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Oma's German Easter Lamb Cake: (Osterlammkuchen)

Looking for a German Easter Lamb Cake recipe? Look no further! Try Oma's creative and delicious chocolate version to start your own Easter tradition. It's vegan, too!

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon (5 grams) + ⅜ cup  (32 grams) cocoa powder, divided
• 1¾ cups (228 grams) all purpose flour
• 1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar
• ¼ teaspoon (1 grams) baking powder
• ½ teaspoon (3 grams) baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon (1.5 g) salt
• ¾ teaspoon (3.75 milliliters) almond extract
• ¾ cup (180 milliliters) warm, extra-strong coffee
• ⅜ cup (90 milliliters) light  tasting olive oil or other neutral vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoons (8 grams) powdered sugar, for dusting
• red ribbon, paper Easter grass, jelly beans, or chocolate almonds, to decorate

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
2. Prepare the inside of each half of the lamb cake mold by spraying with a cooking spray and then dusting with 1 tablespoon (5 grams) cocoa powder.
3. Sift the remaining ⅜ cup (32 grams) cocoa  powder along with all the dry ingredients into a large bowl.
4. Mix the almond extract into the coffee and pour the mixture, along with the oil, into the dry ingredients, mixing until a smooth, dense cake batter is formed.
5. Spoon the batter into each half of the prepared lamb mold, leaving the top inch without batter. Close the mold and put the clips in place. Press the batter down into the mold and add more batter if needed, leaving an inch free at the top of the mold. Smooth out the top of the batter. Use the extra batter for cupcakes (see Hints below).
6. Place the cake mold on a cookie sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
7. Let the cake cool in the mold for about 10 to 20 minutes before inverting it onto a wire rack. Let the cake cool completely.
8. Trim the bottom of the cake, if needed, to make it flat so it will stand upright. Place  the Easter lamb on a serving platter.
9. Put the powdered sugar into a small sieve and dust over the top of your adorable lamb cake. Tie a red ribbon around its neck. Surround the lamb with paper Easter grass and jelly beans or chocolate almonds.

Notes/Hints:

• Instead of spraying with vegetable spray, grease with butter, vegan butter, or solid vegetable shortening. 
• The extra batter can be used to make cupcakes. I used a mini cupcake pan and got 6 little adorable cakes to decorate. There will bake in about 15 minutes. 
• If you're using a different lamb form, the kind with a vent hole in the top half of the mold, make sure you put the batter into the bottom half of the mold without the small hole.

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Updated on February 1, 2026