Posts tagged easter

I wanted to make an elegant cake to follow Easter dinner, and decided on Red Velvet. The rich texture and red color make it the perfect choice. I’ve also been wanting to use this beautiful cake plate I got for Christmas:

The cake and its plate look like they were made for each other. I used Martha Stewart’s Red Velvet Cake Recipe with excellent results. I’ve included tutorials for both:   Red Velvet Cake Recipe and Cake Assembly.

These egg cups are the perfect size for holding mini cupcakes! The heart-shaped Gobstopper candies are left over from Valentine’s, and the leaves are made of fondant:

I pushed yellow hearts part way into the frosting to make the little chickies below. I think big yellow jellybeans would work well too. I made the beaks out of fondant, and used a food marker to make the eyes.

These would make cute desserts/decorations for each place setting at an Easter dinner. Or you could give them away as charming little party favors.

Of course, rabbits are always an option too:

Are you picturing cute mini cupcakes inside?

Happy Easter!