Lamb Cake, Not Chops
Spring is almost here, and with it the colourful celebrations of Easter, where chicks and bunnies seem to dominate dessert line-ups and décor. However, if you really want to ‘wow’ your Easter dinner guests this year, something equally cute but slightly different may be required – like an adorable fluffy lamb cake!
This culinary creation looks like a lot of excessive work, but in actual fact is relatively simple and oh-so fun to craft! Just make sure you purchase a lamb shaped cake pan ahead of time (available at your local baking store) and there is very little that can stand between you and a prized Easter treat!
The Things You’ll Need:
2 ¼ cups of all-purpose flour
1 ½ cups white sugar
4 egg whites
1 cup of milk
2 ½ tsp baking powder
½ cup melted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract (pure)
The Things You’ll Need to Do:
- Before you forget, prep your cake pan. Coat it in vegetable oil, then wipe with a paper towel and grease/flour appropriately. (Make sure to get every nook-and-cranny so that you can make a perfect little lamb.)
- Sift the flour to remove all bothersome lumps.
- Cream together butter and sugar, then slowly add in flour, milk, and vanilla, continually creaming until mixture is soft and smooth.
- In a separate bowl, beat together egg whites until firm peaks rise. Then fold the egg whites into the mixture a third at a time.
- Fill the two halves of lamb tin with the now completed mixture. Gently run a wooden spoon through each half to relieve any lingering air pockets.
- Bake at 375 F for about an hour. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- Remove cake halves from pan, ice one side of each and firmly stick together to create your very own 3D lamb cake.
Decorating Tips:
In all honesty you can decorate your little lamb anyway you’d like, but I am personally a fan of smothering the entire cake surface in plain white butter-cream icing. Then add a semi-thick layer of white coconut curls (these look the most like a wooly coat.) Of course, coconut is an acquired taste, so an effective alternative to get the wool-like look is to use a fork and create concentric swirls in the white icing. Use black jelly-beans for the eyes, and a pink jelly-bean for the nose, then pipe on some extra dark icing for the whiskers.
And there you have it – you’re finished! The only challenge remaining is to see whether or not your can bring yourself to eat such an adorable cake. Baa ha ha!

















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