Bunny Peeps Lemon Layer Cake is a luscious cake that starts with a mix and is topped with a homemade creamy lemon buttercream. Decorate with peeps and candy eggs for a fun and festive Easter dessert.
Lemon Layer Cake
Spring. Easter. Peeps . Peeps are everywhere! So what could be cuter than the refreshing springtime flavor of a lemon layer cake surrounded by peeps?
A homemade lemon buttercream surrounds the cake layers. The crowning glory is a coconut nest of candy Easter eggs surrounded by peeps, and peeps, and more peeps!
Our whimsical Easter cake recipe will not only be a fabulously delicious ending to your holiday dinner, it will also be the centerpiece for your holiday table!
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Decorate with your favorite Easter candy
- Bake into cupcakes and top each with buttercream, a bunny peep and malted egg
Ingredients you will need to make this recipe
- lemon supreme cake mix – starting with a mix makes baking easy
- eggs – adds structure to the cake
- water
- vegetable oil
- lemon zest – gives intense lemon flavor
- butter – base of buttercream
- confectioners sugar – adds sweetness to buttercream
- lemon curd – provides additional lemon flavor
- yellow food color
- bunny peeps – fun and whimsical addition
- shredded coconut
- green food coloring
- malted milk eggs - seasonal candy makes everything better!
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- 1 box . lemon supreme cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/3 cups water
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 Tbs. lemon zest
- 1 1/2 cups (12 oz.) butter , at room temperature
- 6 cups confectioners sugar (1 1/2 lbs.)
- 1/2 cup store bought lemon curd
- yellow food color
- 22 bunny peeps
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- green food coloring
- assorted speckled malted milk eggs
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Preheat oven to 350F. Line bottoms of 2 8-inch round cake pans with parchment paper. Coat pans with non-stick cooking spray.
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Prepare cake mix according to package directions with eggs, water and oil. Stir in lemon zest.
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Divide batter evenly between prepared pans. Bake 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans 5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks. Remove parchment paper and discard. Cool completely on wire racks.
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With mixer on medium speed, beat butter until smooth. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, lemon curd and several drops of yellow food color. Beat until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes.
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Place 1 cup of frosting in pastry bag fitted with a Wilton 22 decorating tip; reserve. Place one cake layer on serving dish. Spread 1 cup of frosting over top of cake layer. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining frosting.
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Gently press bunny peeps on sides of cake.
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Using reserved frosting pipe edge around top of cake.
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In plastic ziplock food storage bag combine coconut and several drops of green food coloring. Seal and shake until coconut has turned green.
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Arrange green coconut and speckled eggs on top of cake.
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