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Bring the essence of spring to your Easter celebration with these delightful Easter Egg Tea Cakes! A smooth layer of yellow buttercream frosting envelops the cake, adding a creamy richness, while delicate buttercream daisies are piped around the sides for a charming, festive touch. Fluffy cotton candy clouds and colorful chocolate eggs add a fun element to every bite! These Easter Egg Tea Cakes are not just a feast for the taste buds but for the eyes as well, bringing joy and sweetness to your springtime gatherings.
Frequently Asked Questions
Easter Egg Tea Cakes
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
- 1 cup water
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
Buttercream Frosting
- 2 cups butter, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Yellow and red gel food color from 1 box Betty Crocker™ Classic Gel Food Color
Decorations
- 9 mini chocolate eggs
- 2 oz pink cotton candy
Instructions
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Step1
Heat the oven to 350°F.
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Step2
Grease 1 (12-inch) round cake pan and line with parchment paper. Prepare cake batter using cake mix, water, oil, and eggs as directed on cake mix box. Bake for 26 to 31 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan. Cool completely on cooling rack.
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Step3
In a large bowl, mix softened butter until creamy. Then, sift powdered sugar one cup at a time into the butter. Add vanilla extract and thoroughly mix. Set aside 1/2 cup of frosting. Add a couple drops of yellow food color to the remaining frosting, and mix until fully incorporated.
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Step4
Divide the reserved 1/2 cup of frosting in half. Dye half of it pink with a couple drops of red food color. Add the pink and uncolored frosting into 2 separate piping bags.
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Step5
From cooled cake, cut out 6 (3-inch) circles. Frost the tops of 3 cake layers; add the remaining 3 cake layers on top.
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Step6
Evenly cover cakes with yellow frosting. Using the piping bags, pipe dots onto the side of the cakes to create daisies.
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Step7
Place about 1/3 of the cotton candy in a circle on top of each cake to make the shape of a nest. Add 3 chocolate eggs on top of each cotton candy "nest."
