Add this adorable cake to your Easter dessert table. Everything about this cake is edible–minus the toothpicks. Cover chocolate cake in homemade vanilla buttercream and shredded coconut, form the paws using cupcakes and marshmallows, and create pawprints and ears with candy melts. Plus, check out our fun hack for making cute edible carrots.
Quick Info
⏱️ 90 min • 🍽️ 10 servings • ⭐ 86%
Tags
[Desserts]
Ingredients
- Nonstick cooking spray, for greasing
- 1 batch Classic Chocolate Cake batter [https://tasty.co/recipe/classic-chocolate-cake]
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup milk
- ¼ cup pink candy melts
- ¼ cup white candy melts
- 3 cups plus 3 tablespoons shredded coconut, divided
- 1 teaspoon leaf-green food coloring
- 10 orange-flavored chewy candies
- 2 green sour candy ropes
- 2 large marshmallows
- 10 easter egg chocolates
- 1 7-inch hemisphere cake pan or 9-inch oven-safe bowl
- 1 round flat-bottomed cake pan
- 2 5-½ inch wooden skewers
- 10 small toothpicks
Instructions Preview
- Make the chocolate cake and paws: Preheat …
- Pour the chocolate cake batter into the pr…
- Fill the prepared cake pan with the remain…
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Recipe by: Betsy Carter, Breana Jackson • From: Tasty
