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Lemon Easter Basket Bundt Cake
This lovely little cake is a Easter tradition in our home. This is also a fun and much appreciated cake to take to school for a treat for the class, the office, and to offer up for spring bake sales. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1 cup softened unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- zest of 1 lemon
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 3/4 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2-3 tbsp. lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp. water
- few drops of green food coloring (any color you want, but this is for the Easter grass)
- 1 cup shredded coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease an 8- or 10-inch bundt pan. Cream together butter and sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time until well incorporated. Add in zest and vanilla.
- In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Beat slowly into wet ingredients. Mix in lemon juice and fold in coconut. Pour batter into prepared bundt pan. Bake for 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. Take out and let cool completely.
- Flip cake over onto plate and then flip back right side up onto your serving platter (you want cake to be sitting on platter the same way it was in the pan). Mix powdered sugar and lemon juice to make glaze. You might need to add more or less lemon juice to get to consistency you prefer. Pour over top of cake, letting glaze drip down sides. Let glaze set.
- To make Easter grass: Mix water and food coloring in small cup. Adjust color to your liking. Pour over coconut that has been placed in a plastic sandwich bag. Secure top and shake until coconut turns green. You may want more grass; just repeat the process.
- Fill up hole in cake with candy, coconut, plastic eggs or any other edible decorative goodies.
- Spread the green tinted coconut in the hole of the cake, extending out as far as you like to the edges of the cake. You want it to look like grass in a basket.
- Arrange your favorite Easter candy over top of “grass.”
- Enjoy!
- Note: Use your imagination with the candy and the coconut grass as not everybody loves coconut. You can fill up the hole in the middle of the cake with something special that falls out when you cut your cake.
Easter Bunny Rolls
These cute little Easter bunny rolls are perfect for Easter breakfast or brunch. They are fun to make, delicious to eat and just darn cute to look at!
Ingredients
- 1 package (1/4 ounce) active dry yeast
- 1/4 cup warm water (110° to 115°)
- 3/4 cup warm milk (110° to 115°)
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons shortening
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 teaspoons celery seed
- 1 teaspoon rubbed sage
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3 to 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- Melted butter
Instructions
- In a bowl, dissolve yeast in water.
- Add milk, sugar, shortening, egg, celery seed, sage, salt, nutmeg and 2 cups flour; beat until smooth. Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic; about 6-8 minutes.
- Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch dough down; let rest 10 minutes.
- Divide dough into 24 pieces. For each bunny, roll one piece of dough into a 20-in. rope. Cut rope into one 10-in. piece, one 5-in. piece, two 2-in. pieces and one 1-in. piece. Coil 10-in. piece for body; place on a greased baking sheet. Coil 5-in. piece for head; place next to body. Form ears from the 2-in. pieces and tail from the 1-in. piece; add to bunny. Pinch and seal pieces together. Repeat, placing bunnies 2 in. apart on the baking sheet. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 25 minutes.
- Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Brush with melted butter. Cool on wire racks.
Bunny Carrot Tree – Easter Crafts
This cute little carrot tree will show the Easter Bunny where you live!
You will need
- A small potted tree that has not budded out yet
- OR a small bare branch – about 10 – 12 inches high
- Small clay flowerpot or heavy bowl
- Decorative stones or glass beads. You can also use Spanish Moss or something similar to “mulch” the tree
- Orange bumpy pipe cleaners (12 inch)
- Green embroidery floss
- Dental floss
Instructions
- To make carrots, first first cut several 12-inch orange bumpy pipe cleaners into quarters to create four 3-inch pieces, each with a wider part at its center (see photo).
- Form each piece into a carrot by folding over about ½ inch at one end and tying on several 4-inch lengths of green embroidery floss at the bend. Trim the floss, if necessary.
- Slip a loop of floss or string under the folded end for a hanger, then fold up the bottom tip of the pipe cleaner as well.
- Next, use balled-up newspaper to support a bare branch (ours was about 10 inches tall) set upright in a small flowerpot. Add a layer of decorative stones or glass beads, then hang the pipe cleaner carrots on the branch
Funnel Cake Recipe
Have you ever noticed when you take your family to a county or church fair, the rodeo or any other large outdoor event that the line for funnel cakes is always the longest?
Well now you can serve up delicious funnel cakes at your own outdoor event for Easter, birthdays, and barbecues.
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 2/3 cup milk
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Cooking oil
Instructions
- In a deep skillet, heat about two cups of oil over medium-high heat until hot. Test the temperature by dropping a pinch of flour into the hot oil. If it sizzles right away without smoking, it's perfect.
- Beat egg and milk. Mix all other ingredients in a separate bowl and slowly add to the egg mixture, beating until smooth.
- Using a funnel, drop into hot oil working from center outwards in a web pattern. (You can use a gallon sized freezer bag instead of a funnel by pouring the batter into the bag, snipping off a small corner of it, and squeezing the batter into the oil.)
- Cook for about 2-3 minutes, remove from the oil when golden brown and crispy.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.
Children’s Books for Easter Baskets
Molly Kite is America’s Pint-Sized Superstar!
Are you looking for really great gift for your children or grand-children’s Easter Baskets? 
Molly Kite, her intuitive rag doll Faith, brother Banjo, Nana Whacky, and pet raven Johnny Poe will teach your youngsters the art of heart centered living. The first story in the Molly Kite series eases kids and their caregivers into understanding the simplicity of the law of attraction (dream, do, have).
The beautifully illustrated children’s book “Molly Kite’s Big Dream” does everything a children’s book should do!
With instantly likeable characters, vivid, and entertaining illustrations this is a story that kids will go to repeatedly and there is good news for parents: Molly Kite stories gently teach important lessons.
Molly Kite’s Big Dream ignites the power of attracting results.
The colorful pictures and simple storyline includes basic Law of Attraction steps for conscious caregivers and their little ones. The message of dream, do, have is woven throughout the plot.
As an added bonus the publisher has included conversation starter questions to keep your child engaged in dreaming and taking action.
Click here to visit Molly Kite Online.
Tootsie and Lulu
Lulu Wears a Tutu
What do you do when you are a 4 year old little girl and it’s raining outside? You try and think of something to do. In Tootsie and Lulu, Lulu Wears A Tutu, Tootsie is upset that the weather outside isn’t allowing her to play so she decides she wants to dance.
What fun is dancing when you have to do it by yourself?
Tootsie takes you along on the adventure of asking her brothers, papa and mommy to dance. When no one is able to dance with Tootsie she comes up with a solution to her problem, she can dance with Lulu. Tootsie gets her dog ready to dance and shows her just what to do
Click here to buy online and to visit Tootsie and Lulu’s website.
Valentine’s Day Tissue Paper Flowers – Craft
Beautiful Tissue Paper Flower Bouquets for Valentine’s Day
This project will help you create a variety of beautiful tissue paper flowers that you can use to decorate or give as gifts for Valentine’s Day.
Materials:
- Tissue paper in different colors
- String
- Green pipe cleaners
- Ribbon
- Scissors
Instructions:
Start by picking three different colors of tissue paper that you would like to use to make your flower. If the tissue paper is not in a small size, cut the sheets until they are in a square shape that measures approximately 8 in by 8 inch.
Lay the sheets down on top of each other on a flat surface. Grab the end of all three sheets of paper and fold it over about an inch. Flip the paper and fold it back so that you are making an accordion fold. Continue this process until the entire length of the paper is folded like an accordion. You should now have a stack of folded paper that measure approximately 1 in wide and 8 in long.
Wrap a green pipe cleaner around the center of your paper, 4 in from either end. Twist the pipe cleaner to secure it on the tissue paper. It is fine if the tissue paper wrinkles during this step.
Next, separate and fan the individual sheets of tissue paper out until they form a puffy flower shape. Be careful not to tear the tissue paper during this step.
Repeat these steps to make a variety of tissue paper flowers for a bouquet. Once you have completed all of your flowers, tie the pipe cleaner stems together using a piece of ribbon. You can also add a card to the ribbon if the flowers will be given as a gift.
You can also make hanging flowers by using a piece of string to tie around the tissue paper instead of a pipe cleaner. Tie the string and then tack one end of the string onto the ceiling to create a beautiful design element in any room.
Perfect Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Do you love soft, golden brown, chewy chocolate chip cookies? This recipe will have you rolling your eyes in ecstasy!
The order you add the ingredients and how well you mix the dough, is just as important as the ingredients themselves.
Ingredients
Instructions