Super Cute Easter Bundt Cake
If you are looking for a super festive Easter dessert, look no further than this cake. There are even “buried treasures” inside! This Easter egg cake is actually way easier than it looks — trust me! It starts off with two baking shortcuts, otherwise known as boxed cake mixes. The eggs, chicks, and bunnies from the first cake in a jelly roll pan are then cut out and put into the second cake before it’s baked. The green “grass” is actually coconut colored with green food coloring along with chocolate candy Easter eggs that are sprinkled on top. I finished this Easter treasure cake by drizzling it with melted chocolate which definitely enhances the overall chocolate flavor vibe.
Ingredients in This Easter Egg Cake
While this Easter-themed cake does require some assembly, I tried to make the process as simple as possible overall. Here’s what you’ll need to make this cute Easter cake:
Funfetti or white cake mix + ingredient list on the back (eggs, oil and water) Assorted box of food coloring (including green plus 2 or 3 other colors) Dark chocolate cake mix + ingredient list on the back (eggs, oil and water) Sweetened coconut flakes Semi sweet chocolate chips Heavy whipping cream Chocolate candy eggs (or your favorite small Easter egg candies) Chocolate bunny Candy melts (white, pink, or yellow) OR frosting Sprinkles Shortening and flour, to grease the Bundt pan
Special Equipment Needed to Make an Easter Egg Cake
For this fun Easter cake, you will need the following special items:
15x10x1-inch jelly roll pan Easter themed cookie cutters (such as eggs, chicks, bunnies) 12-cup Bundt pan
I personally don’t consider a jelly roll nor a Bundt pan “specialty” items but we all have differently stocked kitchens. Mine is bursting at the seams with way too many pots and pans!
How to Make an Easter Egg Cake
To make this eye-catching Easter cake with buried treasures inside, follow these instructions:
Is Cake Mix Necessary For This Recipe?
Theoretically speaking, you could make scratch cakes — both Funfetti and chocolate. However, why? Just why? This is a time in life to use a baking shortcut if it exists. If you are reading this from a country where cake mix doesn’t exist, feel free to follow those two links and make my scratch cake recipes. They’re both easy enough and fast, truth be told.
Can the Coconut Be Omitted?
If you have an objection, dislike, or allergy to coconut, you can simply omit it noting your cake will have a different appearance.
Tips for the Best Easter-Themed Cake
For a moister cake: For super moist cake, you can sub milk for the water in the cake recipes. Coloring the Funfetti cake batter: You can mix the colors into the Funfetti or white cake in separate bowls and bake them in separate pans OR you can pour the cakes around on the pan, don’t mix them, just swirl slightly with a knife. Cutting out the Easter shapes: Bake the white cake in the jelly roll pan first and cool before cutting. Cut out whatever shapes you want to put in the middle. My daughter chose eggs, chicks and bunnies. I thought this was extra fun because whoever got the egg (there were 5) got a prize. You can just do 1 egg if you want. You will need 14 to 16 shapes for the cake. Greasing the pan: Make sure and grease the pan well with Crisco or shortening and then dust with flour. If you just use a non stick spray, the cake will stick to the pan. Assembling the cake: Pour half the batter into the pan, then place the items UPSIDE DOWN in the batter, spacing evenly. (When the cake is flipped over and out of the pan, the pieces will be right side up) Pour the remaining cake batter over the cake, making sure to cover the shapes entirely. The pieces may move a bit during baking and you don’t need to be concerned because kids and adults alike are so excited and impressed with this cake they don’t care. Using up the extra cut-out cake pieces: The kids will love to decorate the remaining cake pieces from the first jelly roll pan cake. You can dip the extra in melted candy melts or use icing/frosting and then they can decorate them with sprinkles and shapes. This is optional and is addressed in step 14 in the recipe. I hate wasting cake so made use of it but it’s not essential and you can skip this if you’d like.
More Cute Easter Desserts:
Mini Easter Cheesecake Bites — These cute little cheesecakes are perfect for Easter! Creamy cheesecake filling sits atop a shortbread crust and is topped with a cheesecake pudding whipped cream, coconut, and mini chocolate eggs! Tried this recipe? Leave a review! Consider leaving a 5 star rating if you’ve made and loved one of my recipes! Easter Egg Bars — Fast, EASY, super soft, and loaded with chocolate M&M’s Eggs galore!! Definitely my favorite type of Easter eggs! SAVE this recipe for your leftover Easter candy!! Springtime Sugar Cookie Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting — Sugar cookies in bar form with SPRINKLES galore!! FAST, EASY and yummy! Great for springtime, Easter, Mother’s Day, showers, and parties!! Easter Chocolate Bark – A mixture of milk and white chocolate swirled together and topped with M&Ms and sprinkles!! Such a FAST, EASY, NO-BAKE, and MAKE-AHEAD treat!! Soft and Chewy M&M’s Cookies — Super soft, chewy, buttery M&M’s cookies that totally are irresistible! Loaded with M&M’s and perfect for springtime, Easter, Mother’s Day and more! Lemon Lemonies — Like lemon brownies, but made with lemon and white chocolate! Dense, chewy, not cakey and packed with big, bold lemon flavor! Cream Cheese Carrot Cake Bars — Dense, chewy, super moist bars that taste like carrot cake with a cream cheese topping that’s baked right in so you don’t need to worry about frosting them!! So much EASIER than making carrot cake but with similar flavors you will LOVE!!
