The South Will Rise

It was over 90 degrees in Charleston yesterday.  It is 50 degrees today.  Other than the obvious answer of a cold front, how does that happen?  I feel like it is colder Easter weekend than it was for Christmas.  The one good thing about the cold. I was supposed to go to the Masters today but had to give up my ticket because my dad had surgery today (he’s ok), and I didn’t want to be out of touch for the entire day.  The good thing about the cold is that now I don’t really mind that I missed the Masters.  I really don’t care that much for golf, and I would have been miserable walking around for hours in this weather.  So, instead, I have caught up on some TV, and I made an Easter Angel Cake.  I was looking at Pinterest.com yesterday and saw so many great ideas for Easter.  People are so freaking creative it boggles my mind.  I am not one of those people, but this sounded so easy and cute that I thought I would give it a try.  All you need is a box of Angel Food cake mix, whip cream (you can either make it or just use cool whip which is what I did because I was running a little short on time), green sprinkles, and some sort of fun Easter candy- I used pastel colored Reeces Pieces- yum.  There was the suggestion to use shaved coconut but I am not a huge coconut fan, so I decided to skip that, but I do think I would look very pretty and fun.  So, basically, follow the directions on the Angel Food box to make the cake.  Let the cake cool and the cover with the whip cream.  Then decorate with sprinkles and candy to make it look like a little egg hunt.  I was hoping to do this yesterday with Walker because this is such a fun and easy thing to do with kids, but after homework and soccer practice, we ran out of time.  He headed off to NYC today to spend Easter with his dad, so I had to decorate the cake alone, but I think Walker would be pleased with my efforts.

Tags: Angel Cake, baking, cake, dessert, Easter, Masters, southern baking, southern food