Quick Easter Bunny Bento

With Easter Sunday coming up this weekend, I prepared a quick Easter Pizza Bento for my boy as his breakfast.  Actually there are nothing complicated about this bento, what I did was transformed the pizza toast which I had made previously into something Easter themed with Bunny and Easter Egg.

After which just use your imagination to decorate the bunny as well as the oval shape so that it would resemble Easter egg design.

QUICK EASTER BUNNY BENTO

(Serves: 1  | Preparation: 10 minutes )

Ingredients:
2 Pieces of Wholemeal Bread
1 Slice of Picnic Ham
1 Slice of Sandwich Cheese
1 Cherry Tomato, halved
Some Tomato Base Pasta Sauce
Some Mozzarella Grated
Garnish with dried parsley and grated Parmesan cheese
Easter Theme Cutters

Method:-
1. Using a Bunny and Oval shaped food cutter, cutout the shapes from the wholemeal bread. Set aside.

2. Lightly toast the bread for about 1 - 2 minutes in a toaster oven till slightly crisp.

3. Spread a layer of tomato sauce on the toasted bread, top it with some Mozzarella cheese.

4. Decorate it with ham, sandwich cheese and tomato then bake it for another 30 seconds or more to melt the cheese

5. When done, serve pizza with some fresh fruits and milk (or juice).

OTHER EASTER RELATED RECIPES

Easter Chicky Bento with "3D Pumpkin Rice Chick" plus side-dishes such as Nuggets, Pumpkin Sliced and Cherry Tomato sandwich with cheese to complete the meal.

Easter Cupcakes baked using empty egg shells which had being dyed with food colourings.

Chocolate Hot Cross Bun, a prefect treat for coming Easter.

Nested Easter featured volcano like toasted loaf which consists runny soft-boiled egg, extra bits of fried bacon that served together with a bed of shredded cucumber and mixed dried fruits.

Lastly for this coming long weekend, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter Holiday.

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Candy Bar Cupcakes with Quick and Delicious Buttercream Frosting

 I LOVE cupcakes! But, who doesnt? I also love candy bars and thought how cool and delish would it be to throw some mini candy bars in a cupcake batter!
        I also have been on the hunt for a bakery like frosting and I think I created it along with these cupcakes! Whenever I taste a cake or cupcake from a local bakery I just cant seem to figure out how they do it.  What gives the frosting that texture and delicious flavor? There are a lot of great recipes out there, and everytime I tried them Im always a little disappointed. Some of them are with flour (which I feel is weird in a frosting) Some of them call for shortening (YUCK!), and some of them tell you to beat it til the sun dont shine.. and me being all about easy and fast, I dont have time for that!
       This frosting is SO EASY and super delicious! I think the whipping cream is what makes this frosting a winner! This is now the one I will always make! Give it a try and let me know what you think!  
       The cupcakes turned out really good as well. I actually tried a bunch of different kinds of candy bars. Twix, Rolos, Snickers and Milky Way. They were all great. I was sad that they do sink down to the bottom, but who cares! With the last bite of your cupcake, you get an extra surprise with a big bite of candy car! Thumbs up for me!

   

CANDY BAR CUPCAKES (makes 36 cupcakes)

Recipe By: Holly Lofthouse

• 1 box (18oz) cake mix 
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• small box instant pudding (I used chocolate w/ Devils Food cake mix & vanilla w/ Vanilla cake mix)
• 24 mini candy bars of your choice (Snickers, Milky Way, Rolos)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line mufftin tins with cupcake liners.

Mix the cake mix, eggs, oil, milk, sour cream and pudding mix together with a hand mixer. Beat on low for 30 seconds and then on medium for about 2 minutes. (Batter will be very thick)

With an ice cream scoop, fill liners about 1/3 of the way full of cake batter. Top with one candy bar. Cover candy bar with 2 tablespoons of batter so its completely covering candy bar. Repeat with all.

Place in oven and bake for 18-20 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting.

QUICK & DELICIOUS BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Recipe By: HollyL

• 3 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
• 2 sticks of Butter (1 cup), room temperature  (make sure to use REAL butter)
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 1 1/2 tablespoons of Whipping Cream

•  FOR CHOCOLATE FROSTING- Add in 1/4 cup of cocoa

Directions:

Mix powdered sugar and butter in a large bowl with a spatula until well combined. With a hand mixer, mix in Vanilla and Whipping cream. Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes until well combined.

(For chocolate version,  add in cocoa when mixing the powdered sugar and butter together)

       

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