I Traded my Keyboard for a Wooden Spoon and Created my First Easter Cake

Published: 7/04/2022

by Natalie Zahn

Content Producer | Makeup Artist | Collector of Figurines & Statues

Natalie is a Sydney-based content specialist who is utterly obsessed with all things DC Comics and is a certified makeup extraordinaire. You will generally find her curled up reading fantasy books and consuming way too much chocolate.

For my family’s Easter celebration this year, I have been tasked with bringing the dessert, so I thought I’d attempt baking a bunny-shaped cake. This will be an interesting task, for I am not a baker and spend very little time in the kitchen. Here’s how I did on my first attempt:

For the cake recipe, I cheated and used a packet cake. That’s why they exist, right? To help people like me bake successfully. I chose my favourite supermarket brand, Green’s and their Caramel Fudge flavour (you can’t go wrong with caramel fudge).

What I used:

1 x Green’s Caramel Fudge Packet Cake (or your own choice of flavour).

1 x Squeeze pouch of white icing.

1 x 110g Container of colourful rainbow confetti sprinkles.

1 x Square baking pan (27.5 x 17.5 x 3.5cm).

1 x Small serrated knife.

1 x Stencil of bunny shape:

-Baking paper

-Marker

-Scissors

Method:

1. First, I baked the cake according to the instructions on the box, leaving the caramel icing to use later.

2. To make the bunny stencil, I traced the image from my computer using baking paper and a marker.

3. Once drawn, I cut out the shape with scissors.

4. When the cake was cooled, I placed the stencil on top of the cake and using a small serrated knife, carefully cut around the bunny stencil.

5. Once the shape was cut, I went in and tidied the edges using the same knife.

6. When you’re happy with your bunny shape, you can use the caramel icing from earlier to coat the cake.

7. Now decorate your bunny using the white squeeze pouch icing and rainbow sprinkles to create your own bunny designs.

Results:

It actually turned out better than I expected. Perhaps I chose the wrong profession? It’s safe to say, I’m ready for my family’s Easter lunch and I’m confident I’ll be able to bring a dessert for everyone to enjoy.