TIP: Easy, Last Minute Easter Cake

Our inspiration was this Easter cake from Black Jet Baking Co., a small San Francisco baking company committed to making nostalgic treats and baked goods. Photo courtesy Good Eggs | SF.   No dessert inspiration for Easter? Here’s an easy last-minute fix: SHOPPING LIST Store-bought plain cake -or- 1 box of cake mix (for a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Go Nuts With Non-Chocolate Easter Treats

Fill an Easter basket with all six flavors. Photo courtesy Ricky’s Lucky Nuts.   It’s hard to believe, but not everyone likes chocolate. Our friend Maria, for example would rather have something salty, or a combination of sweet and salty. So she, and other salt fans, are getting salted nut treats in their Easter baskets.…
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RECIPE: Easter Yogurt Parfait

A basic Easter parfait. Make yours more Easter-like with pastel-colored yogurt layers. Photo courtesy Yoplait.   Here’s an Easter weekend breakfast suggestion from Yoplait: A yogurt parfait with Annie’s Honey Bunny Grahams. Just layer yogurt with colorful fruit and top the parfait with the bunny-shaped graham cracker bites. Variations: Use yogurt in pastel “Easter colors,”…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Chocolate Bacon Bunnies

What are you giving your favorite bacon lover for Easter? Oscar Mayer created these foodcraft projects: bacon-stuffed chocolate bunnies and an Easter basket filled with “bacon grass” and hard-boiled eggs—fun for breakfast on Easter Sunday. Go buy lots of bacon and get started! RECIPE 1: BACON-STUFFED CHOCOLATE EASTER BUNNY Ingredients Per Small Bunny 1 hollow…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Easter Bread

Tsouréki, a braided yeast loaf with red-colored hard-boiled eggs. Photo courtesy Artisan Bread In Five.   Modern bakers make loaves and rolls shaped like rabbits. But from early times in Europe, rich, festive breads were baked as a celebration of the end of winter. Later they became associated with Easter. Often they were yeast breads,…
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