Christos Anesti! Today was Greek Easter (I like to call it Greekster), and oh my god was it good to stuff my face and then sit in the sun! Everyone was just basking in it.... We literally haven't seen it in six months.. so glorious!!
I love Greek Easter because I love food. Our table consisted of juicy lamb with garlic cloves, grilled chicken, spinach rice, corn, pastitiso (cheesy Greek lasagna), lemon oregano potatoes, Greek-style green beans, Greek sweet bread, salad with kalamata olives and feta, and wine of course!
We cracked eggs and laughed, as usual.. I love seeing my cousins who are like my siblings and reminiscing of our childhoods.. so much fun!
Recently I found a blog post that showed how to watercolor fondant to use for cake stripes! I thought it was really neat looking and so spring-like so I wanted to give it a try! I used gel-based food colors mixed with vodka as paints and just haphazardly painted all over rolled out fondant! Then it took some measuring and cutting to make the strips which I then attached to the cake with a bit more vodka as glue. You don't taste the vodka.. it dries odorless and tasteless!
I also created some of my own fondant flowers to add something special to the finished product! A ribbon around the bottom edges tied in all the colors. This was a strawberry vanilla swirl cake with bourbon vanilla butter cream.
I really love the delicacy of this cake. The watercolor look is so different, and looks complicated even though this cake wasn't too hard to complete. It definitely took some time though!
I love Greek Easter because I love food. Our table consisted of juicy lamb with garlic cloves, grilled chicken, spinach rice, corn, pastitiso (cheesy Greek lasagna), lemon oregano potatoes, Greek-style green beans, Greek sweet bread, salad with kalamata olives and feta, and wine of course!
We cracked eggs and laughed, as usual.. I love seeing my cousins who are like my siblings and reminiscing of our childhoods.. so much fun!
Then, we ate cake!
Recently I found a blog post that showed how to watercolor fondant to use for cake stripes! I thought it was really neat looking and so spring-like so I wanted to give it a try! I used gel-based food colors mixed with vodka as paints and just haphazardly painted all over rolled out fondant! Then it took some measuring and cutting to make the strips which I then attached to the cake with a bit more vodka as glue. You don't taste the vodka.. it dries odorless and tasteless!
I also created some of my own fondant flowers to add something special to the finished product! A ribbon around the bottom edges tied in all the colors. This was a strawberry vanilla swirl cake with bourbon vanilla butter cream.
I really love the delicacy of this cake. The watercolor look is so different, and looks complicated even though this cake wasn't too hard to complete. It definitely took some time though!
Cutting it is always the hardest part!!!! So happy everyone enjoyed it though!
I hope everyone enjoyed this beautiful weekend!! Tomorrow is going to be 70 degrees -- time for skirts and dresses at work! So excited!
-Elena
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