Easter Cake (Appears Like a Nest!)

Let me train you learn how to make a good looking lemon-hinted coconut Easter cake embellished like a nest! High with silky lemon cream cheese frosting, fluffy feathery coconut, and, in fact, chocolate Easter egg candies! You simply want some fundamental baking staples, an electrical mixer, and an ordinary Bundt pan to make this gorgeous springtime dessert that’s straightforward sufficient for cake adorning novices.

Out of all of the seasonal sweet bought in shops all year long, I believe Easter sweet takes the cake. (See what I did there?) Easter bunny, you’ve bought the best thought. Give me a basket stuffed with peanut butter eggs, please!

Immediately I’m sharing a enjoyable Easter cake dessert, a recipe I initially revealed again in 2017 and have served each Easter vacation since. This stunning birds’ nest cake actually makes an impression, however the very best half is… adorning this Bundt cake couldn’t be simpler! Undoubtedly a lot less complicated than a layer cake, although for those who’re up for a problem, my carrot cake and coconut cake recipes additionally make for a candy finale to a springtime meal.

Right here’s Why This Will Be Your Favourite Easter Cake

• Simple to make, straightforward to brighten—in case you have younger fledglings in your nest, they love to assist!
• You’ll discover coconut each inside and on high of this Easter cake—toasting some for topping provides shade and texture variation.
• The cake and frosting aren’t overly candy (save that for the Easter sweet!), with a touch of tartness from lemon and tanginess from cream cheese frosting.
• Can prep the cake the day earlier than.
• Adorning takes solely about 10 minutes, tops.
• Makes sufficient for a crowd of your favourite “peeps.” 😉
• Cake with sweet. You’re welcome; the top.

Begin With the Bundt Cake

Let’s start by establishing the inside of this nest: the cake. Cradling these valuable pastel-hued chocolate eggs is a flippantly candy coconut-flavored cake with a touch of contemporary lemon.

Listed here are the very best substances to make use of on your Easter cake and why:

• Cake Flour: To maintain this coconut Bundt cake gentle, and forestall it from being too heavy, cake flour is a should. Should you can’t discover it, you may make this DIY cake flour substitute.
• Baking Powder + Baking Soda: Each leaveners elevate this cake up because it bakes.
• Salt: All the time wanted for taste.
• Butter: For that unparalleled buttery cake taste. It’s essential to cream the butter, so ensure you’re beginning with correct room temperature butter (it could be cooler than you suppose!).
• Sugar: We’re utilizing granulated sugar to sweeten this Easter cake.
• Lemons: For the very best taste, use contemporary lemons. You’ll use each the zest and the juice; bear in mind to zest first, earlier than slicing and juicing—a lot simpler than attempting to zest a squeezed lemon half!
• Coconut Oil: Utilizing oil in muffins helps to maintain the cake moist; and right here you’ve the additional benefit of a bit additional coconut taste, too.
• Eggs: Key for binding the substances collectively, so the cake doesn’t disintegrate (see under!). Use complete eggs right here, for a denser-style cake. My common coconut cake makes use of simply egg whites, and is way lighter and fluffier.
• Vanilla + Coconut Extracts: Taste and extra taste.
• Bitter Cream + Entire Milk: A cautious ratio of those 2 substances offers this cake the very best steadiness of construction and moisture.
• Sweetened Shredded/Flaked Coconut: I like to recommend utilizing sweetened shredded coconut, generally bought as sweetened flaked coconut. It’s moister than unsweetened coconut, and that makes an enormous distinction within the cake’s texture. I lowered the added sugar within the cake batter to make up for the sweetness. A cup goes into the cake batter; save the remainder for feathering the nest!

Recipe Testing This Coconut Easter Bundt Cake

For in the present day’s coconut Bundt cake, my group and I went by means of 3 rounds of testing to land on perfection:

1. I began with among the similar substances and ratios as this lemon coconut cake. Bundt muffins can generally tend to end up heavy and dry, and my first strive at a coconut model was each. The feel was overly dense—even robust. I’m fairly certain mama fowl wouldn’t deem this a suitably gentle nest for her eggs!
2. The second cake my group and I examined had higher taste and was positively softer, however fully crumbled aside once we lower into it. (Did you see that on my Instagram tales the opposite week? The coconutty cake crumbles tasted scrumptious over a bowl of orange sherbet, although!)
3. For the third strive, I took a notice from my cranberry orange Bundt cake and used a mixture of bitter cream and complete milk to attain the best steadiness of construction and moisture. We additionally lowered the quantity of coconut within the batter, which was inflicting extra crumbliness, and added yet one more egg, to assist with binding the crumb collectively. The third time was certainly the appeal, and that’s the recipe you’ll see right here in the present day.

This Easter cake is just not as mild and fluffy as this layered coconut cake, as a result of a Bundt cake is at all times going to be extra dense, with a tighter crumb. However that’s okay! The feel is much like pound cake, and I simply love how a Bundt cake will get that chewy golden crust on the outside. LOVE!

Count on a thick and fluffy batter:

After baking, let the cake cool for two hours within the pan, then invert it onto a cake stand or serving platter to proceed cooling, and ultimately adorn.

Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

Silky easy cream cheese frosting is very easy to unfold on a Bundt cake as a result of it glides proper on. As well as, it’s a wonderful “glue” for all of the fluffy, feathery coconut on high.

You’ll taste in the present day’s cream cheese frosting with contemporary lemon juice, however be at liberty to additionally add 1/2 teaspoon of coconut extract to the frosting for those who’d wish to amp up the coconut taste.

Learn how to Enhance This Easter Cake Like a Nest

Reworking this cake right into a fowl’s nest is fast and straightforward. Merely slather on the frosting (I exploit an icing spatula), then “feather the nest” by gently urgent the sweetened shredded coconut on high, in order that it sticks to the frosting.

Lastly, lay your eggs—er, I imply, fill the middle of the nest together with your favourite candy-coated chocolate eggs. Then be ready to swat away any sneaky little fingers this Easter cake will entice!

And what would launch the cuteness issue into overdrive? Including marshmallow chick Peeps to your nest!

Non-obligatory: Learn how to Toast Coconut for Topping

I wish to toast a bit little bit of the sweetened coconut so as to add some shade variation on high of this Easter nest cake. It additionally provides that scrumptious crispy texture and toasted taste.

For a distinction of texture and shade, I toasted about half of the coconut. You’ll be able to depart the coconut untoasted or toast all of it—the choice is yours.

Unfold the coconut on an ungreased baking sheet, and toast in a 300°F (150°C) oven for about 6–8 minutes, till it’s golden-brown. Let it cool fully earlier than utilizing. Tremendous straightforward.

Extra Easter Dessert Recipes

And for those who love Easter sweet as a lot as I do, you should definitely do that Easter bunny bark.

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Coconut Easter Cake

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  Creator: Sally
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  Prep Time: 35 minutes
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  Prepare dinner Time: 1 hour
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  Whole Time: 4 hours (contains cooling)
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  Yield: serves 10-12
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  Class: Cake
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  Technique: Baking
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  Delicacies: American

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Description

This stunning springtime nest cake is straightforward sufficient for cake adorning novices. High the flippantly candy coconut Bundt cake with creamy lemon cream cheese frosting, feathery sweetened coconut, and, in fact, candy-coated chocolate eggs!

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Cake

Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

For Topping

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Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Generously grease a 10–12-cup Bundt pan.
2. Make the cake: Whisk the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt collectively in a medium bowl. Put aside.
3. In a big bowl utilizing a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter on excessive velocity till easy and creamy, about 1 minute. Add the granulated sugar and lemon zest and beat on excessive velocity for 3–4 minutes till creamed. Scrape down the perimeters and up the underside of the bowl as wanted. Add the melted coconut oil and blend on medium velocity to mix. With the mixer operating on low velocity, add the eggs one after the other, then add bitter cream and the vanilla and coconut extracts. Beat on medium-high velocity till mixed. Scrape down the perimeters and up the underside of the bowl as wanted.
4. Whisk the lemon juice and milk collectively. With the mixer operating on low velocity, add the dry substances in 3 additions, alternating with the lemon-milk combination and mixing after every addition till simply included. Don’t over-mix. The batter will probably be thick and fluffy. Fold within the coconut.
5. Spoon/pour evenly into Bundt pan and bake for 55–65 minutes, or till the sides are golden brown. Should you discover the highest is browning too shortly, loosely cowl with aluminum foil about midway by means of bake time.
6. Cool cake for two hours within the pan, after which invert onto a cake stand or serving plate. Cool fully earlier than adorning.
7. Make the frosting: In a big bowl utilizing a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a whisk or paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese and butter collectively on medium velocity till easy, about 2 minutes. Add confectioners’ sugar, 1 Tablespoon lemon juice, and vanilla extract with the mixer operating on low. Enhance to excessive velocity and beat for 3 minutes. Add 1 extra Tablespoon of lemon juice to skinny out, if desired. Style. Add a pinch of salt if desired.
8. Utilizing an icing spatula or a knife, frost the cooled Bundt cake. High with sweetened flaked/shredded coconut. Fill the opening within the heart of the cake with candy-coated chocolate eggs. Serve instantly or refrigerate till able to serve, as much as 24 hours. If the cake has been refrigerated for longer than an hour, let it sit out at room temperature for about half-hour earlier than serving, to melt up a bit.
9. Cowl leftover cake tightly and retailer within the fridge for as much as 5 days. I normally retailer frosted muffins in a cake provider.

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Notes

1. Make Forward & Freezing Directions: You may make and funky the cake 1 day earlier than serving, retailer coated in a single day, and adorn and serve the next day. You can even make and adorn the cake 1 day upfront; see step 8. To freeze, wrap unfrosted baked and cooled cake in 1–2 layers of plastic wrap, then a layer of aluminum foil. Freeze for as much as 3 months. Permit to thaw (nonetheless within the wrapping) in a single day within the fridge, then carry to room temperature earlier than frosting, slicing, and serving.
2. Particular Instruments (affiliate hyperlinks): Electrical Mixer (Handheld or Stand) | Bundt Pan | Icing Spatula | Cake Service
3. Cake Flour: For the very best outcomes, I strongly suggest cake flour. You could find cake flour within the baking aisle and I’ve many extra recipes utilizing it. Should you can’t discover it, strive making this cake flour substitute.
4. Sweetened Shredded Coconut: I like to recommend utilizing sweetened shredded/flaked coconut within the cake and because the topping. It’s moister than unsweetened coconut and that makes an enormous distinction within the cake’s texture. If desired, pulse the coconut shreds in a meals processor to cut them up so that they aren’t as lengthy inside and outdoors of the cake. Chopping the coconut is non-obligatory.
5. Room Temperature Components: All refrigerated objects must be at room temperature so the batter mixes collectively simply and evenly. Right here is why room temperature substances are necessary in baking. 
6. Entire Milk & Bitter Cream: Entire milk and full-fat bitter cream are strongly advisable for the very best style and texture. You’ll be able to substitute full-fat plain yogurt for the bitter cream, if wanted. And for those who don’t have complete milk, decrease fats or nondairy milk work in a pinch.
7. Toasted Coconut for Topping: If desired, you may toast some or the entire coconut for the topping. Unfold the coconut on an ungreased baking sheet, and bake in a 300°F (150°C) oven for six–8 minutes, or till browned to your liking. Let cool earlier than utilizing.
8. Can I Use One other Frosting? Should you don’t need a cream cheese frosting, this lemon buttercream can be so tasty, and you’ll halve the recipe to make simply sufficient for the Bundt.
9. Can I Use One other Taste Bundt Cake? Sure, you should use this frosting and adorning approach with one other taste Bundt cake resembling cheesecake swirl carrot Bundt cake, chocolate marble banana Bundt cake, lemon berry yogurt cake, and cream cheese pound cake.
10. Impressed by Actual Easy.

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