Spring Flower Crackers Recipes

BLOOMING SPRING FLOWER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
• Bake 28 to 33 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pan to loosen cake. Place cooling rack upside down over cake. Turn upside down carefully so cake is on rack, and remove pan. Turn upside down onto another rack, and flip cake right side up. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In 2 medium bowls, place 3/4 cup each of frosting. To 1 bowl, add red food color to desired pink color; to other bowl, add blue food color to desired color. In 2 small bowls, place 1/3 cup each of frosting; add yellow and green food colors to desired colors.
• Place cake, top side up, on serving platter. Spread remaining 1 1/2 cups frosting on top and sides of cake.
• Using photo as guide, decorate as follows: Fit 1 decorating bag with large size star piping tip; fill bag with pink frosting. Pipe center of a rosette flower onto top of cake. Touch piping tip to cake to attach frosting-apply steady pressure to bag while squeezing; pipe in a tight circle to make a flower about 2 inches in diameter, tapping tip to cake to complete flower, and lift off. Continue to pipe different size rosettes and stars over top of cake with pink frosting. Next add blue frosting to same decorating bag. Continue to pipe rosettes and stars with blue frosting.
• Fit another decorating bag with medium-size star piping tip; fill with yellow frosting. Pipe different size rosettes and stars around top of cake to fill in empty spaces. Fit another decorating bag with small round piping tip, and fill with green frosting. Pipe green leaves and vines to fill in spaces.
• Store loosely covered at room temperature.

SPRING FLOWER CRACKERS

Steps:

• Cut cheese slices into flower shapes using 1-1/2-inch cookie cutter. Reserve scraps for snacking or other use.
• Top each cracker with 1 pepperoni slice and 1 cheese flower.
• Place 1 olive slice in center of each flower.

FRUIT FLOWER CRACKERS

Steps:

• Spread crackers evenly with cream cheese spread.
• Top each with 6 grape halves to resemble flower petals and a raspberry for the center of the flower. Add green apple strips for the "stems" and "leaves."

FLOWER BLOSSOM CRACKERS

Steps:

• Cut sharp cheddar cheese slices into flower shapes using 1-1/2-inch cookie cutter; set aside. Reserve scraps for snacking or other use.
• Cut each white Cheddar cheese slice into four flower shapes using 3/8-inch cookie cutter. Reserve scraps for snacking or other use.
• Top each cracker with 1 large cheese flower and 1 small cheese flower.