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Simple Easter Wreath Cake~ Blog Tutorial

March 20, 2014 By Melissa D. 23 Comments

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Sweet Easter Wreath Cake Decorating Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online Cake Tutorials & Recipes!

Today I’m going to show you how to make an adorable, simple, Easter wreath cake!

Every year, I look for ways to incorporate malted milk egg candies into my Easter decorating. I love their speckled chocolate shells, the pretty matte colors, and I love to eat the leftovers!!

Last week, I bought a colorful Easter egg wreath for our front door…and then it dawned on me that a candy Easter egg wreath would make the perfect decoration for a tall, buttercream frosted cake! Hooray!

So, this year, my malted milk egg candy decorations are coming to you in the form of an Easter wreath. It comes together in minutes, and the final look has a country chic feel. I hope that you enjoy it!

Let’s get started…

 

First, I frosted a tall (double barrel–6 inches tall & wide) cake with vanilla buttercream.  I created a textured look with vertical strokes, moving my tapered spatula from bottom to top, scraping off my spatula after each pass.

(My cake is sitting on a cardboard cake circle, cut down to size–this makes it simple for us to move it from our turntable to the pedestal later.)

Sweet Easter Wreath Cake Decorating Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online Cake Tutorials & Recipes!

Then, as usual,  I spread the excess icing away from the edge, and smoothed toward the center of the cake.

 

Sweet Easter Wreath Cake Decorating Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online Cake Tutorials & Recipes!

 

Next, I used a 4 inch circle cutter to mark my circle.  If you don’t have a circle cutter that will work, look for things around the house…a glass, a plastic cup, etc.

 

Sweet Easter Wreath Cake Decorating Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online Cake Tutorials & Recipes!

One bag of eggs would have been plenty, but I love these things, and buying different brands gave me more of an assortment (and an excuse to buy more than necessary) ;0)

Sweet Easter Wreath Cake Decorating Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online Cake Tutorials & Recipes!

By the time I had picked out the colors that I wanted for my wreath,my crusting buttercream had crusted over. So, I filled a piping bag with more buttercream, snipped the end, and piped buttercream onto the back of each egg.

Sweet Easter Wreath Cake Decorating Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online Cake Tutorials & Recipes!

And so on and so on…

Sweet Easter Wreath Cake Decorating Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online Cake Tutorials & Recipes!

 

After completing the first row of eggs, I decided to make another row.  You can see how I staggered my second row of eggs to fit as snugly as possible into the first.

Sweet Easter Wreath Cake Decorating Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online Cake Tutorials & Recipes!

 

After finishing with the egg placement (isn’t it cute?), I snipped my edible Easter grass into little sprigs and placed here and there into my wreath.  I’ve seen Edible Easter grass as Target and my local grocery store….but if you have trouble finding it, the wreath would be just as cute without it, or even with a few sprigs of piped buttercream grass.

Sweet Easter Wreath Cake Decorating Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online Cake Tutorials & Recipes!

 

We tied a sheer pink bow for the top of our wreath, and attached it with a dot of buttercream.  (If our bow had been heavier, we would have anchored with floral wire.)

Sweet Easter Wreath Cake Decorating Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Online Cake Tutorials & Recipes!

And that’s all there is to it!  Sometimes simple is better, don’t you think?   I hope that you enjoyed the tutorial,  thank you for stopping by!

 

Looking for more Easter cuteness? Check out our Roundup of the BEST Easter & Springtime Cakes, Tutorials, and Ideas!

 

Roundup of the CUTEST Easter and Springtime Cakes, Tutorials, Recipes, and more! MyCakeSchool.com

 

 

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Comments

  1. Paula M. March 20, 2014 at 10:09 pm

    Oh how cute!! I think this will be my Easter cake! I love those malted milk eggs too..and the peanut butter eggs…and the tiny jelly bird eggs…oh my..the list goes on and on. :-)

    Reply
  2. melissa poua March 20, 2014 at 10:13 pm

    I think this is pretty but I may try it iced in a pastel yellow or pink.

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  3. Melissa Diamond March 20, 2014 at 10:24 pm

    Thanks ladies! Paula, haha, the Easter candy row is dangerous-I love it all! ;0) —

    @Melissa– We almost went with a pastel pink frosting…I think that would be pretty too! If you try, we’d love to see!

    Reply
  4. Sue {munchkin munchies} March 20, 2014 at 10:36 pm

    Such an adorable cake, and I think I can do it! :) Thanks, Melissa!

    Reply
  5. Melissa Diamond March 20, 2014 at 11:15 pm

    Thank you, Sue!!!

    Reply
  6. MsGF March 21, 2014 at 10:27 am

    I love this idea. I think this might be our Easter cake. Awesome as always Melissa!

    Reply
  7. Mom2three March 21, 2014 at 10:46 am

    Melissa, beautiful as usual! Simple and elegant at the same time. Love it!

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  8. Marie-Anne Duarte March 21, 2014 at 11:38 am

    Too gorgeous! I can’t wait to try this for Easter.
    Thank you.

    Reply
  9. Freda March 21, 2014 at 2:09 pm

    Very beautiful…..love all the colors….one question? What buttercream recipe did you use on the cake…white one??? I am making a first birthday cake for a party outside in Florida/ April…. just got to get a good recipe for one that will hold up…;) kind of new at this…;)

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  10. Melissa Calegan March 22, 2014 at 7:39 am

    I love this, as always! Thank you for another beautiful and simple design.

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  11. SweetS March 22, 2014 at 8:49 am

    So cute, Melissa! And yes, sometimes less is more.

    Reply
  12. Elizabeth March 22, 2014 at 9:05 am

    Seriously, you two are brilliant. Love it! So adorable and so simple! So glad I subscribe to your site! :)

    Reply
  13. Jan Stone March 22, 2014 at 10:10 am

    You always have the sweetest ideas! I made your Easter bunny cake last year and everyone loved it! I am going to do this for a tennis luncheon – my teammates will go crazy!! Thanks!!

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  14. Brenda March 22, 2014 at 9:25 pm

    Cute!….one candy for cake, two for me….one for cake, two for me….lol

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  15. Melissa Diamond March 22, 2014 at 10:01 pm

    Thank you all so much for your comments! xoxo

    @Freda- This is just a basic crusting American buttercream recipe but with part shortening/part butter. (Our “fluffy” recipe if you are a member of our site) — The more shortening a frosting recipe contains (in place of butter), the more heat resistant it will be. However, you do lose some of the flavor when substituting shortening in place of butter, so be sure to compensate with additional flavorings!

    @Brenda- Yes, that’s about how it went for me! ;0) haha

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  16. María José A.G. March 23, 2014 at 6:34 am

    simple and beautiful.
    Thanks for your tutorials.
    A Kiss

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  17. Dorothy Loza March 27, 2014 at 9:23 am

    Very nice!

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  18. Wendi March 31, 2014 at 1:52 pm

    So creative! I love it!!!

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  19. GuppyLove April 5, 2014 at 11:04 pm

    Cannot wait to try this out for Easter!! Thank you for ALL your tutorials!

    Reply
  20. Carlee April 17, 2014 at 8:01 pm

    Would a 4 inch round cookie cutter still work if I use only 3 layers of cake? I don’t have the board or straws to make a double barrel cake.

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  21. Melissa Diamond April 17, 2014 at 10:11 pm

    Hi Carlee– I would probably use a smaller circle as a guide to make it more proportional (and because I like a little space above and below the wreath), but this is something that will be more clear once you’ve assembled and frosted your layers & know the height of your cake. –

    Instead of using a circle cutter/template for the outer edge of the wreath, another option is to instead use a small circle as a guide for the inner circle, and then build around that.

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  22. Carlee April 19, 2014 at 8:32 pm

    Thanks for your response. I tried making the cake today, but couldn’t get the eggs to stay on the cake (even when I put frosting on the eggs they kept falling off). So I just gave up and put the wreath on top of the cake, which worked, but I think it’s cuter to have the wreath on the side of the cake.

    Thanks for the tutorial anyway. Still a super cute idea!

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  23. Melissa Diamond April 19, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    Oh no! I’m sorry that your eggs wouldn’t stick….I wonder if yours were larger than mine (heavier) or maybe a softer frosting? I’m glad that you made the wreath on top as your Plan B! Mom and I actually talked about how that would have been a good option too after posting the tutorial. I’m sure it is really cute! Happy Easter!

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