We all know that Easter is about one thing and one thing only...CHOCOLATE. Just kidding. But this epic Chocolate Easter Cake will be a real crowd pleaser this Easter weekend.
An Easter Egg-stravaganza!
I first posted this over the top Chocolate Easter Cake in 2015. My parents were hosting a big Easter lunch and I wanted to provide a show stopping cake for pudding. Putting religion to one side for a second we all know that Easter is about CHOCOLATE. So I created this epic Chocolate Easter Cake just for the occasion.
This Chocolate Easter Cake is 2 layers of moist chocolate sponge covered in my classic chocolate buttercream, surrounded by chocolate bars and topped with mini Easter eggs. I also like to place a slightly larger Easter egg in the centre to turn this cake into a real centrepiece.
To make the cake extra chocolate-y I not only use cocoa powder, but I also melt actual milk chocolate into the buttercream.
This Easter Kit-Kat Cake really is a chocoholics dream! I hope you didn't give it up for lent...
Easter Baking
What I love about this cake is just how easy it is to make and it doesn't require any special or fancy ingredients. Although the decoration looks impressive it really is just a case of slathering on buttercream and sticking kit-kats to the sides. You could use chocolate fingers, chocolate cigarillos if you're really fancy, or any other chocolate bar that takes your fancy.
Although I've dressed this up as an Easter cake, simply swap the mini eggs on top for your favourite chocolates and you've got an over the top chocolate cake fit for any occasion!
The recipe
To make this cake at home just print off the instructions below.
Chocolate Easter Cake
Ingredients
For the sponge cake
- 300 grams butter
- 300 grams caster sugar
- 6 eggs
- 1 vanilla pod
- 300 grams self raising flour
- 1 pinch salt
For the buttercream
- 100 g milk chocolate
- 200 g butter
- 400 g icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- milk if needed
For the decoration
- kit kats
- mini eggs
Instructions
To bake the cake
- Begin by lining three 6 inch cake tins with grease proof paper and place to one side.
- In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar for the sponge until pale and creamy.
- Add an egg and continue to beat well.
- Keep adding the eggs one at a time (beat well each time) until the mix has become pale and fluffy.
- Scoop the seeds out of the vanilla pod and beat into the sponge mix.
- Next, sift the flour and salt into the bowl and fold through the wet sponge mix.
- Divide the sponge mix between the three tins.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 25-30 minutes at 180C, 356 F or gas mark 4.
- Take the cakes out of the oven once golden and springy to the touch or a skewer placed in the centre comes out clean.
- Allow the cakes to cool completely before attempting to decorate.
To decorate
- Melt the chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water or in the microwave at 10 second bursts, stirring regularly.
- Allow the chocolate to cool until just warm to the touch.
- Using an electric whisk, beat the butter in a bowl until soft.
- Add the icing sugar and vanilla and continue to beat until it is creamy and soft.
- Fold in the melted chocolate until completely incorporated.
- Add a little milk until it is a spreadable consistency.
- Remove the kit-kats from their wrappers and press gently into the sides of the cake.
- Top with mini eggs.
Nutrition
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Joy says
You may like to try the Greek Cypriot Easter cakes - Flaounes which I love.
http://food52.com/recipes/27853-cyprus-easter-cheese-bread-flaounes
There are three cheeses in this recipe for some reason, but you will only need kefalotyri cheese (total 850 grams), I have this on good authority! Demitra Grocery at Betstyle Circus, New Southgate, should have all the specialist ingredients. That's where we are going.
"Flaounes have been made in Cyprus for ages and have been served as a celebratory food for the breaking of the lenten fast. They are traditionally prepared on the Good Friday for consumption on Easter Sunday by Orthodox Christians.[1][2] They are eaten in place of bread on Easter Sunday, and continue to be made and eaten for the weeks"
efwalt says
Awesome thanks Joy 😀 I'll let you know how it goes if I get a chance to make them!!
choclette says
That does indeed look rather spectacular Emma - I bet it got a few oohs and ahhs at work.
efwalt says
Thanks Choclette - I am so very proud haha.
It's currently still hiding in its box! Cake sale opens in an hour. Hoping it sells for a whopper 😀 more money we can make for the charity the better.
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says
This looks delicious. I had a KitKat cake for my 30th and I loved it.
efwalt says
Thanks Dannii! I hope it's not going to be too difficult to cut up. I used the two-fingered kit-kats so hopefully that will act as a good marker for slicing.
Hope you had a lovely birthday 😀
ellie says
That looks lovely! It's brilliant for chocoholics. Isn't Easter a great excuse to bake, I'm making cupcakes for people in work.
The Alzheimers Society is a great cause to fund-raise for I miss baking for charity sales, I'm hopefully getting involved in some very soon though.
Great post x
efwalt says
Thanks Ellie! It certainly motivates me to really bake the best I can. I knew that both cakes had to be show stoppers if we were going to raise lots of money. Last time my cake sold for £18. I'm hoping if both sell for £20 this time I can raise £40 for the charity! Fingers crossed!
My other cake will be appearing on the blog tomorrow morning so do pop back! 🙂
ciaraattwell says
This is epic! I've never made a kit kat cake but I need to try after seeing this!
efwalt says
Definitely give it a go Ciara. It's so incredibly easy yet looks AWESOME! I'd love to see pics if you do 🙂
Laura says
What an absolute beauty! A cake of my chocolate dreams haha
efwalt says
Hahaha thanks Laura! It is perfect for anyone with a chocolate addiction. You could top it with truffles, chocolate buttons, smarties, maltesers....any chocolate of your choice!
North East Family Fun says
Yum! Well done - your cake looks like a showstopper! A great idea to use up Easter eggs too x
efwalt says
Thanks for stopping by 😀 glad you like it!!!
Sugarcoated Liana (@lianasblog) says
This cake looks fab, I bet my boys would love me to produce this for our Easter table! They wouldn't know where to start!
efwalt says
Thanks Liana. Please do!!! I'd love to see pics (before and after it gets demolished :-p)
Anita-Clare Field says
Oh boy. Years of my darling Nana's Easter cake, depicting a nativity scene with icing you needed a drill to get through and disgraceful marzipan that made you want to hide in the cellar. Bless her heart. Yours seems like the sort of cake that people would queue round a block for. Not my thing but our daughter has just seen it and has said the words *want, now* so it's a hit !
efwalt says
Hahaha thanks Anita-Clare! That was certainly the reaction I was hoping for.
Your Nan's cake sounds like a wonderful tradition. If you wanted to recreate it with better results search simnel cake on my blog 🙂 I do 11 marzipan balls on top to represent the disciples (minus Judas of course).
I've also got another easter cake going live tomorrow. It's a sophisticated, lemon sponge decorated much more tastefully! Come back tomorrow and let me know what you think 🙂 xx
Jess @ Along Came Cherry says
Wow this looks amazing! I'm not eating sugar at the moment but I can dream 😉 x
efwalt says
Jess I salute you! I am weak!!! I don't know if I could cut out sugar. Perhaps you could have a go at making this sugar free? :-p
Kelsey says
thats just STUNNING! and so darn clever! looks phenomenal
efwalt says
Thanks Kelsey 😀 that's really kind of you to say! I hope you like tomorrow's cake just as much...
Sian says
Oh my word, that looks amazing! I'm going to my parents for Easter lunch on Sunday, might see if I can create one of these to take x
efwalt says
Thanks Sian! ! Make sure you take lots of pictures 😀 I'd love to see how it turns out. I've got another Easter cake being posted tomorrow so make sure you come back to see that one too xx
LifestyleswithLia says
What a gorgeous cake!! Thanks for sharing this with us... I'm going to show my sister who is the real baker of the family: ))))
efwalt says
Thanks Lia 😀 did you see the Lemon Sponge too? I hope she likes them both!
LifestyleswithLia says
Oh no I didn't yet... I'll check it out! She bakes, I eat... Great sisterly combination!
efwalt says
Sounds a bit like me and my sister :-p
Kavey at Kavey Eats says
So my kind of cake decoration - no need to be super neat on the icing, just enough to stick on the kit kat wallpaper! 😉 Looks superb, btw!
Emma Walton says
Exactly Kavey! No fiddly piping so you can be as slap dash as you like :-p win win! Happy Easter!
Lucy says
Gorgeous colour cake Emma, just right for Easter! If you make this for Easter Sunday or Monday then no need to worry about having given up chocolate for Lent either, result!
Emma Walton says
Thanks Lucy! And good point! Make it on Easter weekend and not too long to wait at all!
Eve Vine says
I'm giving this chocolate easter cake a go for this week end, going to combind it with my grandsons 9th birthday. Looking good so far.