Hippity Hoppity - Can It Be Done?

 

 

Photo: iambaker.net  Susan Powers



 

I was asked to make a

Springtime cake

for a church party.

 

I asked a friend what to make...

she said,

"Oh, an elegant lemon cake

or flower basket cake."

 

Hmmm, Those are not in my repertoire.

 

"Well, I was thinking,

maybe a bunny."

You know, Spring!"

 

It's not in my repertoire either,

but I had my heart set on trying

Amanda's Surprise Inside,

Bunny Cake.

 

 

Here we go...

you start with 6" rounds.

 

I made my first cake ever from scratch.

Hello?!  Scratch! 

 

And it turned out.

She has a great recipe.

  

 

The book classifies this cake as

"challenging".

It doesn't look that hard,

well, it kind of was.

 

I didn't take pics of the fun middle part

where I ruined 2 cakes

and was thinking,

"Oh, this is a bad idea,

what is my plan B?"

But I luckily had 5 rounds made.

 

Tip: Always bake extra cakes.

 

 

This is a leaf tip #74, looks like the star,

but is a little different.

 

Here's my bunny!

I went with white ears.

I have no idea if the inside worked.

 

 

The party had a Seasons theme.

 

 

These other ladies are amazing.

The Winter cake, makes me think of Frozen. 

It had pretty sparkly sugar on it.

 

The Fall cake had edible cockleburs and

 marbled leaves that are ever so thin,

with a glittery dust.

 

I seriously thought the Summer cake

had silk flowers on it.

But her gum paste flowers were 

SO vibrant and delicate.

 

 

Yeah, then there's Bunny boo.

But hey,

I've got a Surprise Inside.

 

 

Did it work?

 

 

It did! 

Hurray!  Hurray!

 

Pretty fun.

 

 

I may try another

 surprise sometime,

maybe Rudolph.

 

I have months to

prep for this one.