Easter Egg Shaped Sheet Cake

This easy to make Easter Egg Shaped Sheet Cake is perfect for a party or even a fun Easter dinner dessert for the family.

I am always looking for fun way to decorate for the holidays and Easter is one of the easiest. There are so many possibilities. You can use this edible Easter Egg Shaped Sheet Cake for a great gift for someone special as well. Because it is a sheet cake, it travels well.

To Make a Easter Egg Shaped Sheet Cake You Will need:

1 of your favorite boxed cake mixes

1 - 2 Tub of Vanilla icing

Pastel Tube Writing Icing (2 to 3 tubes)

Purple or red food dye

Pink or yellow tube icing for piping

Easter candy (optional)

Bake your favorite cake mix as usual. You need to bake it in a 13" X 9" baking pan. You can bake two cakes and cut them out exactly the same to make a large layer cake in the shape of an Easter egg.

Once the cake has cooled flip it out of the baking pans onto a large platter, carving board, or whatever you have.

Now, stick the cake in the freezer for about 20 to 30 minutes. You want to slightly freeze is, but not freeze it completely. This will help you cut it into the shape of an Easter egg.

Now, use a paring knife to cut out the eater egg shape on the sheet cake. You may want to trace out an egg shape on some paper and trace it onto the cake with the knife.

You should find this sheet cake cuts easily into the shape of an Easter egg since it is chilled and slightly frozen. This will make the cake much more easy to cut and get crisp clean edges of the Easter egg.

Now, you really should go ahead and place this simple Valentines Day Heart Cake on a board or serving platter before you decorate it. You will not be able to move it once you decorate it or you will ruin it.

Now, add a few drops of red or purple food coloring to 1 tub of the icing. You may need both tubs to adequacy cover this large Easter Egg Shaped Sheet Cake. Mix the icing and food color to make a pale pastel pink or purple like those great little Easter eggs you dye.

Coat the entire Easter Egg Shaped Sheet Cake with a thick coat of icing. Use your spatula or butter knife to make the icing really smooth and flat. The more smooth the better. In fact if you like working with fondant icing, that would be the best, but you can use regular canned icing for this. Reserve some icing aside for touch ups later.

Tip: You may find it easier to apply a thin coat of icing to the entire Easter Egg Shaped Sheet Cake. Then place the cake in the refrigerator for about an hour.

Once this thin layer has chilled apply another thicker coat of vanilla icing. This first coat is called the crumb coat for obvious reasons. This is a great way that the professionals use to get a clean smooth surface of icing on their cakes.

Now for the real fun. You get to decorate your Easter Egg Shaped Sheet Cake. Let the kids help and you will have some real fun. You can make lines, polka dots, and swirls with the icing. You can also add some Easter candy like jelly beans onto the cake. Get creative and have some fun!