Happy Easter!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

My Easter started out with me remembering that I forgot to boil the eggs for coloring, so I got right out of bed and got to work.  While I was in the kitchen, I made a batch of rolls, which came out perfect, like little fluffy pillows of buttery, bready goodness.

After the eggs and rolls were done, I put the finishing touches on my desserts and prepared the platter for lunch.

Last night, I was looking up how long I needed to cook the ham for, so I could plan a preparation schedule, and I found the best ham recipe ever.  No, I mean ever.  It was so amazing.  And, I had fresh syrup from the sugar house we visited last weekend, which made it all the more so.

The rest of the dinner consisted of mashed red potatoes (with skins), asparagus, corn, sauteed peas and red onions, and of course, those amazing rolls.

Then, the desserts.  I told you before what I was making for desserts, but then I realized that I had nothing chocolate, so I added these  Baker’s Mousse Bars.

Here is the torte that I made with the strawberry and mango sorbets.  The icing is made with whipping cream, powdered sugar, lime juice, and lime zest.  I did not like the icing.  Also, the mango sorbet was too tart for me.  I will make this again, but I will use two layers of the strawberry sorbet and normal whipped cream icing (ie vanilla instead of lime).  Still, it was pretty.

The Vanilla-Almond Fruit Tart, via Kraft, was so delicious.  The crust is made from crushed Nilla wafers and toasted almonds.  The cream is made from instant vanilla pudding, whipped cream (the recipe calls for Cool Whip – yuk), and almond extract.  It was delicious.  (I said that already, but it bears repeating.)

Last, but not least, the Carrot Cake Cupcakes, via Martha.  Oh.  My.  God.  They were so amazingly good.  I cannot even tell you.

But, what’s better than amazing, moist, supremely delicious carrot cake cupcakes?  Amazing, moist, supremely delicious carrot cake cupcakes displayed on my new Martha Stewart cupcake tree from Macy’s.

The photos just can’t do it justice.  (Although, the photo at the Macy’s link above does a good job.)

And here’s a close-up of the star of this little show.

Yum!

So, tell me, what goodies did you have this Easter?