Chocolate Lemon Bunny Cake
Details
- Timing
- Timing
- Total:
- Bake:
- 27 Min.
- Prep:
- 45 Min.
- Skill Level:
- Intermediate
- Yields:
- 1 cake
What if we told you that you could make a dessert with the classic chocolate bunny you nibble on every year? There’s no better way to brighten a spring birthday or Easter celebration than with this delicious, chocolate lemon bunny cake recipe. This recipe includes a homemade lemon frosting that you'll want to make again and again. Serve your Chocolate Lemon Bunny Cake with ice cream or decorate it with CADBURY MINI EGGS Milk Chocolate Candy and watch guests hop with happiness.
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Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 45 minutes
- Bake Time
- 27 minutes
- Cool Time
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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Ingredients
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1 cupbutter (2 sticks), softened
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1 1/2 cupssugar
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4eggs
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1/4 cupmilk
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1lemon
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1 tsplemon extract
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2 cupscake flour
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1 tspbaking powder
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1 Tbsp
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2 Tbspswater
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editable easter grass
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easter candies
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Lemon Frosting
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1 cupbutter (2 sticks), softened
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1 cupshortening
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4 cupspowdered sugar
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1 tsplemon extract
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2 Tbspsmilk
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Directions
Equipment Needed
Oven
Round Baking Pans
Mixing Bowl
Measuring Cups
Rubber Scraper
Wire Rack
Bowl
Mixer
1
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour three 6 x 2-inch round baking pans.
2
Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes). Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition until well blended. Beat in milk, lemon juice, lemon zest, vanilla and lemon extract.
3
Stir together cake flour and baking powder. Gradually blend into butter mixture, stirring just until ingredients are moistened. Do not over-stir. Divide batter evenly into prepared pans.
4
Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until cake center springs back when touched lightly and edges are starting to pull away from pan sides. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire rack, cool completely.
5
Prepare Lemon Frosting. Frost cake. Stir together cocoa and water in small bowl. Dip clean pastry brush into cocoa mixture. Scrape brush against bowl sides to remove excess mixture. Splatter remaining cocoa mixture on brush onto the cake by gently flicking the wrist. Top cake with milk chocolate bunny and garnish with edible Easter grass and other candies.
Lemon Frosting: Beat butter and shortening about 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in powdered sugar, 1/2 cup at a time. Start on low speed and increase speed to high for one minute; continue until all sugar is added. Stir in vanilla and lemon extract. Blend in food color until desired shade. If necessary, add milk, one tablespoon at a time until desired spreading consistency. Makes 4-1/2 cups frosting.
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Nutrition FactsServings Per Container 12 servingsServing size 1 slice (174g)Amount per servingCalories790% Daily Value*Total Fat 49g 63%Saturated Fat 24g 120%Trans Fat 1gCholesterol 155mg 52%Sodium 310mg 13%Total Carbohydrates 84g 31%Dietary Fiber 0g 0%Total Sugars 65gIncludes 64g Added Sugar 128%Protein 5gVitamin D 0 0%Calcium 52mg 4%Iron 2mg 10%Potassium 50mg 2%
*The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutritional advice.
