It was an annual tradition with Grandma and Grandpa Johnson (Alfred Armfield Johnson and Bessie Mabel Mathena)-- the Easter bunny cake. White 7-minute frosting sprinkled with coconut. Under the frosting was one layer of a white cake, cut in half and stood up on the cut side. Jelly bean eggs scattered around the tin-foil-covered-cardboard-box base. Face made out of more jelly beans and ears cut from some heavy paper and painted white with pink in the middle.Here's a picture, taken in 1961 in front of our house at 1913 George Street in Sioux City, Iowa. The dress was one of my favorites. It had different shades of orange and red-orange and orange sherbet.
This photo was taken in front of our house at 2127 West Fifth Street in Sioux City, Iowa. Judging by the brown "corral" fence in front of the house on which my brother Steve is perched, I am guessing that this was somewhere around 1963, give or take a year. That's Grandma and Grandpa Johnson (Bessie and A.A. Johnson).We had bunny cakes every year. I wonder where photos for the other 16 or so years are?
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How cute! I have thought about making one of these before, now I definitly will have to since it's a tradition! Happy Easter
ReplyDeleteBobbi, I can't tell you how much it thrills me to know that you've caught "the bug" and are interested in our family history. Have you told Gwen? I'm sure she would love sharing with you. I wish we'd had more chance to talk while we were both in Denver!
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