Chocolate Cake Easter Bunnies!

Baked: March 27th, 2010

For this weeks dessert, I decided to make something a bit more on the creative side...Easter Bunny Cakes! Even though Easter is in a couple days, I made the cake a week before since Easter was during passover and I wouldnt be allowed to make the cake then. Chanee at PATH told me how much she loved the chocolate cake I used to make the superbowl cake so I decided to use that cake mix to make the bunny, and I followed a betty crocker website to help me design the bunnies. They were probably the most fun food that I have made yet and I'm so happy I tried them out! Making the cake was pretty simple, it was just a bit more complicated when I actually had to assemle the bunnies. The way it worked was that I would bake 2 round layers of chocolate cake, then I would cut each one in half and turn them vertically. I put forsting in between the two so they would stick to each other and once they were done being decorated they looked so cute! Here's the website for the bunny cakes incase you want to try them out for this weekend:

http://content.bettycrocker.com/recipes/easy-bunny-cake/df8c3818-9037-4a59-a897-ef288fec2371

Here are some pictures so you can see how I made the cake :)

As you can see the cakes turned out pretty cute! Putting them in a box to take to PATH was a bit of a challenge but I had my parents help me out so it was no big deal. I make the cake from scratch but I bought premade frosting and just added some food coloring to make them look pretty, so overall the cake wasn't that difficult to make. I strongly suggest trying these any time you can because they really are a lot of fun! Thanks so much for reading and happy Easter/Passover! Chag Sameach!

Sincerely,

The Blissful Baker

St. Patrick's Day Mint Brownies

Hello again! In honor of St. Patricks day's March 17, last week I decided to make mint brownies! I checked a couple websites (betty crocker, some sites from google...) for some St. Patty's day themed desserts, and they suggested mint brownies because they were a "holiday favorite". One of my teachers, Ms. Goldstein, had read about my blog in the school newspaper and she gave me the recipe for brownies that she said were to die for so I decided to try them out! I doubled the recipe she gave me so I had about 48 brownies total. To make them "mint" brownies, I made a special frosting I found on the betty crocker website. You can find the frosting recipe by going to:

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/easy-grasshopper-bars/4a95b06b-b11a-4598-834c-9884275aada7

The brownie recipe that I got from my teacher is as follows:

1 1/2 c. flour

1/2 t. baking soda

1/2 t. salt

2/3 c. butter

1 1/2 c. sugar

4 T. water

24 oz. chocolate chips

2 t. vanilla

4 eggs

Preheat oven - 325. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside. In a sauce pan, combine the butter, sugar, and water. Melt and bring just to a boil; remove from heat. Add mint chocolate chips and vanilla. Stir until chocolate is melted and smooth.

Transfer to a large bowl. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each one. Add flour mixture a little at a time and stir until smooth. Stir in regular chocolate chips. Spread into 33x23x5 cm. pan (approximate measurements -- if your pan is a slightly different size, don't worry). Bake about 40 - 45 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.

Yields 4-5 dozen (depending on how large you cut them).

Here are some pictures:

The recipe was very easy to follow so I suggest you try them out whenever you have time! The brownies ended up tasting amazing and the frosting was very tasty as well. It was a little more liquidy then I thought it might be but everything turned out fine. I hope all of you had a wonderful St. Patrick's Day and until next time, stay blissful!

Sincerely,

The Blissful Baker