Simple Easter Egg Cake

Make your kids happy by trying this Italian chocolate Easter egg cake together. I promise you'll all thoroughly enjoy making and eating it. My children absolutely loved it and were so impressed. It's perfect for an Easter meal and a creative way to use up leftover chocolate eggs.

This cake is extremely easy to prepare with basic ingredients, requiring only 5-10 minutes before it's ready to bake. Initially, I worried the eggs might lose their shape, but they remained perfectly intact within the cake.

Ingredients
Butter
120 g
soft, at room temperature
Sugar
120 g
   
Vanilla Extract
1 tsp
   
Egg
2 pieces
   
White flour
150 g
   
Baking powder
10 g
   
Mini easter chocolate eggs
20 pieces
approximately
Powdered sugar
1 tbsp
optional, for decoration
Step by step
Step 1

Mix 120g of softened butter, 120g of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract in a bowl.

Simple Easter Egg Cake - Step 1
Step 2

Then add 2 eggs, one at a time, mixing the batter well after each addition.

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Step 3

Finally, add 150g of flour and 10g of baking powder, mixing until no lumps remain.

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Step 4

The dough will have a consistency similar to thick sour cream.

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Step 5

Line a baking tray approximately 26cm in diameter with parchment paper.

Use a spoon to transfer all the dough to the prepared pan.

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Step 6

Spread the batter evenly across the entire surface.

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Step 7

Place the chocolate eggs on top and press them gently into the batter.

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Step 8

Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C (350°F) for 30-35 minutes.

Allow to cool completely before optionally decorating with powdered sugar.

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Step 9

Cut into portions and serve. 

Enjoy your meal!

Simple Easter Egg Cake - Step 9
Quantity: 8 serv (1 26cm tray)
Prep time:
30 min
Difficulty: easy
Ready in: 10 min