Easter Cake
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A 3-layer vanilla cake frosted with pale blue buttercream, speckled with chocolate, and topped with a toasted coconut nest filled with candy eggs. Festive and visually striking.
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Nutrition & ingredients
Ingredients
serves 12- 1 Vanilla Cake (, 3 layers (or other 20cm/8" cake of choice, Note 1))
- 340g/ 3 sticks unsalted butter (, 1.25cm / ½" cubes, softened to 18°C/64°F (Note 3))
- 750g/ 1.5 lb (6 cups) soft icing sugar / powdered sugar (, sifted)
- 3 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 - 2 drops blue gel food colouring ((or 1 - 2 tsp blue food colouring, Note 4))
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder ((unsweetened or sweetened, doesn't matter))
- 3 tbsp boiling water
- Toothbrush ((or basting brush))
- 2 cups coconut flakes ((or shaved))
- 200g/ 7oz small Easter eggs ((I use pastel coloured speckled ones, Note 5))
At a glance
PER SERVING · TIME 75M
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
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All countable ingredients resolved. Figures are per serving.
- Prep
- 45m
- Cook
- 30m
- Sodium
- 61mg
- Total sugar
- 74g
Added sugar is not shown when one or more ingredients lack reliable added-sugar evidence.
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.
Vitamins & minerals
- Potassium
- 64mg
- Calcium
- 45mg
- Iron
- 0.46mg
Estimated from ingredients; USDA coverage varies by food.
- PREP
- 45M
- SODIUM
- 61MG
- ESTIMATE
- COMPLETE
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.