Is it a cake or the cutest garden you've ever seen? Your guests will just have to take a bite to find out. PEEPS® Easter Garden Cake is a showstopper Easter cake idea you can put together with just 20 minutes of prep time. Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Devil's Food Cake Mix creates the base, and then it's all about the decoration. If your little bunnies are peeking on the prep, invite them to help make the PEEPS® cake with cookie crumbs, PEEPS® marshmallow bunnies and chicks, icing and Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Chocolate Frosting.
PEEPS® Easter Garden Cake
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 20 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Devil's Food Cake Mix
- Water, oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
- 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Chocolate Frosting
- 1 cup chocolate cookie crumbs
- 1 pouch (8 oz) Betty Crocker™ Green Decorating Icing
- 8 to 12 PEEPS® marshmallow bunnies
- 1 tube (4.25 oz) Betty Crocker™ Orange Decorating Icing
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. Make and bake cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool in pan on cooling rack until completely cooled, about 30 minutes.
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Step2Spread chocolate frosting on top of cake; sprinkle with chocolate cookie crumbs. Use green icing and a grass piping tip to make garden rows, using photo as guide. Insert toothpick halfway into base of each PEEPS® marshmallow bunny. Insert bunnies, toothpick side down, into cake.
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Step3Use orange and green icings to make carrots on cake, using photo as a guide. Cut into 4 rows by 3 rows to serve. Remove toothpicks before serving. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
Nutrition
520
Calories
22g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
76g
Total Carbohydrate
55g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 520
- Calories from Fat
- 200
- Total Fat
- 22g
- 34%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 30%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 45mg
- 16%
- Sodium
- 480mg
- 20%
- Potassium
- 125mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 76g
- 25%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 6%
- Sugars
- 55g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 4 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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