4.8
(12)
Your folders
Your folders
Export 7 ingredients for grocery delivery
Step 1
Level: Trim the top of cakes if required/desired to make the layers level (for aesthetic purposes).
Step 2
Chill: Place cake layers in fridge until thoroughly chilled (this makes it easier to frost so crumbs don't go everywhere).
Step 3
Toast coconut: Preheat oven to 160°C/325°F (140°C fan). Spread coconut on a tray. Bake 6 - 10 minutes, stirring every couple of minutes, until golden. (Bake time depends on sugar level, so keep an eye on it). Cool.
Step 4
Cream butter: Beat butter in a stand mixer on Speed 8 for 3 minutes until it changes from yellow to almost white.
Step 5
Add icing sugar in 3 batches: Add icing sugar in 3 batches, starting the mixer on speed 1 until partially incorporated, then increasing until it's mostly mixed in.
Step 6
Vanilla, salt, and beat 2 mins: Add vanilla and salt, then beat on Speed 8 for 2 minutes until almost white, and it's beautifully fluffy.
Step 7
Colour (Note 4): Remove 1 tbsp frosting into a small bowl. Add 1 drop of blue gel, mix in. Add 1 teaspoon of coloured frosting back into main frosting, beat until incorporated (scrape down sides as needed). Add more coloured frosting 1 teaspoon at a time until desired tone is achieved.
Step 8
Mix cocoa and boiling water.
Step 9
Frosting: Spread 3/4 cup frosting between each cake layer, then using remaining frosting for side and surface (I usually have ~1/2 cup frosting leftover, but better safe than sorry!).
Step 10
Speckles: Place something behind cake as a backboard for the speckling mess! Dip toothbrush in cocoa mixture, then use fingers to flick speckles onto cake surface - sides and top. (Hint: Practice in sink first). TIP: When doing top of cake, angle toothbrush 45 degrees down NOT over cake, to avoid accidental big drips.
Step 11
Coconut Nest: Pile coconut in the middle to form a "nest" then pile a mound of eggs in it.
Step 12
Coconut Rim: Place a mound of coconut all along the base of the cake, then dot with Easter Eggs.
Step 13
Bask in praise: Take proudly to table and bask in the compliments!
Your folders
confessionsofabakingqueen.com
30 minutes
Your folders
preppykitchen.com
5.0
(6)
35 minutes
Your folders
preppykitchen.com
5.0
(24)
30 minutes
Your folders
omgchocolatedesserts.com
3.8
(4)
30 minutes
Your folders
sallysbakingaddiction.com
5.0
(7)
1 hours
Your folders
the-girl-who-ate-everything.com
5.0
(2)
25 minutes
Your folders
taste.com.au
3.0
(1)
65 minutes
Your folders
taste.com.au
4.8
(6)
80 minutes
Your folders
foodnetwork.com
4.6
(40)
1 hours
Your folders
theseasidebaker.com
25 minutes
Your folders
justapinch.com
5.0
(1)
40 minutes
Your folders
omgchocolatedesserts.com
5.0
(2)
30 minutes
Your folders
littlesunnykitchen.com
5.0
(11)
25 minutes
Your folders
mariasmixingbowl.com
30 minutes
Your folders
thatskinnychickcanbake.com
4.4
(173)
25 minutes
Your folders
littlesunnykitchen.com
5.0
(16)
21600 minutes
Your folders
littlesunnykitchen.com
Your folders
momontimeout.com
5.0
(8)
10 minutes
Your folders
31daily.com
4.6
(5)
45 minutes