Adorable Baby Chick Cupcakes

Spring is right around the corner and what’s more adorable than baby chicks? How about baby chick cupcakes! These are really fun and easy to make. Plus the kids will love them! Perfect for Easter brunch or even a spring potluck. Having a farm animal themed birthday party? These are the cupcakes you need.

This recipe makes approximately 22 cupcakes.

You will need the following –

1 box of Vanilla cake mix
3 large eggs room temp
1/2 C of softened unsalted sweet cream butter
1 C whole milk
Black cupcake liners
cupcake pan


Preheat oven to 350.

Line cupcake pan with the cupcake liners

In a medium bowl, add the cake mix, eggs, butter, milk, and vanilla extract, stir until combined

Fill cupcake liners 3/4 of the way full.

Bake in the oven for about 21 minutes.

Pull out the cupcakes and allow to cool before frosting.

I like to let my cupcakes completely cool before I start frosting them. Another tip – make sure the house is not too warm. Your frosting will melt and run if the home is warm.  The cooler the environment the easier it is to work with your frosting. I like to keep our kitchen 68-72 when I’m baking. Sometimes cooler if I have the oven going for long periods of time.  If the kitchen starts creeping in the mid-70s + you’ll start to have difficulties.

Now it’s time to start the frosting! You’ll need the following –

3 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
6 C powder sugar
3 tsp vanilla
6 TBSP heavy whipping cream
Orange gel food coloring
Yellow gel food coloring
4 disposable piping bags
2 Tip couplers
Medium Round tip
# 3 tip
#69 tip
# 366 tip
1 black icing tube
1 medium ice cream scooper
1 angled icing spatula
2 Medium bowls


Using a stand mixer, combine all ingredients and mix on medium speed.

Mix until you see stiffed peaks in your frosting.

Scoop about 1/2 C frosting out and place into one of the two medium bowls

In the first medium bowl mix in 3-5 drops of Orange gel food coloring until combined. You’re wanting to get a dark orange color for the beak

In the second medium bowl, scoop about 2 C of frosting in it.

Mix in about 6 drops of yellow food coloring and mix until combined. You are wanting to get a dark yellow. This will be the frosting for the feathers

Using the remaining frosting, mix in 3 drops of yellow food coloring to get a light yellow color.

Cut tips off the piping bags and place tip 3 onto the coupler and into one the bags

Place tip 366 into the second piping bag

Place the medium round tip into the third piping bag and scoop some of the light yellow frosting into the bag

Place the #69 tip into the fourth piping bag and scoop the orange frosting into it

Scoop the dark yellow frosting into the piping bag with tip 366

Squeeze the black icing into the piping bag with tip 3 on it

Decorating instructions

Using the medium ice cream scooper, scoop out some of the light yellow frosting and place it onto the top of the cupcake

Using the angled spatula, smooth out the frosting

Using the Medium round tip, pipe a dollop of frosting onto the lower part of the cupcake for the face

Using the piping bag with tip number 366 on it, pipe “Feathers” onto both sides of the cupcake and the middle back of the cupcake for the tail.

Pipe some “Feathers” on the back part of the face

Using the number 3 piping bag, pipe two dots for the eyes

Using the number 69 piping bag, pipe a “beak” in the middle of the face.

I suggest keeping these in a cool place like a fridge for storage. But bring them out 15-20 minutes before you would like to serve them so the frosting can soften up.

Keep an eye out for more of our fun animal treats! And be sure to check out our Penguin cupcakes too!