Easy Easter Cake Recipes That Will Dazzle
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It’s not Easter without an Easter cake. Celebrate the holiday with one of these easy Easter cake recipes that we know will dazzle your family and friends.
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Easter Cake Recipes
These Easter cake recipes are classic, perfect in pastel hues, and most are rather simple. Get ready to be inspired!
From classic springtime cakes of strawberry and lemon to pound cakes, chiffon cakes, almond cakes, and coconut cakes, we also have recipes for cupcakes and simple “anytime” snack cakes.
An Easter cake can be as simple or fancy as you choose.
And then there are the themed cakes, like Easter Lamb Cakes or Easter Bunny Cakes.
Did you grow up with one of those? To me, Easter wasn’t Easter without a Bunny Cake decorated with buttercream, coconut, pink construction paper ears, jelly beans, and a bushy tail.
These days, making bunny cakes is even easier with simple Bunny Cake Molds or Lamb Cake Molds, or even vintage-inspired Lamb Cake Molds from Etsy. I particularly love this Lamb Baking Tin from Amazon that I’m purchasing this year.
History of Easter Lamb Cakes
I recently ran across an article from the Smithsonian titled “Easter Lamb Cake Meets the 21st Century.” Although traditional to many cultures, including my German ancestors, this article featured the Czech tradition of Lamb Cakes.
They write that Lamb Cakes were made from either cake batter or sweetened yeast dough and always baked in molds shaped like lambs, similar to the links above.
As mentioned, these lamb molds were popular not only in the Czech Republic but also in Poland, Alsace, where they were called Lamalas, and France.
“These cakes represent Christ as the sacrificial Lamb of God,” they write.
“Some of today’s lamb cakes are dusted with a coating of confectioners’ sugar or drizzled with a light glaze of sugar icing. More elaborate ones are covered with fluffy white frosting, sometimes garnished with shredded almonds or coconut or spread with chocolate icing embellished with white icing swirls. The eyes are made from raisins, whole cloves, or coffee beans, and a small silk ribbon, often with a tiny bell attached, is tied around the lamb’s neck.
Some of these lambs also have a branch of fresh rosemary (symbolizing remembrance) in their mouth, and many hold a colored foil banner bearing the emblem of a lamb or a cross, recalling similar banners carried by Christian crusaders to the Holy Land a thousand years ago.”
If you want to try a Lemon Lamb Cake, I’m in love with our Lemon Easter Lamb Cake (Osterlamm, German Kuchen)
Easter Cake Recipes
Whether simple or fancy, Easter Cakes always have room at the table. Here are some easy and inspiring ideas to make your own holiday cake this year.
More Easter Recipes You May Also Enjoy
Easy Easter Cake Recipes That Will Dazzle
Springtime Strawberry Cake
The decadent cream cheese frosting and gorgeous floral garnish on this Springtime Strawberry Cake make it an irresistible seasonal sweet.
Lemon-Orange Chiffon Cake
Serve this at Easter and wow your guests with edible flowers.
Almond Cake with Ombré Egg and Bunny Cookies
“The only thing better than this almond cake (and its divine raspberry buttercream frosting) is its cute egg and bunny cookie adornments.”
Coconut Cream Cake
“Rich coconut flakes and angel food cake are a match made in foodie heaven.”
Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake
"Trisha Yearwood, award-winning country music superstar and best-selling cookbook author, said that her Grandma Lizzie prepared strawberry shortcakes like a regular cake: she baked the layers in standard round cake pans, then filled and topped them with whipped cream and fresh strawberries."
Speckled Malted Coconut Cake Recipe for Easter
“This cake is almost too pretty to eat (but also too delicious not to).”
Coconut Cream Cake Recipe
"Look for packaged coconut shavings in your grocer's natural foods section."
Lemon Naked Cake Recipe with Flower Crown
This flower-topped layer cake is so pretty you won’t want to cut it! Made with a lemon cake mix and Lemon Buttercream frosting, it’s incredibly simple to make, even though it looks impressive. Top with a ring of edible flowers and prepare for complements.
Lemon Easter Lamb Cake (Osterlamm, German Kuchen)
This Lemon Easter Lamb Cake is an easy, foolproof dessert traditionally served on German Easter tables and called Osterlamm. It’s a moist and tender pound cake recipe baked in a festive mold. The lemon flavoring and rich buttery crumb taste like Easter in every bite!
Easy Carrot Cake Recipe with Cream Cheese Frosting
This Carrot Cake Recipe with cream cheese frosting is a made-from-scratch, utterly moist, and mouthwateringly delicious layer cake. It’s easy and rather quick to make and filled with carrots, warm spices we love, chopped nuts, and raisins. And it’s irresistible!
Simple Anytime Almond Cake
This simple Almond Cake is an Almond Anytime Cake. Simple, incredibly moist, and delicious. A buttery, slightly sweet snacking cake perfect for teatime, breakfast, or midnight cravings.
Strawberry Bread with Lemon Icing
This classic Strawberry cake has a lemon icing-style frosting, is incredibly moist and tender, and is easily baked in a loaf pan.
Easy Carrot Cake Loaf
"This Carrot Cake Loaf is packed with flavor and grated carrots. Warm spices make it incredibly delicious, topped generously with cream cheese frosting!"
Easter Bunny Cake
"Easter wasn’t Easter without the Bunny Cake. As I look back on the Bunny Cake, I can remember thinking it was amazing when I was really young. We were fascinated by anything in the “cake decorating” realm and I loved seeing it come together in person.”
Easter Polka Dot Cake
“This Easter Polka Dot Cake is a gorgeous spring cake with polka dots on both the outside AND inside of the cake! Learn how to create this cute, easy cake with surprise polka dots inside.”
Rich Chocolate Cake with Ganache Frosting and Truffle-Egg Nest
“Jaws will drop when you present this stunning dessert! Decadent chocolate cake is frosted with ganache and covered with another layer of chocolate before being decorated with a “nest” made out of chocolate shavings and truffle “eggs” tinted blue and dusted with metallic luster.”
Easy Mini Lemon Pudding Cakes
Beautiful and delicious individual lemon cakes that will have your guests asking for more!
Mini No-Bake White Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecakes
They’ll have you saying “aww” immediately followed by “mmm.”
Easter Daffodil Cake Recipe
“With notes of citrus and vanilla, this sweet springtime cake is the perfect choice for Easter.”
Lemon Pound Cake
This Lemon Pound Cake is velvety soft, moist, buttery, and tender. Flavored with fresh lemon zest and juice, it's an easy to make cake that's absolutely spring perfect.
Strawberry-Lemonade Layer Cake
“With alternating layers of sweet and tart flavors, and cheerful colors, this springtime cake can function as both your dessert and centerpiece.”
Easy Citrus Iced Orange Cake Recipe
This Orange Cake is a soft, moist, iced loaf cake with bright citrus flavors. Easy to make without a mixer, it’s a treat you won’t soon forget! Perfect for celebrations, gifting, or simply when craving an easy treat packed with delicious flavor.
Lemon Drizzle Cake Recipe
This easy Lemon Drizzle Cake is a beautiful recipe, perfect for days when you're craving a decadently tender dessert with abundant lemon flavoring. Or when you're looking for a traditional tea cake you know everyone will love.
A Simple and Easy Lemon Loaf Cake
“Sometimes simplicity is all that’s needed. Our easy lemon loaf cake is simply that. Easy and delicious.”
Strawberry Ricotta Cake Recipe
This Strawberry Ricotta Cake is moist, fluffy, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious. It's an easy cake recipe with rustic Italian charm. Seriously, it will become your favorite weeknight dessert.
Easter Egg Nest Cupcakes Make Darling and Easy Treats
I love making these for the little ones in the family. Well -- the not so little ones love them too!