Sorry it's been awhile by the way. On another note, I made a second page that let's you know more about me on the right ------>
Not a whole lot, just some things, and what I post about for new people. I think I may make a few more pages to help sort out the different things I post about (food, crafts, apples), but I don't know. What do you think? Is that just wasting time that I could use to write another post or do my homework and grading? :)
OK! Today I want to tell you about the cake I made for this past Easter! My family celebrates Easter every year together (and that's why I love holidays the most- they're like free time to spend with family!)
It's completely original, too! But I honestly don't mind if you make it and sell it or whatever. :) Here is what I did:
Easter= eggs- which are given out by the Easter Bunny, so I decided I'd make a cake that represents the head of the Easter bunny! (I've never actually seen her, but I tried my best). I have a soon-to-be-sister-in-law who is not big on chocolate cake, so my sister and I decided that the ears would be yellow cake and the head would be chocolate. It would be two layers, too.
Aww, I just realized I don't think I have pictures of the cake making- just the final product! Oh, well, it's not hard. Originally I was going to bake two round yellow cakes (in a 9" round pan), and then cut two ears out of each. However, at the grocery store we saw these foil pans that would be perfect for bunny ears, so we bought a few. I made up a generic yellow cake from scratch (just search around the internet, and you can find one you like!). The only thing was, it came out more like pound cake than good, soft, fluffy yellow cake! So it wasn't a tremendous hit :(, well, the ears at least.
I found a chocolate cake recipe that was very similar to the Hershey's Chocolate cake recipe, so I made that. (If you have never tried the Hershey chocolate cake recipe, you are kind of crazy to me.) The batter is very thin (after the addition of the hot water, and the cake comes out so moist and rich. It's amazing! The recipe made two 9" round cakes!
I placed the chocolate down, and positioned the ears as I pleased. Then I smeared on some delicious butter cream frosting, added the second layer, and did a crumb coat (smear on frosting as you please, despite crumbs coming off the cake and mixing with the frosting. I...don't have the butter cream frosting. I know....I absolutely fail as a food blogger. But if you really must have the recipe, I can get it for you, I made it with my mom, so she has the recipe. Anyway, it came out really sugary sweet, but you could cut down the sugar possibly. (Oh, yeah. And I played around piping the frosting!) Without further ado, the final product!!
Ooops! That's not it! :) So, I've never microwaved a peep before, and I kept hearing/seeing (the wonders of social media) how others have often done this. I don't know if I microwaved it too long or what because it didn't taste that good to me. But maybe I will try roasting one next...
Ah, I forgot to mention two things. I cut out some of the white cake in the middle of the ear so that it looked like it was going in a little bit. With what I cut out, I piled it to make the nose! And, the eyes were Reece's peanut butter eggs - something that I always see around Easter at the local grocer.
Maybe this will give you inspiration for next Easter, or the next holiday or celebration you have!
PS. I'll be posting about apples soon! Today or tomorrow, I hope!
Sarah
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