Easter is synonymous with Easter cakes, Easter food and Easter eggs. It is that time of the year where children enjoy and celebrate it with the as much enthusiasm because they have a big stake in it with all the Easter eggs and chocolates thrown in. The eggs when opened have jelly beans and candies in it bringing on the smiles on their cherubic faces. As for those lovely fondant Easter cakes; they are fun to make in all those assorted shapes and sizes.

Fondant Easter Cakes

Easter cakes can be given the fondant treatment to make them attractive with shapes relating to Easter festival. You could let your imagination run wild and create those Easter bunnies, eggs, baskets and flowers. You could make cakes, cup cakes with frosting or fondant or marzipan (almond paste dough molds like modeling clay). Chocolates and almonds are staples of Easter treats. Here are a couple of eggs you could try out with fondant.

 Easter Egg Cake

You could make a regular cake in an oval shape in such a mold. Once the cake is baked, roll out the fondant. Spread it over the cake as shown in the video below. You could add food coloring or cake coloring of your choice. For a chocolate egg use a dark brown coloring that would give a glazed look. Trim the edges and add decorations to the chocolate cake egg if you wish. Keep it on the center of the table and you will find a delighted bunch of kids around it soon.

 Easter Bunny Cake

Bake a cake in an Easter bunny mold. You could use the standard cake making procedure and choose the cake flavor of your choice. Make the fondant mixture and roll out the bluish purple colored fondant. Use various colored fondants and frosting to add the flowers and the other decorations you choose. The bunny cake is all set to go onto the table and capture everyone’s imagination.

Easter Egg Basket, Bunny Bandit cake, Tulip cake, Easter bunny cake, cup cakes, cookies, Farmhouse, Bugs bunny cake, checkerboard, cake, garden cake are the different themes you could choose from. Easter food will have a touch of glamour with a beautiful fondant Easter cake added to it.

Happy Easter!

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