Surprise inside bunny cake
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- Serves
- one loaf cake
Chocolate bunny cake hidden inside a vanilla loaf cake
Ingredients
CHOCOLATE CAKE
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 piece egg, room temp
- 1/2 cup sour cream, room temp
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup boiling water
VANILLA CAKE
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 piece egg, room temp
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup buttermilk, room temp
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Directions
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease two loaf pans, line the bottoms with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Step 2
In a large bowl, mix together sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Step 3
Crack in the egg, spoon in the sour cream, and pour in the oil and the vanilla. Mix with a wooden spoon until just combined.
- Step 4
Pour in the boiling water, and slowly mix until smooth and liquidy.
- Step 5
Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Step 6
Remove the cake from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool for about 10 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and cool completely.
- Step 7
Cut cake into 1-inch thick slices. Use a bunny cookie cutter to cut cake slices into bunny shapes. Freeze them when preparing for the vanilla cake.
- Step 8
To prepare the vanilla cake, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
- Step 9
In another bowl, mix eggs and sugar until well combined. Gradually add oil and vanilla, mix until just blended.
- Step 10
Slowly add half the flour mixture; mix until just blended. Add the buttermilk, mix until just blended. Add remaining flour mixture, mix until batter is combined and smooth.
- Step 11
Remove the bunny cake cut outs from freezer. Stack them together to make a long bunny log. Line it in the bottom of the other cake pan. Pour the vanilla cake batter in the pan to cover the bunny cake cut outs.
- Step 12
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Step 13
Remove the cake from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool for about 10 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and cool completely.