

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