10 Decadent Cakes for Easter

By Food & Wine
Updated April 05, 2017
PHOTO © PETRINA TINSLAY
No, they're not bunny cakes, but here are 10 incredible desserts that will sweeten Easter Sunday.
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Six-Layer Coconut Cake with Passion Fruit Filling

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This towering dessert is made up of layers of super-moist, almost puddinglike coconut cake spread with tangy passion fruit curd, then topped with whipped cream and crispy flakes of toasted coconut. The recipe is from Cynthia Wong, pastry chef in Decatur, Georgia. The cake may look intimidating, but it's easy to make: "Just pop the layers out of the baking pans and slap them together," Wong says.

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Lemon, Poppy and Chèvre Cheesecakes with Rhubarb

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Fresh goat cheese pairs perfectly with cooked rhubarb for these luscious cheesecakes.

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Triple-Cheese Cheesecake with Amaretti Crust

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This killer cheesecake has an ethereally light, creamy texture and fantastic crunchy crust made from honey graham crackers and amaretti cookies.

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Cocoa-Carrot Cake with Cocoa Crumble

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How do you upgrade the classic carrot cake? Add chocolate.

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Red Velvet Beet Cake with Crème Fraîche Icing

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Beet puree gives this gorgeous cake its deep red coloring and also helps keep the cake layers nicely moist.

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Chocolate Truffle Layer Cake

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This over-the-top dessert features layers of dark chocolate and white chocolate ganache.

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Nutella-Swirl Pound Cake

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Swirls of Nutella make this pound cake extra rich.

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Frozen Hazelnut Mousse Cakes

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This sophisticated dessert is flavored with Armagnac and maple syrup.

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Revelatory Caramel Cake

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This incredible caramel cake is even better the day after it's made.

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Dulce de Leche Layer Cake

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Nut-flavored liqueur such as Frangelico adds delicious flavor to this stellar dessert.

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