The Easter basket cake was made from a white cake mix that I extended with extra flour, sugar, sour cream, etc. It was baked in two 9″ round pans. The cakes were leveled for an even surface, then torted and filled to create a higher cake. I began to hollow out some of the top … Read more

This Easter basket cake was designed for my Nephew’s first Birthday. I started with three cakes, which I used packet mixes and colored pink, lilac and yellow and sandwiched these together with buttercream. I found a great recipe for buttercream on the Wilton’s website. I used the High Humidity Icing recipe, as I was afraid … Read more

I was anxious to try some new tips. I had seen a similar Easter basket cake advertised at a Big named ice cream store. I had a basic idea of what kinds of flower to use on the cakes. I did go through the internet and materials. I had to learn the Daffodil and Pansie. … Read more

I decided a year ago I wanted to make my 2 girls a Princess Birthday Castle; since then I have been making cakes for every occasion and party to get good for the Castle cake. I didn’t start out so well, I have never taken any classes, but through watching video online and reading TONS … Read more

I made this Easter Basket cake for our family’s Easter egg hunt. Everyone loved it! I used yellow cake mix (just 1 box). I just used two 8in round cake pans for this cake. I mixed the Wilton decorating icing with Wilton Rose pink coloring for the basket. I used the basket weaving tip for … Read more

I made this Easter basket cake for this past Easter. I made the “basket” portion of the cake using lemon cake mix and half of the sport ball cake pan. I then shaved off about 1/2″ off the rounded edge of the cake to make a flat surface for the cake to stand. I used … Read more

This Easter Basket cake was so easy. I made 3 eight inch round cakes. I put a box of pudding in the box cake mix to make the cake a little bit denser. Then frosted the outside of the basket with the basket tip. Then I used the grass tip for the top of the … Read more

As impressive as it may look, this cake was very easy and satisfying to make. 1. slightly round the edges of your cake. 2. cover it with a crumb coat (this is a thin layerof icing which gathers the crumbs and prevents them from coming throught in the finished layer of icing in the cake) … Read more

My 8 year old daughter’s school were doing an Easter display and asked all the children to make an Easter Basket out of an material they liked. My daughter asked if we could do ours out of cake!! We made three round chocolate cakes and filled them with chocolate butter cream. We then carved a … Read more