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PEEPS® Easter Garden Cake

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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Jul 24, 2023
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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
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat 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.
  • Step 
    2
    Spread 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.
  • Step 
    3
    Use 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
5
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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