Get ready for a very hoppy Easter
Simple yet striking, this citrussy bunny cake is speckled with thyme and white chocolate for a grown up twist. If you need to work ahead of time, the cake can be frozen for up to a month. Just pop it in the freezer and defrost thoroughly before filling.
Lemon, thyme, and white chocolate bunny cake
Prep: 30 mins
Bake time: 45-60 minutes
Serves: 2-4
Ingredients:
For the sponge:
- 75g unsalted butter
- 75g caster sugar
- 2 medium eggs
- 50ml milk
- 90g self-raising flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- 2tsp chopped fresh thyme
For the filling and decoration:
- 3tbsp lemon curd
- 75g unsalted butter
- 170g icing sugar
- 2-3tsp lemon juice
- 40g white chocolate
- 8-10 sprigs of fresh thyme
- Mini eggs
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 180C/160C (fan)/gas mark 4. Grease and line a 4″/10cm round cake tin in preparation.
- Cream together the butter and caster sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the thyme leaves and eggs.
- Sift together the flour and baking powder. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture a spoonful at a time, alternating with a glug of milk. Continue until mixed thoroughly.
- Transfer the batter to the cake tin. Bake in the oven for 45-60 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
- For the filling, whisk together the butter, icing sugar, and lemon juice until smooth. If the frosting is a little stiff, add a drop of milk to loosen.
- Slice the cake into three even layers. Fill each layer with a good, thick dollop of frosting. Stack the layers and spread any remaining buttercream around the cake before scraping with a butter knife to create a semi-naked effect.
- Heat the white chocolate in short spurts in the microwave. Spoon the chocolate over the edges of the cake, leaving it to create its own drip effect.
- Take two pieces of white florists wire and bend them into two bunny ears. Wrap some thyme around the wires before inserting into the top of the cake.
- Wind some thyme around the base of the cake. Decorate with mini eggs and serve.
