Fake Bakes archive note — September 2026: This recipe was created in 2022 using Tesco products and prices available at the time. Retailer ranges, pack sizes, promotions and prices change, so the shopping list below is a historical snapshot rather than a current stock or price guide. Check current product labels for ingredients and allergens before buying or serving anything. Browse the Fake Bakes hub for the series.
Safety note: An adult should handle knives, hot water and any heated chocolate mixture.
In 2022, following the success of my Valentine's Day fake bake on Instagram, we hosted another fake bake-along, this time for an Easter cake under £10. I opted for Tesco because the range at the time included budget-friendly sponges and plenty of decorations.
Bunnies. Mini Eggs. Nests. Pastel flowers. Could there BE anything more Easter-like than this?! I shared the ingredients list a few weeks in advance so anyone keen to join had enough time to get the bits and bobs in. I was so pleased to see so many of you joining in!
Throughout this challenge, I learned to become more resourceful with the ingredients. In that 2022 batch, crumbled Flake did not melt into a smooth pool in the way I expected, so I improvised with hot water until that particular mixture was smooth enough to bind the cornflakes. That was an archive-specific shortcut, not proof that Flake is already "seized" or a general ganache method: chocolate products can behave differently when water is added.
Wearing a Peter Rabbit costume while decorating is completely optional, of course, but definitely makes it all the more fun.
Fake Bake Recipe - Easter Bunny and Mini Egg Cake
@angesdesucre £10 #easteregg cake from Tesco! #cakedecorating #cakesoftiktok #foryou #fy #cake ♬ FEEL THE GROOVE - Queens Road, Fabian Graetz
Ingredients
2x Ready-made Coconut Sponge Cakes (5" or 6" size)
1 tub (400g) of ready-made Lemon flavor frosting
Corn Flakes
Mini Eggs
Flake bars
Chocolate bunnies
Wafer flowers
Method
1. Prepare the cake decorating station with a cake turntable, angled palette knife, cake scraper, a cake board, a tablespoon, a piping bag fitted with a small star nozzle, a knife, and a spatula.
2. Unbox the cakes. Smear a dollop of frosting in the middle of the cake board on the turntable, and then place one of the layer cakes on the board. Decant the frosting into a bowl and whip or stir to loosen and lighten it. Pipe some frosting along the top edge of the cake and stack the second cake on. Pipe the frosting around the cake and smooth it with the edge of the palette knife, or a plastic cake scraper. No need to smooth the top - the coconut mallow topping of the cake looks nice! Place in the fridge to chill and set.
3. For the original 2022 batch, I chopped 2 large Flake bars into tiny pieces and stirred them into 3 tablespoons of hot water until the mixture was smooth enough to bind the cornflakes. That quantity records what worked in that batch; it is not a universal chocolate-to-water ratio. If your chocolate does not emulsify smoothly, do not keep adding tiny splashes by guesswork—use a tested chocolate sauce or ganache method instead. Mix the prepared chocolate mixture with 6–7 handfuls of corn flakes.
4. Spoon a tablespoon of the chocolate corn flake mix into a few cupcake liners to make "nest" shapes. Place a few mini eggs in each and put in the fridge to set.
Spread the remaining chocolate corn flake mix over parchment paper and place in the fridge to set.
5. Chop some mini eggs and use it to spread along the base of the cake.
6. Mark an outline of a small chocolate bunny using the tip of a paring knife and carve a hole out. Place the chocolate bunny in the hole and the cake carving on top of the cake.
7. Fit a piping bag with a small star nozzle and pipe the remaining frosting over the top. Decorate with broken flake twigs.
8. Remove the mini egg nests from the cupcake liners. Decorate the top of the cake with the nests and the chocolate bunnies. Decorate the bunny burrow with chocolate cornflakes.
9. Place the wafer flowers on the cake to finish decorating.
This was possibly the CUTEST fake bake of the 2022 run. And it came in under the £10 challenge budget at the time.
We loved the versions people shared during the original 2022 Easter Fake Bake-along.
Bunnies aren't only for Easter though. If you'd like to order a Peter Rabbit cake for any special occasion, see our delivery information for current routes and timings.
Lots of love,
Reshmi xoxo
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