A fun cake for Easter, this Easter Cake – Surprise Inside Cake is one that will leave guests shocked and delighted!

Easter Egg Surprise Inside Cake!

I made a cake in the shape of a giant egg. And trust me, it is not as hard as you would think!

Easter Egg Surprise Inside Cake

To decorate the cake I just sectioned off four areas and decorated them each with royal icing or fondant. You can also use buttercream if you don’t want to mess with royal icing.

 

Easter Egg Surprise Inside Cake

Easter Cake

Easter Egg Surprise Inside Cake

But you know I can’t make a cake without a surprise inside…

Easter Egg Surprise Inside Cake

So I made a little chick Surprise Inside Cake!

 

My kids loved it and were so excited!

 

Easter Egg Surprise Inside Cake

I used my White Cake recipe, made 4 layers, carved the egg shape and then frosted with whipped buttercream.

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Meet Amanda Rettke

Amanda Rettke is the creator of I Am Baker, and the bestselling author of Surprise Inside Cakes: Amazing Cakes for Every Occasion – With a Little Something Extra Inside.Over the course of her 15+ year blogging adventure, she has been featured in and collaborated with the Food Network, New York Times, LA Times, Country Living Magazine, People Magazine, Epicurious, Brides, Romantic Homes, life:beautiful, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Mail, Star Tribune, The Globe and Mail, DailyCandy, YumSugar, The Knot, The Kitchn, and Parade, to name a few.

Reader Comments

  1. That is too stinkin’ cute! I just found your blog via Skip To My Lou, and I can tell I’ll be here a while tonight! LOL Thanks for sharing such a darling idea!

  2. Oh my goodness Amanada, that little chickie in the middle of the cake….what a great surprise!!
    You are so super talented!

  3. Oh my gosh!!!!!!!!! That cake TAKES THE CAKE!!! I know, how corny! But seriously, I was like, “Wow!!!!!!!!” What can you NOT do????
    Awesome giveaway too!! Love it!
    Honestly, if I was to win, I’d be happy with your baked goods!

  4. That is just too cute! I was planning cupcakes for Easter now I may have to give an egg shaped cake instead – I doubt I can master the chick inside like you did!

  5. I am so jealous of your skills! I hope to be that good one day. I might just make this cake (or at least attempt to. )
    also, I would love to win that money! pick me! 🙂

  6. I followed you here from bakebakebake, and as always, your cakes are always amazing! You definitely keep outdoing yourself/reinventing things-I can’t fathom how you got that chick shape into the cake!

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