Peep Sunflower Cake

Easter is coming and what is a better way to celebrate than with baking? 

Peeps scream Easter. I felt that I needed to make some sort of Easter dessert to take to my work meeting the other day and was  I saw this cake in magazine cut-out and thought it was so adorable that I had to make it. It was an incredibly easy recipe and there were no leftovers, which clearly shows that it tasted as good as it looked.

For the cake:

1 package cake mix (whatever flavor you like!)

2 cans (16 ounces) chocolate frosting

18 yellow chick Peeps 

1 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

To make the cake:

Prepare the cake according to the directions. Grease two 9-inch round pans. Bake as long as the directions on the cake box state. Let the cakes cool for 10 minutes before removing them from the pans. Move the cakes to cooling racks to cool completely. 

Level the tops of the cakes. Spread frosting between the layers of cakes and on the sides and top.

Press Peeps around the edge of the cake so that the tails slightly hang over. They will be the sunflower petals. In the center of the Peeps, make a circular pattern with the chocolate chips. They are the sunflower seeds! 

This cake makes about 12 slices. They will all be gone because everyone loves Peeps for Easter!