A Spring Masterpiece!

 It's finally spring here in Illinois!  We have planted some flowers and have been outside often.  Last weekend we had a fabulous Easter celebration here at our house for both sides of the family!  I love entertaining big crowds but I was absolutely exhausted when it was over.  I was in charge of the main dish which was of course him and then made a second main dish in case somebody wanted something different which was my barbecue pulled pork.  Both main dishes were easy to do the day of a big event and caused very little stress.  I started looking back on some of my other Easter dishes that I have created for Easter celebrations and my favorite is always my spring basket cake!  The cake is so simple but it looks like I spent hours on it.
How do you make the cake?
 Take your favorite cake mix or homemade recipe and make two (or three)  round cakes!  Frost in between the cakes and layer them accordingly .  Frost around the cake and place Kit Kat bars around the cake for your basket.  Typically for the "grass"  I would take coconut and food coloring to make the green grass.  However I have a husband that absolutely hates coconut .... not sure what's wrong with him because I love coconut !  So I took green frosting and green sprinkles to make the grass effect on top of the cake! You could then take the many Cadberry Easter eggs and place them on the top of the cake if it's for an Easter celebration or you could do it I did and got the plain white mini Cadbury eggs to make a Spring Basket!  To finish off the cake I tied a simple ribbon around it just to give it a pop!  If you're really good with frosting you could make a ribbon out of frosting.  I know I'm not that steady!
 This cake turned out absolutely delicious in  2013 and I may have to make another one soon!