Easter Cake Ideas

If you are looking for some easy and fun Easter cake ideas for this year’s holiday gathering, there are a lot of easy and simple treats that you can create that are both cute and colorful. Even if you are not a master cake decorator, these easy Easter cakes are bound to have your family doing the bunny hop in no time. Submit your Easter Cakes below for the cake gallery.

The Easter Egg Cake

One of the simplest Easter desserts to make, this cake is created using an oval or egg shaped pan. Simply bake the cake and crumb coat it in the frosting color of your choice. Allow the cake to refrigerate for roughly an hour and then use a piping bag and various colors of frosting to decorate your “Easter egg”. To add some extra color, try coloring your batter!

Easter Bunny Cake

If you’re looking to make an Easter Bunny-inspired cake, you can create it easily by baking two regular round nine-inch cakes. Once baked, keep one in its original size and cut two long petal shaped pieces from the second cake to make the ears. Attach the ears using frosting and then crumb coat the entire cake. Once cooled, put a second layer of frosting on and use a variety of colorful candies and frosting to create details like eyes, whiskers and the pink in the ears. Viola an Easter bunny rabbit cake that is fun and the kids will love to help with.

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Bird’s Nest Cupcakes

For those looking for spring-themed Easter cake ideas, these colorful bird’s nest cupcakes are sure to keep your little birdies tweeting.

Simply make a regular batch of cupcakes and frost in a dark brown. Once cooled, use a piping tip to stack strands of frosting around the edges of the cupcakes to create the “nest”.

Add two or three colorful chocolate Easter egg candies to the center to finish it off.

Easter Cake Decorating Ideas

• Print off a rabbit cake decorating pattern for your cake. We'll show you how to use it.


• Color the inside of your batter different colors for a surprise inside the cake.


• Add the basketweave to a 2 layer circle cake and add tip 233 for grass. Add jelly beans to the top inside the grass. Or make individual nests with cupcakes.

Easter Bunny Cupcakes

Perfect for sending to school for your child’s classroom Easter celebration, bunny cupcakes are so easy, even your kids can help you make them. Make a batch of regular cupcakes and frost them all in a white frosting.

Cut a large marshmallow in half and dip the sticky side in pink sprinkles to create the ears and press them into the frosting to adhere. You can then use candies and a piping tip to create additional details like eyes and whiskers.

Watch this fun video for help on making Easter bunny cupcakes

These are just a few of our favorite Easter cake ideas to get you inspired. Use one of our ideas or get creative and put your own spin on these tasty treats. Don’t forget to Submit your Easter Cakes below for the cake gallery.

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