Happy Easter

Betty Crocker's Party Book, 1960.

Easter Basket Cake

Orange Chiffon cake in 10" tube pan. Decorate cake as basket. Fill basket with green-tinted coconut "grass" and candy Easter eggs.

Basket: Shape a nest for eggs by using a sharp knife to cut a sloping slice from edge to center of cake. Cut center no deeper than 1/2." Fill hole made by tube pan with cut cake.

Frosting: Make basket weave pattern in frosting on the sides of cake by drawing inch-long horizontal and vertical lines with tines of fork. Cover top of the basket with green tinted coconut.