Simnel cake or Easter simnel cake is a fruit cake with a layer of marzipan and 11 balls of marzipan on top representing the 12 apostles, minus Judas.
Method: oven
Time: over 5 hours
Easter Cakes

Celebrate Easter with these tasty cakes like Easter bonnet cupcakes or a jelly bean cake.
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Simnel (Irish Easter Cake)
Easter Coconut Cream Cake
One of our favorite Easter desserts is this coconut cream cake made from a cake mix. It's moist, fluffy, and has the perfect hint of coconut flavor. Plus, it's super easy to...
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Marshmallow Peeps Cupcakes
Made with jelly beans, white cake mix, frosting, coconut, green food coloring, Marshmallow Peeps
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Jelly Bean Cake
Made with powdered sugar, flour, jelly beans, sugar, butter, cream cheese, vanilla extract, eggs, baking powder, salt
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Easter Bonnet Cake
Made with yellow food coloring, lemon cake mix, lemon zest, confectioners' sugar, butter or margarine, cream cheese, lemon juice
Method: oven
Time: over 5 hours
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Daffodil Cake (Easter Dinner Cake)
Made with powdered sugar, egg whites, cream of tartar, vanilla extract, salt, sugar, cake flour, baking powder, egg yolks, lemon juice
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Easter Angel Cake
Made with jelly beans, green food coloring, angel food cake mix, frozen whipped cream topping, flaked coconut
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Easter Sunshine Cake
Made with coconut, oil, eggs, orange gelatin powder, water, crushed pineapple, confectioners' sugar, orange cake mix
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Easter Chick Cupcakes
Made with Oreo cookies, yellow cake mix, vanilla frosting, decorator frosting or gel
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Easy Easter Bunny Cupcakes
Made with cake flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, butter, milk, eggs, vanilla extract, corn syrup
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Marshmallow Peep Easter Basket Cake
Made with Peeps orange creme eggs, Peeps strawberry creme eggs, Mike & Ike Easter treats, vanilla cake mix, vanilla cake icing, bright blue or turquoise food...
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
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