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Your guests won't guess how simple it is to cut and assemble this crowd-pleasing cake. Food coloring brightens the store-bought frosting that decorates the basket and eggs, and turns flaked coconut into green Easter grass.
Originally published as Easter Basket Cake in Quick Cooking March/April 2003, p13
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Reviewed on Mar. 13, 2013 by BitsyBet
Here is the link to the diagram on how to cut the cake into the basket and egg shapes:http://hostedmedia.reimanpub.com/TOH/Images/recipe-channel/eggs-in-a-basket.jpg
Here is the link to the diagram on how to cut the cake into the basket and egg shapes:
http://hostedmedia.reimanpub.com/TOH/Images/recipe-channel/eggs-in-a-basket.jpg
Reviewed on Mar. 20, 2012 by Oceanwave03
To see the basked design for the cake you need to click on (THIS DIAGRAM) in the recipe, which is the third dot down on the directions.
Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2011 by tagsfan1
I will try to upload a picture from my magazine:[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/tagsfan/100_0627.jpg[/IMG]
I will try to upload a picture from my magazine:
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/tagsfan/100_0627.jpg[/IMG]
Reviewed on Mar. 24, 2010 by lbailla1
I was going to make this but there was no "diagram below" to follow:(
Reviewed on Aug. 12, 2009 by 011361042927
There is no "diagram" below.
Reviewed on May. 17, 2009 by sweetsue1006
Re: Easter Basket CakeI have a question also......how do you cute the cake to get the basket shape (including the handle and eggs???)????? Thankssweetsue1006
Re: Easter Basket Cake
I have a question also......how do you cute the cake to get the basket shape (including the handle and eggs???)????? Thanks
sweetsue1006
Reviewed on Apr. 12, 2009 by wargofive
Hi The cakes are just 2 round cakes, 8 inch. frosted together. Then handles was made with ribbon attached to a piece of plastic. The frosting is white, sprinkled with coconut and green coconut in the center Linda
Hi The cakes are just 2 round cakes, 8 inch. frosted together. Then handles was made with ribbon attached to a piece of plastic. The frosting is white, sprinkled with coconut and green coconut in the center
Linda
Reviewed on Apr. 10, 2009 by cookingbabe21
I have a question.... I'm not quite sure how to shape the cake. Could you tell me how to please?
Reviewed on Apr. 10, 2009 by momsrecipes
Reviewed on Apr. 09, 2009 by wargofive
Hi this is just a 2 layer cake filled, coconut on top of white frosting, soem dyed green for the center. Peeps around the sides, one had a plastic easter decoration in the middle Hope this helps Linda
Hi this is just a 2 layer cake filled, coconut on top of white frosting, soem dyed green for the center. Peeps around the sides, one had a plastic easter decoration in the middle
Hope this helps
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