Chocolate Cadbury Mini Eggs Cake

There is no other way to say this other than this cake is so dangerously delicious. When it’s Cadbury Mini Egg season my family goes through BAGS. We legit fight over who ate the last one out of the bag. All is well though because when I added the eggs to a rich chocolate cake, we no longer fought over tiny eggs but instead fought over who ate the last piece…So I guess, all isn’t well then…

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Chocolate Cadbury Mini Egg Cake

Author: Ari

Ingredients

For the cake

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup DARK cocoa powder
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 4 TB. instant powdered chocolate Jello
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 large egg
• 1 TB. vanilla
• 1/2 cup hot coffee
• 1/ 2 cup chopped mini Cadbury Eggs, plus 1/4 cup more for topping
• 1/3 cup chocolate chips

For the chocolate frosting

• 2 sticks salted butter, softened at room temperature
• 1 TB. vanilla
• 1/2 cup dark cocoa powder
• 20 ounces powdered sugar (2/3 of a 2 pound bag)
• 1/4 cup dark chocolate melted and cooled
• 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream (can add more or less depending on consistency prefered)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a bowl, add your flour, sugars, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, powdered Jello, and salt. Mix together and set aside.
3. Add you milk, sour cream, oil, egg, and vanilla to a separate bowl and combine.
4. Add in dry ingredients and whisk everything together while slowly adding in your hot coffee.
5. Fold in your chopped chocolate and chocolate chips.
6. Grease a 9x9 baking dish. You can use a 9x13 baking dish for a thinner cake, but be aware that the baking time will be less.
7. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until cake has cooked all the way through.
8. Frost once completely cooled

1. In a stand mixer add your butter and cream on medium low for 2-4 minutes until light and fluffy and butter has lightened in color.
2. Add in your cocoa powder, powdered sugar, vanilla, and heavy cream. Cream together until nice and creamy, about 3-4 minutes.
3. Then slowly cream in your melted chocolate.
4. If the frosting is too thick, add more heavy cream, if it's too thin add more powdered sugar.
5. Frost cake as desired, sprinkle with chopped chocolate, and serve.