Páskakaka

Eastercake

In Iceland, yellow is the typical Easter color!

So I helped out a little with this Easter cake and colored the butter-sugar-chocolate cream slightly - the cream for the bottom layer with orange food coloring, the cream for the top layer with yellow food coloring.

Of course, you can also leave out the food coloring and then simply prepare the cream in one portion.

Ingredients

450 g soft butter
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
6 eggs
1 tsp ground vanilla
1 tsp baking powder

For the cream

450 g powdered sugar
250 g soft butter
140 g white chocolate
2 tsp ground vanilla

orange and/or yellow food coloring if desired

Chocolate eggs and Easter bunnies / flowers as desired


Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C) upper/lower heat.

Mix the butter with the sugar until fluffy...

then the eggs...

and then add the flour, baking powder and ground vanilla...

...and work everything into a smooth dough.

Divide the dough equally into two springform pans (18 cm)...

...and bake in a preheated oven at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for 60 minutes.

After baking, if necessary, leave it in the switched off oven for another 10 minutes so that there is nothing "gooey" on the inside, then take the molds out of the oven and let them cool thoroughly.

When both bases have cooled down properly, mix the cream:

Cream 1

Melt the white chocolate in a water bath and then let it cool down again.

Mix 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar with 1 teaspoon of water and the orange food coloring.

Then mix 250 g powdered sugar with 125 g butter and the sugar until foamy, add the mixed food coloring and 1 teaspoon ground vanilla...

...and finally add half of the melted chocolate...

...and mix everything into a nice cream.

Place the first cake base on a cake plate, if necessary cut off the top with a knife so that the base is straight at the top, and then spread the first cream on top.

Cream 2

Mix 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar with 1 teaspoon of water and the yellow food coloring.

Mix again 250 g of powdered sugar and 125 g of butter until foamy, add the mixed food coloring and the ground vanilla and finally add the remaining melted chocolate and mix everything into a nice cream.

"Straighten" the top of the second cake layer again, place it on top of the first one with the bottom facing up...

...and spread the second cream on top.

Then decorate the cake directly with chocolate eggs, chocolate Easter bunnies, finished flowers made of edible paper or similar.

Then let it set in the fridge for at least 3 hours, but ideally overnight, and then serve with Easter coffee.

With that in mind: Happy Easter!
Gleðilega páska!




[Translated from here.]