This is a beautiful chocolate Spring cake with smooth chocolate frosting that is made to look like a flower bed full of Spring yellow flowers. What a great cake for any Spring holiday celebration!
I’ve been meaning to remake this cake for a couple of years. I originally posted this cake three years ago and I am too embarrassed to ask you to go see it. The idea was great but the photo not so much. I was brand-spanking new to blogging then and even newer to photographing my work. Hopefully I’ve improved a bit since then (shamelessly seeking opinions here).
This cake is just so perfect for any Spring occasion. I am planning on bringing this to my son’s class when they have their Easter egg hunt. I can’t wait to see the look on the kids’ faces. I love those babies so much, I’m like the class mom. It will be such a treat for them and a treat for me to see how much they love it.
For this cake, I used boxed chocolate cake because this cake takes a bit of work to put together and I wanted to save some time. If you want to use a homemade cake recipe, you can use my Chocolate Cake recipe that is found HERE and bake it in 9×13 baking pan instead of two round cake pans.
Spring Flower Bed Cake: Perfect for Spring Holidays
Ingredients
- 1 chocolate cake mix
- Frosting:
- 12 oz of cream cheese softened
- 4 oz unsalted butter softened
- 1/4 cup fudge topping
- 1/4 cup powder sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Building the cake:
- 1 13.5 oz can of Cream Filled Wafers
- 5-6 Flower cookies sugar free shortbread cookies
- Candy coated chocolate candy balls
- 1/2 cup Yellow candy melts
- Long wooden skewers
- Green food coloring
Instructions
- Prepare the cake according to instructions, in a 9x13 pan. Cool completely.
- In a stand up mixer, beat cream cheese and butter for about 2 minutes on medium speed, until light and smooth. Beat in hot fudge topping, vanilla and powder sugar starting on slow and then raise the speed to medium and beat until all incorporated.
- Cut the cake in 3 even rectangles. Stack them together and trim the sides so they are even. Save all the scraps!
- Frost the cake in between the layers and all over the sides and top.
- Start stacking the wafers, upright, like a fence, all around the sides of the cake. Depending on the height of your cake, you may need to trim the wafers. Use a serrated knife to do that. Press them onto the frosting, lightly.
- Crumble the cake scraps and sprinkle over the top to create the "dirt."
- Melt the candy melts in the microwave for a minute, on half the power and stir well. Dip the cookies in the yellow melted candy and place them on parchment paper to harden. Drop a candy ball in the center of each flower cookie.
- Drip some food coloring on the cotton ball. Rub the skewers with the food coloring. Cut the skewers down if they are too long.
- Place the cookies on top of the skewer but not all the way through. (Don't press too hard.)
- Stick the flowers in the cake.
Recipe Notes
Recipe from Lyuba @ willcookforsmiles.com. All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to share this recipe, please simply link back to this post for the recipe. Thank you.
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Korilynn says
how adorable is that! And tasty too I’m sure.
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Karilynn!
Marisa says
This is too cute and I loooove those wafers! 🙂
lyuba says
Thank you, Marisa 🙂
Becca from ItsYummi! says
Cute cake alert! Cute cake alert! I’m just in awe of your creativity, Lyuba <3
lyuba says
Haha, thank you, Becca!
Emily @ It Bakes Me Happy says
What an adorable cake for Easter Lyuba, my daughter will love this!
lyuba says
Thank you, Emily!!
Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says
Very creative! Love the cookies on the sides.
lyuba says
Thank you, Erin!
Marisa Franca @ All Our Way says
Your photos take my breath away. They are multi-dimensional and I hope to one day ( not when I grow up — I’m there already ) be one-tenth as good as you. Your recipes are fantastic — what more can I say — you do such a wonderful job. I know if I make when of your recipes it will be fantastic.
lyuba says
Thank you, Marisa!! 🙂
Jenna says
So cute Lyuba, brilliant using the profiterole cookies! Your photos are always mouth watering!
lyuba says
Thank you, Jenna!
Julie says
This is just too cute, Lyuba!! I absolutely love it 🙂
lyuba says
Awww, thank you, Julie!
Mary Frances @ The Sweet Tooth Life says
This is too cute! I love how you made the “fence” 🙂 I lent go stalk your archives, but I think this us beautiful! Pinned!
lyuba says
Thank you so much 🙂
cathy says
this cake is perfect in every way 🙂
lyuba says
That is so sweet! Thank you, Cathy!
Rachel Kathyg @ onlinesisterhood says
I don’t think it is shameless of you to ask at all:) I am a newbie blogger myself now (and photography is very new to me when it comes to staging and such). But, your photographs and yummy recipes are always inspiring to me— long before I started blogging (and yes, I am THAT crazy pinner from Brazil that has been pinning you for so long—if you use google analytics:) Truly, your photographs and the way you stage ARE inspiring and always make me come back to see more….
lyuba says
Rachel, you are so sweet! Thank you so much! 🙂
Erin {Delightful E Made} says
Oh, Lyubia! This is SOOOO cute! And the cake looks pretty delicious, too! What a great idea for spring! Have pinned!! ~Erin
lyuba says
Thank you very much, Erin!
Zing Zing Tree says
A brilliant idea. So so cute
lyuba says
Thank you so much!
Laura O|Petite Allergy Treats says
Lyuba,
This is aahhdorable!!! So cute and creative. I’ll be pinning later.
lyuba says
Thank you, Laura!!
Roxy | Roxy's Kitchen says
This is sooo beautiful, I love it <3! And yes, your pictures look amazing, I'm in the process of improving my photography skills as well :-P. Sharing & pinning this recipe now! Thanks for posting it at my Facebook Milestone Link Party :)!
lyuba says
You are so sweet! Thank you, Roxy!
Gina says
Seriously ADORABLE!!!!!!!! You always wow me!
lyuba says
Awww, thank you, Gina!
Cindy @ Hun... What's for Dinner? says
How cute is this cake!?! I just love cream filled wafer cookies and love how they are used to make a fence.
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Cindy!
Heather @ French Press says
cutest cake ever!
lyuba says
Thank you, Heather!!
Marie@The Interior Frugalista says
Your adorable Spring Flower Bed Cake caught my eye at The Inspiration Exchange Party. It’s too pretty to eat – love it!
lyuba says
I’m glad you came over to see it! Thank you, Marie!
Lisa @ Garnish with Lemon says
This is the most adorable cake I have ever seen! Pinning now!
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Lisa!!
Sarah C says
Honest opinion: Your food photography (any photography) is top notch. You can clearly see the main item but it always looks interesting with just the bit of extras. Clear, colorful and simple at the same time. Kudos. This may be one for us to try for Easter day!
lyuba says
That is so nice of you, Sarah! Thank you so much!
Sarah @ Miss Candiquik says
Sooo cute! This is the cutest things I’ve seen all day. Sharing 🙂
Latisha says
Hello, I loooovvveeee the cake!! It is so cute!! Where did you purchase the flower cookies?
lyuba says
Thank you!
I’ve actually gotten these cookies at WalMart and Target before. They are in the cookie isle and have a white and blue packaging. They are sugar free shortbread cookies.
Kellie says
Very cute! What are the little green balls? I know they aren’t but they look like sweet peas LOL.
lyuba says
Haha, thank you so much! They are not peas 🙂 It’s little candy beads and you can find them in the baking isle of a grocery store.