Easter Cake


on Monday, April, 09 2012 @ 09:16:11 pm (474 words)
In Cakes [ 4992 views ]

An Easter tradition for me is baking a coconut cake and decorating it with peeps and eggs. The tradition was started by Mum who always baked a coconut cake for Easter and would decorate it with peeps and eggs and of course I would help her. I added the "green grass" to the decorations one year and that became a part of the decorations each year as it added to the theme.


Easter Cake

Ingredients

  • A sheet cake of your choice
  • Flake Coconut
  • Icing Sugar
  • Coconut Flavouring
  • Coconut Oil
  • Water
  • Food Colouring
  • Marshmallow Peeps
  • Jelly or Malted Eggs

Prepare a sheet cake of your choice; usually I go with a white cake but this year I decided on a richer butter cake. You can add coconut flavouring to the cake batter. Once the cake has baked and cooled, it is time to make the icing. The amount of icing you will need will vary on the size of the sheet cake. For a standard size sheet cake, you will most likely end up using at least three fourths of a 907g (2lb) bag of icing sugar; it is better to make more than you think you will need as I almost did not have enough to ice my cake. Mix the icing sugar, a small spoon of coconut flavouring, water (best to add a little at a time), and about two to three spoonfuls of coconut oil; to keep the icing soft, together. When you have the icing to a consistency that is not too thin but not too stiff; it will flatten out in the bowl, add flake coconut to the mixture. That is all there is to making the coconut icing. Spread the icing on the cake by putting dabs of the icing around the top and then carefully flatting them out. If you try to spread this icing, it will tear the surface of the cake. Once you have the icing in place, sprinkle flake coconut on top. I accidentally picked up angel flake coconut. While it worked well in the icing, it was a pain to sprinkle the angel flake coconut on top of the cake

To finish the cake you want to add the peeps and eggs. To make the "green grass" place some flake coconut in a plastic bag and add two to three drops of green food colouring. Close the plastic bag and give it a generous shake to spread the green food colouring around the coconut. Again, I found the angel flake coconut harder to work with. Spread the "green grass" in the centre of the cake and add your jelly or malted eggs. Separate the yellow peeps and place them around the edge of the "nest". That is all there is to creating a very pretty Easter cake to share with your family and friends.


1 comment

Comment from: Jeff [Visitor]
JeffA very pretty cake, and almost as pretty as it’s creator! ;-)
04/09/12 @ 23:42

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