Chocolate Easter Bunny Cake

Name: Chocolate Easter Bunny Cake
Prep time: 3 h 20 min
Cook time: 3 h 20 min
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® dark chocolate or devils food cake mix; 118 milliliters butter; 2 larges chocolate bunnies, unwrapped; 2 Tbsps cocoa; 3 Tbsps light corn syrup; 237 milliliters good quality dark chocolate, chopped; 3 eggs; 10 pastel malted candy eggs; 59 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 2 Tbsps milk; 1 Bunch fresh mint sprigs; 0 teaspoons peppermint extract; 710 milliliters powdered sugar; 237 milliliters water

This gluten free recipe serves 12. One serving contains 538 calories, 10g of protein, and 22g of fat. It will be a hit at your Easter event. If you have heavy whipping cream, milk, peppermint extract, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 3 hours and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F. (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Generously spray 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with baking spray with flour.

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Baking Spray

All Purpose Flour

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Cake Form

Oven

Sprinkle with cocoa to coat pans; tap to remove excess cocoa.

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Cocoa Powder

In a large bowl, beat cake mix, eggs, butter and water with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in chocolate.

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Chocolate

Cake Mix

Butter

Water

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Spoon batter into pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until top springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes.

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Oven

Frying Pan

Place cooling rack or heatproof serving plate upside down over pan; turn rack and pan over.

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Wire Rack

Frying Pan

Remove pan. Cool completely, about 2 hours.

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Frying Pan

In medium bowl, beat powdered sugar, corn syrup, cream, and peppermint extract on low speed until blended. Beat on medium speed until smooth and creamy.

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Peppermint Extract

Powdered Sugar

Corn Syrup

Cream

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Bowl

Add just enough milk to the icing to make it thin enough to stick to a spoon, dripping off of the spoon slowly when tipped down toward bowl.

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Icing

Milk

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Bowl

Spread icing onto cooled cake.

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Spread

Icing

Place a bunch of mint sprigs in the center of cake.

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Mint

Add a chocolate bunny in center of the mint sprigs. Press malted eggs around the top and sides of the cake. Press a second chocolate bunny onto the side of the cake.

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Chocolate Bunnies

Egg

Mint

Garnish with additional mint sprigs, as desired.

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Mint