Easter Egg Cake

Name: Easter Egg Cake
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 357 grams Easter M & Ms (I used the dark chocolate ones); 473 milliliters 12 ounces (about confectioners sugar; 20 Tbsps (2 1/2 stickes) unsalted butter, slightly softened; 16 inches round layer cakes such as this Yellow Birthday Cake from Flour by Joanne Chang, or your favorite boxed cake mix

Easter Egg Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains about 3g of protein, 28g of fat, and a total of 462 calories. A mixture of easter m & ms, confectioner's sugar, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Easter.

Instructions

For the Cake: Prepare Yellow Birthday Cake or favorite boxed cake mix as 2 (8-inc) round cakes.

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Cake Mix

For the Frosting: In the bowl of an electric stand mixer beat butter and sugar on medium speed until well combined, scraping down the sides as necessary.

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Frosting

Butter

Sugar

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add melted chocolate beating until thoroughly combined. Conitnue beating until easily spreadable. Set aside.

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Chocolate

To Assemble the Cake: Using a sharp knife, carefully split the cooled cake layers horizontally so that you have four full layers. Stacking the layers on top of each other, cut the layers about 3/4 inch off center so you have four large pieces and four smaller pieces.

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Spread each layer with enough frosting to hold the layers together and assemble and arrange the layers on a large platter in the upright position (cut side-down). The four larger layers will make up the center of the cake with two smaller layers on each side. Be sure to save the two domed small top layers for the very outer pieces.

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Frosting

Spread

Once layers are arranged, use a sharp knife to carefully trim the outer edges into a more egg-like shape. You can adhere the trimmed pieces with frosting if desired to add additional shaping (I added a little piece that had been trimmed off the edge to the "tip" of the egg to give it a more rounded look).

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Frosting

Egg

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Knife

Spread the outside of the cake with remaining frosting and decorate with M&Ms in whatever pattern you desired. To create the striped egg effect I first sorted all of the M&Ms by color then applied them in thick stripes.

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Frosting

Spread

M&ms