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Easter Cake
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Ingredients
- 1 Vanilla Cake (, 3 layers (or other 20cm/8" cake of choice, Note 1))
- 340g/ 3 sticks unsalted butter (, 1.25cm / ½" cubes, softened to 18°C/64°F (Note 3))
- 750g/ 1.5 lb (6 cups) soft icing sugar / powdered sugar (, sifted)
- 3 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 - 2 drops blue gel food colouring ((or 1 - 2 tsp blue food colouring, Note 4))
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder ((unsweetened or sweetened, doesn't matter))
- 3 tbsp boiling water
- Toothbrush ((or basting brush))
- 2 cups coconut flakes ((or shaved))
- 200g/ 7oz small Easter eggs ((I use pastel coloured speckled ones, Note 5))
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