Bird'S Nest Cake

Name: Bird'S Nest Cake
Ingredients: 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

7 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

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

Directions

1

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.
2

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.
3

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.
4

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.