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9. Make a Resurrection cake

Bake a cake in a bundt pan (carrot cake is our favorite.) Once it has cooled, cut it off center so that the hole is all on one side. Stand the large side on it’s cut side so the hole forms the grave. Put the smaller section on it’s cut side, and place it off center behind the large section to form the back of the grave, and so that it sticks out to one side to form a “hill” in the background. Poke 3 crosses into this smaller hill--they can be made of pretzel sticks, bread sticks, chocolate, or cookies. Then embellish with details to make it look “real”--a cookie “grave stone,” a chocolate “pebble” path, green coconut grass, or oreo crumb “dirt.” Make trees from celery hearts, carrot tops, broccoli, or fresh herbs such as parsley or rosemary. If you prefer all sweet things, use icing or candy to create flowers. Trees can also be made by melting chocolate and dripping it onto a small square of tinfoil in the bottom of a glass. While the chocolate is still soft, put pretzel sticks into it, and let them rest against the edge of the glass so the “branches” of the tree splay out wider than the base. Once the chocolate has hardened, lift out of the glass and peel off the tinfoil. Then top with pink cotton candy to look like cherry trees, or green tinted rice crispy cookies for a green leafy top to the tree. If you use cotton candy, put it on at the last minute because it will quickly melt from absorbing any moisture in the air. An alternative is to use fake miniature trees that are made for train model sets or miniature houses.