What Shall We Bake Today?

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Today’s offering is a cute Easter cake that I’ve made with my granddaughter…a Bunny Butt Cake!

1 box yellow or white cake mix

Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

Tray or cardboard covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil

1 container vanilla frosting

Red food color

1 large marshmallow, cut in half

3 cups shredded coconut

Green food color

2 strawberry or cherry stretchy and tangy taffy candies (from 6-oz bag)

1 fruit roll up

3 green-colored sour candies, separated into strips

Construction paper

Heat oven to 325°F. Grease 1 1/2-quart ovenproof bowl (8 inches across top) with shortening; coat with flour (do not use cooking spray). Lightly grease 3 muffin cups in regular-size muffin pan.

Make cake batter as directed on box. Pour cake batter in 3 muffin cups, filling two-thirds full. Pour remaining batter into 1 1/2-quart bowl.

Bake cupcakes 17 to 21 minutes, bowl 47 to 53 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove cakes from muffin cups and bowl; place rounded sides up on cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. If necessary, cut off rounded tops of cakes.

Spoon frosting into large bowl. Add red food color to make desired pink color. Place bowl cake on tray cut side down; spread 1/3 cup frosting over cake. Use frosting to adhere cupcakes to bowl cake for feet and bunny tail. Use toothpicks if necessary. Place marshmallow halves, cut sides down, on tops of 2 cupcakes to make heels of feet. Spread thin layer of frosting over side and top of cake to seal in crumbs. Freeze cake 30 to 45 minutes to set frosting.

Spread remaining frosting over cake. Sprinkle with 2 cups of the coconut; press gently to adhere. Shake 1 cup coconut and 3 drops green food color in tightly covered jar until evenly tinted. Surround bunny with tinted coconut. Use rolling pin to press strawberry candies into 2 large rectangles. Cut 2 large ovals and 6 small circles out of candy. Press onto bottoms of bunny feet, using frosting if needed.

Roll up fruit snack to make carrot shapes. Cut green sour candies in half crosswise; press into large end of each carrot to make greens on carrot. Cut ears from construction paper; wrap ends that will be inserted into cake with plastic food wrap. Insert into cake. Remove ears, plastic wrap and toothpicks before serving. Store loosely covered.

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120 thoughts on “What Shall We Bake Today?”

    1. I didn’t watch any videos this morning…but I will watch that and kea’s videos tomorrow morning. I slept in too long. hubby needed most of the bandwidth for a vpn to work on work problems this morning.

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  8. hmmmmm… rhonda headed to Israel?

    Patience
    March 29, 2023 2:20 pm

    Remember when GWBush was governor?
    He went traveling to Italy and Israel. 🤔

    https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/governor-george-w-bush-on-his-trip-to-israel

    What’s Ron really up to?
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    tax2much
    tax2much
    March 29, 2023 2:51 pm
    Reply to Patience

    Got to get in a few Holy Land photo ops for the campaign literature. Plus it counts as foreign affairs experience. A twofer.

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  10. we’re gonna do a mini banana run in about 20 minutes–we were too tired to stop Sunday on the way home and we’re almost out of some stuff…prolly grab dinner too…

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  11. BREAKING: Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs’s press secretary has resigned after posting a tweet advocating violence against those who oppose the radical trans agenda. pic.twitter.com/71t3HCyep7

    — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 29, 2023

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  12. what utter bullshit!
    release the damn manifesto. to kill the disease it needs exposure to SUNLIGHT
    FTA
    PFLAG, an organization for LGBTQ support within families, apparently cited the “risk of contagion” and told Newsweek that the manifesto’s “contents don’t change the outcome of the tragedy.”

    Even the nominally conservative Log Cabin Republicans joined their left-wing LGBTQ allies on the matter.

    “While it would certainly give insight into the motivations of this deeply troubled individual that could help shed light into root causes,” Log Cabin Republicans president Charles Moran told the outlet, “we know from tragedies like this that additional glorification of the shooter could inspire others to take similar violent acts for attention.”

    https://valiantnews.com/2023/03/trans-advocates-decry-calls-to-release-nashville-school-shooters-manifesto/

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  17. I am adding a short daily prayer to the board. I would invite each of you, if you wish, to also add one or maybe two of your own liking. I do not want to stifle anyone but please limit yourself to one or two religious postings. here’s one I found that I liked.

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