Description
A fun cake recipe that you can do with your kids.
Ingredients
- One box Betty Crocker Gluten Free Vanilla Yellow Cake
- 2/3 cup water
- 2 tsp Gluten-Free vanilla
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup of unsweetened apple sauce
- One can of chopped pineapples
- 1/2 can of maraschino cherries - chopped if you want
- 1/2 cup of unsweetened apple sauce
- Cake Top Ingredients:
- One extra large container of vanilla whipped icing - Look for Gluten Free Dairy Free type of you are staying away from both.
- One container of green sprinkles or colored sugar (only use enough to cover the area you want to be grass)
- One small container of yellow sprinkles or colored sugar (only used to cover the area you want to be yellow)
- One container of white-colored sugar crystals (only use enough to cover the edge of the baking pan)
- 1/4 cup of fine coconut flakes
- One green cookie icing - cut open and mixed with coconut to make the bushes
- 9-12 small teddy bear cookies (Look for Gluten-free, dairy-free)
- Pearl candy (Affiliate Link) to represent the Easter eggs on the cake
Instructions
- Make the cake as instructed on the back of the box. Instead of using butter, replace with 1/2 cup of unsweetened apple sauce. Make the cake according to the packaging.
- Let the cake completely cool.
- Then add the vanilla icing. Add the green and yellow crystals or sprinkles anyway you wish. Then use the white crystals around the edges using a spoon for more control.
- In a small bowl, mix the coconut and the cookie icing till the coconut is green. With a small spoon, scoop out a little bit and add it to the top of the green or yellow areas of the cake.
- Make the signs for the cake. Write one letter on each flag. H A P P Y E A S T E R. Make two flags that say Happy Easter on them. And fold the flat side around the toothpick (use double-stick tape to help it stick).
- Add the teddy bears and the "eggs" to the top of the sprinkles.
Notes
Additional things you will need: 14 toothpicks, 14 mini flag labels (Affiliate Link) (I used decorative Post-it mini flags.), Double stick tape (if needed)
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 x 2 inches piece
- Calories: 710.15 kcal
- Sugar: 51.67 g
- Sodium: 364.94 mg
- Fat: 32.52 g
- Saturated Fat: 16.48 g
- Trans Fat: 0.0 g
- Carbohydrates: 101.32 g
- Fiber: 4.88 g
- Protein: 7.0 g
- Cholesterol: 84.11 mg