Bird'S Nest Cake
- WHAT YOU NEED
- 8- or 9-inch layer cake, homemade or from a mix
- Frosting
- White and yellow jimmies
- Yellow Sixlets (small candy-coated chocolate balls)
- Yellow chick Peeps
- Purple and yellow licorice strings
- Make 2-layer cake. Frost cake with your favorite frosting. Place jimmies in a medium bowl. Immediately pack jimmies around edges of cake, allowing excess to fall back into bowl as you make your way around cake. Place on a serving platter or cake stand.
- Spoon additional frosting into a ziplock bag. Squeeze out excess air and seal bag. Snip off a corner of bag. Pipe a line of frosting where cake meets plate; place Sixlets around bottom edge.
- Place toothpicks in bottom of Peeps; fasten Peeps to cake in a circle. Pipe a line of frosting around bottom ring of Peeps; place additional Sixlets between each Peep.
- Wind purple and yellow licorice strings around your hand to form a nest; place on top of circle of Peeps. Place 2 Peeps on top of nest.
layer cake, frosting, white, yellow sixlets, yellow chick peeps, purple
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/birds-nest-cake (may not work)