Happy Easter!

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Song:

http://www.kiboomu.com/2011/09/03/easter-song/

Kids Song Lyrics:

Easter Bunny
Looking kind of funny
With your basket of eggs
Children singing
‘What’s the bunny bringing
For me on Easter Day?”

Mom is cooking
While we’re out there looking
For the eggs hidden away
After church we
Gathered ‘round with family
On this Easter Day

Two thousand years ago
Jesus died for our sins
Remember his resurrection
And the joy it brings

Flowers blooming
springtime’s looming
Everything is coming alive
Easter colors
Yellow, blue and others
Tell us Spring has arrived

Children are playing
And everybody’s saying
“So good to see you today!”
We’re all together
The merrier the better
On this Easter holiday

Two thousand years ago
Jesus died for our sins
Remember his resurrection
And the joy it brings

Flowers are blooming
& Springtime’s looming
Oh what a wonderful day
We’re all together
The more of us the better
On this Easter holiday
A lovely Easter holiday
I like my Easter holiday

Written by Wendy Wiseman

http://www.kiboomu.com/2011/09/03/easter-song/

Easter

Easter is usually celebrated in April.

Many families usually paint eggs,

Have Easter egg hunts,

And go to church on this day.

American kids believe that

The Easter bunny brings chocolate

And other presents on Easter morning.

 (Wizard)

Happy Easter
Welcome to a Celebration
of Easter

Easter 2012 Dates

Easter is the springtime holiday marking the rebirth of Jesus and the renewal of the Christian faith.

 

It is a blessed time for the faithful to celebrate the life, death and resurrection of the Savior... and a magical time for children to enjoy chocolate bunnies, marshmallow chicks and jellybean-filled Easter eggs.

 

Here for your entertainment are stories and trivia, craft projects and games, recipes and so much more.

 

Easter will be celebrated on April 8th, 2012. Greek/Orthodox Easter will also be celebrated on Sunday, April 15, 2012.

An Easter basket made from a lemon bundt cake is great fun. It's also really easy - but that can be your secret.  So what are you waiting for?  Get hopping!

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Ingredients

Cake:

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup buttermilk
• ¼ cup fresh sqeezed lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon fresh grated lemon peel

Icing:

• 1 pound confectioner's sugar

·         ¼ cup lemon juice, milk or water

Grass:

• 2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
• A couple drops green food coloring

 

 

 

 

Cooking Instructions

Cake:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Generously grease a bundt pan.
2. In a large bowl beat butter until light and fluffy. Add sugar, beating until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition.
3. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together to combine.
4. Add lemon juice to buttermilk.
5. Beginning and ending with the dry ingredients, alternately add dry and buttermilk mixutres to the butter mixture, beating well after each addition.
6. Stir in lemon peel. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until cake begins to pull away from side of pan and toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
7. Let cool 10 minutes on cake rack. Turn out onto cake rack and let cool completely.

Icing:

1. Mix confectioner's sugar and lemon juice to combine. Ice upside-down cake with icing and let dry.

Decorating:

1. Fill hole with plastic wrap. Top cake with coconut, making the edge a little higher.
2. Grass: In a resealable plastic bag, Mix a coconut and green food color to combine.
3. Handle: Fold an 18-inch long piece of aluminum foil lengthwise four times. Secure a ribbon at one end of the foil and wrap to cover. Shape covered foil into long handle. Insert ends of handle about ¼ -inch from the edge of the cake. Add a bow.
4. Top coconut with the Easter candies of your choice.

Make-Ahead

• Cake can be ahead, wrapped tightly and frozen, unfrosted, up to 6 months.

Nutrition Facts

Servings per Recipe:

12

Amount Per Serving

1 slice

Preparation Time:

30 minutes, not including decorating

Access for more activities-games:

http://www.happy-easter.com/