{"id":484,"date":"2010-03-14T13:48:07","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T17:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bellapamella.com\/blog\/?p=484"},"modified":"2018-10-05T17:05:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T22:05:37","slug":"idea-25-easter-surprise-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/idea-25-easter-surprise-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"IDEA 25: EASTER SURPRISE CAKE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-485\" title=\"Easter_cake\" src=\"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Easter_cake-1.jpg\" alt=\"Easter_cake\" width=\"410\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Easter_cake-1.jpg 410w, https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Easter_cake-1-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">This Easter, why not make a special cake adorned with a little surprise? This recipe is from my Aunt Liz who called it Snowball Cake and often decorated it with fresh strawberries. While that is an extraordinary way to make this cake, and highly recommended, here is a fun Easter version of it. The cake is the same, but nestled on top, we put one plastic Easter egg for each child. Hiding inside the eggs can be candy treats or small toys, anything that says Happy Easter to you! <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Of course if you are the type of domestic goddess who prefers to have your local bakery make the cake, the idea still works! You can still steal the show by adorning it with the filled Easter eggs. After all,\u00a0 BellaPamella style is all about making it creative,\u00a0 not adding undue stress.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">The recipe that follows is also here for you to download. Just print one of the pdfs on card stock and, either cut out for your file<\/span><span style=\"color: #888888;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #888888;\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Easter_Cake_Recipe_card2-1.pdf\">recipe card<\/a>] <\/span><span style=\"color: #888888;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #888888;\">or hole-punch for your notebook<\/span><span style=\"color: #888888;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #888888;\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Easter_Cake_Recipe_page-1.pdf\">page<\/a>].<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Enjoy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><strong>No Bake Easter Cake<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">2 envelopes unflavored gelatin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">1 cup crushed pineapple, drained (keep the juice)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">1 cup pineapple juice (add water, if needed to make cup)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">1\/2 cup sugar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">1\/8 teaspoon salt<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">1 tablespoon lemon juice<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">1 tablespoon lemon zest if available<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">2 cups whipping cream (+1 more for topping)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">4 teaspoons sugar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">2 teaspoons vanilla<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">1 store-bought Angel Food Cake<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">optional, 1\/2 pint of fresh strawberries, sliced<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><strong>Whipped Cream Topping<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">1 cup whipping cream<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">2 teaspoons sugar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">1 teaspoon vanilla<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Dissolve gelatin in 4 tablespoons cold water. Add 1 cup boiling water, and stir till lumps are gone. Add pineapple, pineapple juice, sugar, salt and lemon juice. Mix well and refrigerate to cool, about an hour. When partly gelled, beat 2 cups of whipping cream, 4 t sugar and 2 t vanilla in a cold bowl just until peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the gelled mix.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Break up the angel food cake into 1\u201d chunks. In an angel food cake pan or Bundt or other round pan, make layers of the cake, the gelled mixture and if using, sliced strawberries, ending with the gelled mixture. Refrigerate over night. When set, loosen around the edges and turn onto a plate. Frost with the whipped cream topping, made as you made the other whipped cream.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Fill most of the hole with whipped cream and nestle your surprise filled eggs in the indent. Best when kept refrigerated until ready to serve.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Easter, why not make a special cake adorned with a little surprise? This recipe is from my Aunt Liz who called it Snowball Cake and often decorated it with fresh strawberries. While that is an extraordinary way to make this cake, and highly recommended, here is a fun Easter version of it. 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