Lady M Mille Crêpes Cake For Easter & The History Of Crêpe Cakes

The first Easter cake we baked was a coconut-covered lamb. We purchased a special mold, baked a yellow cake, frosted it in white, and coated it with shredded coconut. Was it a masterpiece? Probably not, but our memory recalls that everyone was delighted with the effort. In recent years, however, we have forgone the effort…
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Easter Bunny Hutch Cookie Kit: A Chocolate Cookie Rabbit House

Following the popularity of the gingerbread house, there’s the Easter Bunny Hutch. Create an Easter centerpiece every bunny will love with this Ready-to-Build Chocolate Cookie Bunny Hutch Kit from Wilton. The kit has everything you need: 6 chocolate cookie panels Decorative candies Icing (blue, green, yellow, pink) Bunny butt icing decoration 2 decorating bags and…
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The Difference: Frosting, Icing, Glaze

[1] It may look formidable with 5 colored layers and fondant icing, but here’s the recipe if you’re up for the challenge (photos #1 and #3 © Wilton). [2] Making just three layers with stabilized whipped cream frosting is much easier. Here’s the recipe (photo © McCormick) . [3] Easier still: a simple layer cake…
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Home Dough Frozen Cookie Dough: Great Cookies From Your Freezer

Are there days when you pace around the kitchen, wanting a special treat—maybe a fresh, warm cookie? But you don’t have the will to bake from scratch, so you keep searching. And then you give up and eat some Nestle’s morsels from the bag or some teaspoons of preserves from the jar? Not satisfying, but…
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This Easy Mardi Gras King Cake Recipe Is A Bundt!

The traditional King Cake for Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a yeast ring, topped with white icing and sanding, sparkling, or other decorating sugar in the colors of New Orleans: purple, green, and gold. But of course, you don’t have to use a yeast ring to make a King Cake. The top chefs of…
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