Easter cakes, traditionally eaten from Easter to Easter, are called carrot cakes because the Easter bunny likes to eat carrots. So the cake is made for bunnies. That’s the story. Actually it depends on the culture and family tradition that decides the kind of a cake made for Easter.
Angel food cake with chocolate sauce or a pound cake with strawberry sauce makes for regular Easter cakes. But the Simnel cake remains the traditional Easter cake. This delicious and decorative cake has a meaning. The 11 marzipan balls around this cake symbolize the 11 disciples. There were 12 but Judas betrayed Jesus and is left off the cake.
Some Simnel Easter cakes will have a larger figure or ball in the centre of the cake to represent Jesus. The cake tastes much like a traditional Christmas cake, but with marzipan instead of icing. The middle of the cake may have a layer of almond paste or marzipan. Quite popular in Europe this old-fashioned Easter cake is made a comeback.
You could go for the chocolate Easter cakes and decorate it with little chicks that will go down well with both kids and adults. Decorated cakes make Easter holiday especially festive. You can adorn the Easter table with a bunny, egg or Easter basket by following simple instructions that will help you do the job. Easter cake and decorating it is an important part of Easter.
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