Mini Eggs Cake

Cadbury mini eggs cake recipe is the perfect recipe for Easter! A deliciously moist and fluffy vanilla cake with bits of mini eggs inside and a robin’s egg blue buttercream frosting is one of the best mini eggs cake ideas! And if you like this Easter mini eggs cake, you’ll love my Mini Egg Brownies, my Lemon and Blackberry Cake, and my Lemon Lavender Cupcakes!

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Cadbury Mini Eggs Cake Recipe

When the weather finally starts to warm up and spring is in the air, it's the perfect time to make some yummy springtime goodies! This Cadbury mini eggs cake recipe is so buttery and fluffy, and full of those yummy Cadbury mini eggs we all love!

This cake is fantastic as an Easter dessert, or just as a celebration cake for any day -- it would make a great birthday cake! Anytime you want to enjoy the yummy sweetness of Cadbury mini eggs.

Why are mini eggs so good?

I have no idea! But they really are. They're creamy chocolate in the shape of an egg, covered in a hard candy shell. And though that might sound like they're basically M&Ms, as this Fatherly article points out, they're bigger, and much better.

Maybe we love them so much because they're only available for a limited part of the year. Or maybe there's a special way that Cadbury makes the chocolate to get it to be extra creamy. Maybe, as Spoon University suggests, their size gives them the perfect chocolate-to-candy-shell ratio. Whatever the reason, they're amazing! And they're even better in this Easter mini eggs cake.

Easter Mini Eggs Cake Ingredients

• cake flour - using cake flour in this mini eggs cake keeps the layers light and fluffy. If you don't have cake flour on hand, see below for a trick to make your own at home! To make sure your measurement is accurate, your flour should be measured by weight using a kitchen scale, or measured by volume using the spoon-and-level method. You'll also need a bit of extra flour to coat the chopped mini eggs before adding them into the batter.
• baking soda and baking powder - these leavening agents help to give your cake layers a nice, fluffy texture.
• salt - balances out the sweetness in our cake batter.
• Cadbury Mini Eggs - the star of the show! Pick up a bag or two of Cadbury Mini Eggs to add to the cake batter and to decorate your cake, if you like! You can also use Lindt Mini Eggs or Whopper Robin's Eggs!
• granulated sugar - adds sweetness, and creams with the butter to provide the base of the texture we're going for.
• butter - I often use salted butter in my baking, but for this recipe we'll use unsalted butter. It should be room temperature, so take it out about an hour or two before you plan to make your cake, or check below for a tip to bring it to room temperature quickly!
• eggs - your eggs should also be room temperature -- see below for another tip for this step!
• vanilla - be sure to use a high-quality pure vanilla extract. Or better yet, check out my post on how to make vanilla extract at home with just 2 ingredients!
• vegetable oil - this is a great way to achieve a moist texture in our cake layers!
• buttermilk - make sure your buttermilk is room temperature. Also, if you don't have any buttermilk on hand, check below for a tip to make your own substitute!

Now here's what you need to make that fluffy robin's egg blue vanilla buttercream!

• unsalted butter - again, your butter should be softened to room temperature.
• powdered sugar - to make sure your measurement is accurate, your powdered sugar should be measured by weight using a kitchen scale, or measured by volume using the spoon-and-level method.
• whole milk - helps to make this buttercream frosting nice and fluffy!
• salt - cuts the sweetness a bit and brings out the vanilla flavor.
• vanilla extract - again, it should be a good quality pure vanilla extract for the best flavor!
• blue food coloring - this is optional, but blue food coloring gives the cake a lovely robin's egg blue color!

Equipment

There are a few important tools you'll need for success with this mini eggs cake! First, for your cake layers you'll need a kitchen scale to measure out your dry ingredients. I also recommend using a stand mixer if you have one. If not, a hand mixer will work too. You'll also need two 8-inch cake pans with liners or parchment paper. Finally, our buttercream! Again, a stand mixer is best to whip your frosting up nice and fluffy. I'd also recommend an offset spatula, a pastry brush, and a bench scraper to assemble and decorate your cake.

How to Make Cadbury Mini Eggs Cake

1. First, you'll cream together your butter and sugar with a stand mixer or hand mixer. It should be light and fluffy. Then you'll mix in the rest of your wet ingredients one at a time, until it's all well-combined.
2. Then, you'll sift in your dry ingredients and fold them in until the mixture is just combined.
3. Finally, you'll toss your chopped mini egg candies with a little flour to coat them, and then fold them into the batter.
4. Then you're ready to bake! Your mini eggs Easter cake is ready once a toothpick entered into one of the layers comes out clean.
5. Whip together your frosting ingredients and let your cake layers cool completely before frosting and decorating.

How do I make the robin's egg effect on this Easter mini eggs cake?

It's easy! Just frost the cake as you normally would with the blue buttercream frosting, then in a small bowl, mix together the cocoa powder and vanilla extract as listed below in the recipe card. Stir the mixture with a pastry brush, and then flick some of the dark brown mixture onto the cake to create that speckled look. Continue flicking bits of the mixture all over the cake until it has the look you want. Then you can decorate the top of your cake with more mini eggs!

Tips and F.A.Q.

More Recipes for your Easter Celebration

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• Southern Baked Mac and Cheese
• Pear Puff Pastry Tart with Caramelized Onion and Blue Cheese
• Mini Egg Brownies
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