Lemon Easter Basket Cake Recipe

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Lemon Easter Basket Cake
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Ingredients
17
Count
Nutrition
587
Calories
Total time
30
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Cake:
  2. 1.Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Generously grease a bundt pan.
  3. 2.In a large bowl beat butter until light and fluffy. Add sugar, beating until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition.
  4. 3.Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together to combine.
  5. 4.Add lemon juice to buttermilk.
  6. 5.Beginning and ending with the dry ingredients, alternately add dry and buttermilk mixutres to the butter mixture, beating well after each addition.
  7. 6.Stir in lemon peel. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until cake begins to pull away from side of pan and toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  8. 7.Let cool 10 minutes on cake rack. Turn out onto cake rack and let cool completely.
  9. Icing:
  10. 1.Mix confectioner's sugar and lemon juice to combine. Ice upside-down cake with icing and let dry.
  11. Decorating:
  12. 1.Fill hole with plastic wrap. Top cake with coconut, making the edge a little higher.
  13. 2.Grass: In a resealable plastic bag, Mix a coconut and green food color to combine.
  14. 3.Handle: Fold an 18-inch long piece of aluminum foil lengthwise four times. Secure a ribbon at one end of the foil and wrap to cover. Shape covered foil into long handle. Insert ends of handle about 1/4 -inch from the edge of the cake. Add a bow.
  15. 4.Top coconut with the Easter candies of your choice.
  16. Make-Ahead
  17. •Cake can be ahead, wrapped tightly and frozen, unfrosted, up to 6 months.
  18. Preparation Time: 30 minutes, not including decorating
  19. Ready In: About 3 hours
  20. Servings: 12
  21. Baking Time: 50 minutes to 1 hour
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 587.34 Kcal (2459 kJ)
Calories from fat 208.67 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 23.19g 36%
Cholesterol 104.36mg 35%
Sodium 234mg 10%
Potassium 225.26mg 5%
Total Carbs 90.74g 30%
Sugars 64.24g 257%
Dietary Fiber 1.78g 7%
Protein 6.42g 13%
Vitamin C 2.8mg 5%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 1mg 6%
Calcium 75.8mg 8%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 361.89 Kcal (1515 kJ)
Calories from fat 128.58 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.29g 36%
Cholesterol 64.3mg 35%
Sodium 144.18mg 10%
Potassium 138.8mg 5%
Total Carbs 55.91g 30%
Sugars 39.58g 257%
Dietary Fiber 1.1g 7%
Protein 3.95g 13%
Vitamin C 1.7mg 5%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 6%
Iron 0.6mg 6%
Calcium 46.7mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 13.3
    Points
  • 16
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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