Easter Basket Cake, STEP BY STEP

Here it is just in time for the holidays, an edible Easter Basket. The Basket Cake is an oval shaped cake that's covered in a buttercream basket weave design and decorated with fondant and royal icing.

Below I have a step by step view as to what goes into the process of making and designing a basket weave cake.

STEP 1. This is the basket weave. A single tip is used throughout the process to get the desired basket look. You can use whatever tip you like, but for this cake I used a regular star tip. As a warning, your hands will be tired trying to pull this cake off.

STEP2. For this particular design, I used another tip to get the "grass" effect. This was one of the easier decorating techniques used on this cake.

STEP 3. Next, the royal icing rabbit and eggs were added. When working with royal icing, it's best to make the decorations a day or two ahead of time inorder to give the icing time to harden. If you don't you'll just have a basketcase full of broken eggs and tail less bunnies.

STEP 4. Finally, a fondant handle and some royal icing flowers are added. As you can see, completed it looks like a real Easter basket.

This completes the step by step viewing of the Basket Cake. Hopefully, now you'll make or order one for the holidays .