Easter Cake

~ happy Easter lovelies! we hope you are enjoying your long weekend with your loved ones! keeping with the theme of deliciousness over Easter, we'd like to share with you a very easy lightly lime flavored cake and strawberry butter cream frosting recipe topped with toasted coconut and mini eggs made by Oz ~

Strawberry Butter Cream

~ 2 sticks butter {softened to room temperature}

~ 3 1/2 cups icing sugar

~ pinch of sea salt

~ a splash of vanilla {1/2 ~ 1 tsp}

~ 3 tbsp pureed fresh strawberries

 {approximately 1/2 cup strawberries ~ will depend on size}

1. beat butter in stand mixer until soft and fluffy {the longer you beat, the creamier your frosting will be. be sure to scrape the bottom of the bowl every once in a while}

2. add the icing sugar in increments, mixing well and scraping until soft and fluffy

3. add salt and vanilla, mix a few times

4. add strawberry puree and combine well so icing looks light pink

Cake

~ truthfully, the cake is just a plain white cake that i flavored mildly with :

the juice of 1/2 lime

lime zest {one lime}

1. i scooped out equal measurements using a 1 cup measuring cup to pour into two 9x9 non-stick round cake pans so they'd come out looking pretty similar and even

2. i'm not too fancy yet when it comes to cake slicing so i just sliced off the round dome-like top of the base cake piece with a bread knife to try flatten it some before icing it

3. i found that using a small offset spatula was easier for me to try and ice this as a 'naked' cake. since i made this for my family {they don't love icing so i used as little as i could while still making this look pretty}

4. i topped the cake with toasted coconut and then played around with some mini eggs for a cute Easter looking presentation

* hope you enjoy

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xoxo