• Preheat your oven to 180 degrees celsius and line a 12 hole muffin tin with paper cases.
• Place the softened butter, self raising flour, milk, vanilla extract and eggs into  your Thermomix bowl and mix for 10 seconds, speed 5.
  
• Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix for a further 5 seconds, speed 4 or until the mixture is pale and creamy.
• Spoon the cupcake mixture into the prepared muffin tin and bake for 20 minutes or until the cupcakes are golden and cooked through when tested with a skewer.
  
• After 5 minutes, carefully transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely.
  

To Decorate

• Place the softened butter into your Thermomix bowl and mix for 30 seconds, speed 2.
• Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix for a further 20 seconds on speed 3 or until pale and creamy,.
  
• Add the icing sugar and vanilla extract and mix for 15 seconds, speed 3.
  
• Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix for a further 20 seconds, speed 3 or until the buttercream is smooth and creamy.
• Transfer your buttercream into a piping bag with a star tip and pipe the top of the cooled cupcakes.
  
• Cut a marshmallow in half for the Easter Bunny ‘ears’ and place on top of the each cupcake add then add the pink smartie ‘nose’. Continue until all of the cupcakes have been decorated. You can then store these cupcakes in an airtight container until needed.