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The inspiration for this cake came from one of my favorite flowers, the sunflower. The yellow peeps make eye-catching flower petals, and I carefully placed chocolate chips in a circular pattern to resemble the seeds in the middle of a sunflower. This cake is easy, but looks quite impressive. —Bethany Eledge, Cleveland, Tennessee
Nutritional Facts 1 slice equals 702 calories, 33 g fat (12 g saturated fat), 53 mg cholesterol, 502 mg sodium, 97 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.
Originally published as Peeps Sunflower Cake in Taste of Home February/March 2008, p67
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Reviewed on Apr. 14, 2012 by grammavickie
It was an 'o.k.' recipe, if you want something extremely easy and fairly fast. Looks better than it taste.
Reviewed on Apr. 14, 2012 by cautenrieb
Great recipe everyone loved it.
Reviewed on Apr. 12, 2012 by pknitty
This is an easy fun cake to make. We separated the peeps and added a dab of frosting to the bottom to help stick to the top of the cake. I also added strawberry jam to the middle of the layers instead of more frosting.
Reviewed on Apr. 10, 2012 by MLCrouch
Made this cake for a birthday and Easter and everyone"loved" it !
Reviewed on Apr. 10, 2012 by JTayFil
I have made this several times since the recipe was published in the feb/mar 2008 issue. This year I made a gluten free white cake and iced it with vanilla icing, used pink peeps and some edible pink glitter from a bakery supply store for the center. I cut a sliver off the end peeps to help them stick together. It's a hit every time!!
Reviewed on Apr. 09, 2012 by amberfowles
Really easy and delicious!!!
Reviewed on Apr. 08, 2012 by CookingTia
My cake with the Peeps looked a little more triangle than round.... I need to practice a little more, however, a very fun recipe for Easter....
Reviewed on Apr. 08, 2012 by rosebud919
This recipe was definitely a hit with young and old! Easy, fun and certainly the talk of the dessert table! My only suggestion is that I cut apart the peeps so they would stay in place. Made it with white cake, milk chocolate frosting, and miniature hershey kisses in the middle for the "seeds". Yummy!!
Reviewed on Apr. 08, 2012 by JennKurth
I made this for Easter and everyone loved it . So simple to make and of course it was delicious as well.. Im def buying more peeps to stick in the freezer. This would be a really cute baby shower cake too !
Reviewed on Apr. 08, 2012 by onenonblonde
This cake was the centerpiece of a buffet for yesterdays customer appreciation sale that I hold annually. (Made from my own cake recipe and frosting recipe. from this site). I had 27 requests for the printed recipe, took 4 orders for catering, and at the end of the party/sale, sold the one that I had made. Everyone said that it was too pretty to cut-a theory that usually drives me nuts. The extra $$ soothed my irritation just fine! Kudo's to the Doughboy for an easy and quick pleaser, picture-worthy and with unlimited variations. I'm stocking and freezing the marshmallow treats for summer catering. 2 thumbs up.
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