Easter Egg Cake


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Easter Egg Cake

By Amanda Formaro
Wow the kids and your friends with this super easy Easter egg cake. All the fun is in the decorating. Be creative and use whatever colors and decorating fashion you wish.



You will need




your favorite box cake, any flavor

yellow and green food coloring

white icing (recipe below)

green, orange, yellow, and pink decorator gel

white decorator frosting

decorating tip

gumdrops

silver non pareils

round cake pans



Note: This cake uses one round cake pan. Therefore, you can make two Easter egg cakes, or make cupcakes with the remaining batter.



Prepare cake mix as directed. Pour half the prepared batter into round cake pan and bake as directed on box. Allow to cool thoroughly before frosting and decorating.



Prepare the white icing by following the recipe below. When finished, remove 3/4 cup of the frosting to a seperate bowl. Add a two drops of green food coloring to the small bowl and stir until thoroughly mixed. Add three drops of yellow food coloring to the large bowl of white frosting, stir thoroughly.



White Buttercream Icing



16-ounce package confectioners sugar

6 tbsp butter or margarine, softened

3 to 4 tbsp milk

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/8 tsp salt



In a medium bowl, with mixer at medium-low speed, beat all ingredients until the icing is smooth and of easy spreading consistency. Add a few drops of red food coloring, 3 for light pink, 6 or so for dark pink.

Prep

When cake is COMPLETELY cooled, cut a straight line, off center, down the cake so that you are removing a rectangular piece from the center of the circle. Place rectangle at the bottom of your cake platter, position remaining half circles together to form oval. Place above the rectangle as if sitting on it.



Decorate


Using the green frosting, carefully frost the rectangle. using the yellow frosting, completely cover the "egg". Smoot frosting with a flat cake spreader or a smooth butter knife.



To decorate the cake, simply pipe designs in zig zags, swirls and lines across the cake with decorator gel and decorator frosting. Use non pareils to dot across the cake's surface. Use decorator gels and dot in alternating colors along the decorator frosting piping. Cut the ends off of gumdrops to decorate the top of the cake. Line gumdrops along the bottom of the green "grass".


You can decorate the egg however you please. use a different color for the frosting if you prefer. Creativity is the key! 


 

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About The Author

Amanda Formaro is the entrepreneurial mother of four children. She is the founder of FamilyCorner.com Magazine, craft expert for Kaboose.com, and runs a host of blogs, including her popular food blog, Amanda's Cookin'
 
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