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. Just another beautiful cake! YOU ROCK! Your inspiring me to do more with baking. For that I AM THANKFUL!

  2. Thanks for the explanation of the chick eyes, that definitely had me stumped! Very clever chick in the egg. I was trying to figure out how to lay a ring of icing around to get the eyes!

  3. Wow,look at all those entries! Guess I’ll throw mine into the mix 🙂 Your Easter egg cake is adorable, as usual…Have a great holiday!

  4. I followed you over from a friend’s blog – and I’m not disappointed. That’s an awesome cake! I’m going to add you to my blog reader as soon as I leave this comment (and go follow you on twitter)
    Great job!

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