by Gibson Joness
The spring holiday is a time to celebrate the beauty of the season with friends and family. Usually, Easter get-togethers are about brunches followed by scrumptious desserts like Easter cakes and spring cupcakes. Create some of these delicious desserts for your guests to enjoy.Hidden Surprise Spring Cupcakes
This is a great idea if you have children or simply want to add a playful twist to your holiday table. Make these fun and festive spring cupcakes by baking cupcakes in your chosen flavor or bringing home readymade cupcakes. Use a cupcake corer to hollow out a perfect hole in the center of each of the cupcakes.
Fill these hollowed out cupcakes with mini chocolate eggs. Sour gummy eggs also make wonderful options for a surprise tart treat. Now, it is time to hide the surprise so top the cupcakes with lots of frosting. Sprinkle the frosting with coconut flakes mixed with green food coloring to resemble grass. Place a marshmallow bunny or chick on the grassy layer on each of the cupcakes. These spring cupcakes are a wonderful way to spring a surprise on your guests as they bite into them and discover the hidden filling.
Nest o' Eggs Easter Cakes
Place a chocolate Bundt cake on an attractive serving platter. Put a narrow glass or small custard cup, with the bottom side facing up inside the cake's center; make sure that it fits snugly. Use a small offset spatula, a knife or the back of a spoon to frost the top two-thirds of the cake. Swirl the frosting in an upward motion to give it a fluffy, nest-like appearance. Pile chocolate truffle-filled eggs on top of the bowl or glass in the center of the cake.
These Easter cakes can easily be the centerpiece of your springtime holiday table.
Sunflower Easter Cakes
Bake a chocolate cake using a greased and waxed paper-lined nine-inch round baking pan. Cool for some time before removing the cake from the pan and cool on a wire rack to cool completely. Carefully remove the waxed paper. Spread chocolate frosting over the top and sides of the cake. Arrange marshmallow chicks around the edge of cake, curving slightly to fit, to resemble sunflower petals. Add chocolate chips to the center of the cake for sunflower seeds. These Easter cakes can be perfect for your springtime holiday especially if you are decorating with the flower theme.
About the Author
Gibson Jones is a certified interior designer and runs his own interior decoration consultancy. Gibson especially loves decorating a home in wooden furniture and believes that nothing gives a home as warm and cozy a touch as all-wood furniture and decor.Gibson loves reading up on new design ideas, and has a special interest in space saving techniques. Here Gibson writes about Easter cakes and spring cupcakes.
