My dear friends and readers Easter is here and I would love to share with you a few delightful desserts I came across during my virtual escape. Thinking coconuts and jelly beans I found this adorable lamb cake recipe one can share with friends and family on Easter Day. You'll love the cram filled cupcakes video, three sisters will show you how to create this delightful sunshine treat. Easter make me just want to and smell the roses or I should say all the beautiful Spring flowers and what better way to celebrate Spring and Easter than with the flower garden cake and/or Tulip Cookies. I want to finish with the Orange Blossom Drink, one that is sure to stand out!
Lamb Cake source: allrecipes.comPrep Time:
45 Min
Cook Time:
35 Min
Ready In:
1 Hr 20 Min
Ingredients
1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
1 (16 ounce) can white frosting
3 cups flaked coconut
2 black jellybeans
1 black shoestring licorice
2 drops green food coloring
Directions
1.Prepare cake mix according to package directions and bake in two halves of a stand-up lamb cake pan. Cool completely.
2.Stick the two halves of the lamb together using white frosting. Sit the lamb up and frost the entire lamb. Coat the entire lamb with coconut. Decorate with jelly beans for eyes, and licorice for whiskers. Tint any remaining coconut with green food color and use as grass.
3 Sisters Cooking Italian: Cream Filled Cupcakes for Easter Dessert
Flower Garden Cake source:www.homemade-dessert-recipes.com
1 10-inch angel food cake
6 egg yolks
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 envelope (1 tablespoon) gelatine
1/4 cup lemon juice
3/4 cup orange juice
Grated rind of 1 lemon
6 egg whites
1 cup well-drained crushed pineapple
12 maraschino cherries, cut up
Tear angel food cake into pieces in large bowl. Beat egg yolks in top of double-boiler; combine 3/4 cup sugar and gelatine and stir into egg yolks; add lemon juice, orange juice, and lemon rind. Cook over hot water stirring constantly until custard mixture coats silver spoon. Cool.
Beat egg whites until frothy, then beat 3/4 cup sugar in gradually, beating well after each addition, then continuing to beat until stiff and glossy. Then fold whites into cooled custard mixture along with crushed pineapple and chopped maraschino cherries. Finally, pour custard mixture over angel food cake pieces.
Easter Cookies Source: myrecipes.com
This five-ingredient dough can be made up to three days ahead.
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 14 minutes
Other Time: 3 hours 50 minutes
Yield: Makes about 2 dozen (3 1/2-inch) cookies
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
Simple Icing
Preparation
1. Beat butter, sugar, and salt at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy. Add vanilla; beat until well blended. Gradually add flour, beating at low speed until blended. (Dough will be very soft.)
2. Divide dough into 2 equal portions; wrap each with plastic wrap, and flatten into a disc. Chill 2 to 24 hours.
3. Preheat oven to 350°. Unwrap 1 dough disc on a well-floured surface. Cover with a large piece of plastic wrap, and roll to 1/4-inch thickness; cut into desired shapes with 3 1/2-inch cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets. Chill 15 minutes. Repeat procedure with remaining dough disc.
4. Bake at 350° for 14 to 17 minutes or just until edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets 5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks, and let cool completely (about 30 minutes). Decorate cookies with Simple Icing. Let stand 1 hour or until icing is firm.
Orange Blossom Drink source: idrink.com
Ingredients
0.5 oz. Cointreau
1.0 oz. Gin
0.5 oz. Sweet Vermouth
Directions: Fill mixing glass with ice. Add all ingredients, stir, and strain into chilled glass.
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