BUNNY CAKE ♥ New Willard Soon!

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HAPPY EASTER GIRLFRIENDS! A new Willard starts going out on Tuesday ♥ Sign up sisters and girlfriends for a surprise in their email boxes. Fun surprise here on the blog that day too. Blessings for a wonderful weekend. Love you, XOXO

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816 Responses to BUNNY CAKE ♥ New Willard Soon!

  1. Stephanie says:

    Susan,
    I made that cake years ago when my Daughter was little and got rave reviews. Now I look forward to making it for my granddaughter soon. ( She is arriving in August so I have a little while) Hope you have blessed Easter on the Vineyard.
    Much Love,
    Stephanie

  2. Sharon in South Carolina says:

    My older sister, Suzanne and I made a Bunny Cake like this for Easter many years ago when we were growing up. It was so much fun and we were so proud of ourselves. Now you have inspired me to make a Bunny Cake once again for my grandchildren, Colin – 9 and Mila – 7, that we will be visiting with in North Carolina tomorrow. Happy Easter Sue! I hope you, Joe, and Girl Kitty and Jack Kitty have a very enjoyable holiday.

  3. Shelley Bresett says:

    Hi Susan,

    Happy Easter and thank you for your wonderful recipes and ideas. I just love, love, love your books, blog and seeing what you come up with next.

    Have a wonderful day!
    Shelley

  4. vivian says:

    That is the very cake that I am making today! I havent decided what to use for eyes and nose yet. hoping it comes out cute. Im skipping the coconut, though I believe thats part of the cakes charm… but only I would eat it!
    have a lovely easter!
    xoxo
    vivian

  5. Jeanette says:

    Susan,
    Happy Easter to you, Joe & the kitties! May it be filled with an abundance of blessings!
    Hope it’s a hippity, hoppity fun-filled day!
    Bunny hugs and girlfriend love!!!
    XooX,
    Jeanette

  6. Elaine in Toronto says:

    Happy Easter, Susan and Joe, Girl and Kitty. Bunny cake is sweet. Lots of Easter blessings to all the girlfriends, too.

  7. Patty in Redlands says:

    Can’t wait for the new Willard, Susan. Thank you! Happy Easter to you and Joe too!

  8. Susie says:

    Susan, I wish I had seen this way to make a bunny, when my daughters were little. You are so clever. I am going to show my daughter how to make your bunny cake. Blessings to you and Joe for a wonderful Easter Sunday. xoxoxo, Susie

  9. Lynn McMahon says:

    ~ Happy Easter Girlfirneds And Blessings Too Everyone! ~
    Lynn

  10. Lynn McMahon says:

    I meant Girlfriends!!

  11. dawn ledoux says:

    oh how I remember learning to make this cake in girl scouts back in the 60’s. this brings back wonderful memories. Susan, I wish you and all the girlfriends a blessed Easter and joyful spring! Can you tell me when you will get the Marthas Vineyard charm back in stock? it’s so beautiful!!

  12. Jan says:

    Susan,
    Happy Easter! Happy Spring! The bunny cake – just like my Mom made for us. Oh, happy days!
    Jan

  13. Marie (Long Beach, California) says:

    I’m so looking forward to the next Willard! Can’t wait! Hope you had a wonderful birthday Susan. Wishing you, Joe, Girl, and Jack a very happy and blessed Easter. xoxoxo

  14. Martha Jean Starnes says:

    Happy Easter Susan!
    So excited for the Willard! I just wanted to thank you, also…a few posts back, ( or maybe it was even further back when I reading posts) I believe you mentioned a hand cream, Curel/Ultra Healing. (I work in a high school so I am constantly washing my hands and looking for a really good hand cream.) I purchased a small tube to try and love it! It has really done a number on my dry “winter” cuticles!…So…thank you, thank you, thank you! Have a great weekend….hope the Easter Bunny is good to you!
    Martha Jean

    • sbranch says:

      It’s amazing. My mom told me about it. Has made such a good difference this winter. Easter Bunny is a doll!

    • Diane from Poulsbo says:

      Yes! I also bought a small container…..and cannot believe the difference! Thank you too!

  15. Rebecca says:

    Have a blessed Easter day! Once again, thank you Susan for sharing your wonderful creativity with us!

  16. Marina Papineau says:

    My mom use to make this same cake for us every year when we were kids. Brings back great memories. Happy Easter!

  17. Jack says:

    Dear girlfiends , Happy Oyster……

  18. Sandi says:

    I will have to make this cute one next year for the grandaughters to help. I bought the lamb cake pan and I am going to try and make him. Wish me luck. I wish the extra filling left over for the 8 inch cake pan would make this cake as I was wondering how to decorate it. Any ideas for the top as I bought canned white icing instead of trying to make the boiled icing for the lamb cake and the 8 inch and coconut to cover him. I am not very creative. Will be looking forward to the next Willard as I was reading past ones last night. Happy Easter everyone.

  19. Kristie Shreffler says:

    I make one of these every year! I usually use licorice (pull and peel strands) for whiskers and jelly beans for the eyes and nose. It’s to Easter without a bunny cake 🙂

  20. Debby says:

    Happy Easter Susan, wondering what your menu will be tomorrow? Just bought Heart of the Home, can’t wait to get it. Huggs to Girl and my main man JACK! Debby

  21. Rae Ann R...back in Michigan...forever... says:

    Good sun-shiny morning to you Susan and Happy Easter to you and yours…I love this bunny cake…it is easy and festive for Easter…we are still waiting for the ice to melt on Little Traverse Bay here in northern Michigan, but most of our snow is FINALLY melted and I see little green day lily shoots in my yard!!!!…HURRAY!!!…the first green we have seen…xoxo…

  22. Lola says:

    I have many a fond memory of making this cake for my children! They are now all grown. Hope to have a grand close one day to make it one more time! Very pretty way you have the recipe done up! Happy Easter!

  23. Mary in Phoenix says:

    Perfect. Just perfect 🙂 Hope the Easter Bunny is good to you ♥ xo ♥

  24. Debby says:

    P.S. What is the name of the font you use for the blog. Love it. Debby

  25. Linda Pintarell says:

    Sending glorious Easter wishes to all girlfriends…may your day be filled with with an abundance of love and fun!

  26. carmel says:

    Joyous Easter greetings to all!
    My mom used to make a similar bunny cake (she used a rectangle pan to make the face and ears). Yours brings back very fond memories of our Easter celebration. It was a combination of a solemn occasion through Holy Saturday and a happy Easter Sunday with colored eggs, See’s chocolate eggs (buttercream – yum!) in colorful Easter baskets and of course a ham dinner with the trimmings later after Easter mass. We didn’t have much money but my mom made sure I knew the true meaning of Easter as well as providing a fun celebration. Wishing happy memories of Easter to all.

  27. Catie Cook says:

    Happy Easter Susan and Girlfriends! And thank you ,Susan, for the ADORABLE cake recipe and instructions! So cute!!

  28. Nellie says:

    Good Saturday morning, dear Susan!

    I am sending along the very best of Easter blessings to you and Joe!

    Looking forward to Willard!

    xo Nellie

  29. Barbara says:

    Happy Easter, Susan. The bunny cake is just the thing for 3 cute little grand kids. I think I’ll get busy on ot right now!

  30. Debby says:

    Okay, realized that it can’t be a font you use. So do you write out each blog in your own beautiful hand, and draw original pictures each time?!!!!! Then how do you get it on your blog? And how long does it take?Are you ever going to make your blog into a book?
    FYI just read last night that your favorite song La vie en rose was also a favorite of the Duchess of Windsor. Debby

    • sbranch says:

      Me and the Duchess! 🙂 My art has been scanned over the years and I have it on my computer now! Isn’t that lucky? I don’t know how exactly to make the blog into a book. There are so many photos it might be like a bazillion pages!

  31. Christine from Covina says:

    Love the idea of pineapple and cocoanut in the frosting! A bunny with furry texture. Can’t wait for Willard!

  32. Barb from Ohio says:

    I used to make this cake when my daughter was little and it’s so do-able because you don’t need any special pans to make it. I loved it with the coconut on the frosting, but don’t think my daughter liked coconut so well. Thanks for putting it up here, it brings back memories. Hope your weather is sunny and more spring like for this weekend. Have a wonderful Easter with lots of good food and a few goodies from the Easter bunny too!

  33. carla says:

    just found your Blog and enjoying all your music with all you put out! my daughter has your birthday also! so much fun to turn to you to see what you have to say! thanks for the happiness you bring with every posting! Happy Easter to you and your family!!

  34. sondra fox says:

    HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! My eighteen year old grandson & I made the bunny cake last year. We had so much fun decorating it. Today, I’m making a lamb cake.
    Your recipes & decorating ideas fill our home with caring & love. Tomorrow will be “early church,” then last minute things, getting ready for a family celebration. I’m truly blessed, having a loving family. They all think cooking is so hard on me. Hey, cooking is my FUN. Seeing my family enjoying what I’ve made for them makes everything worth it. Hoping everyone will have a wonderful day. (Sandy from Chihuahua Flats)

  35. Annette McD says:

    Very cute and EASY cake; thanks for the idea. I hope you and Joe have a lovely Easter. I work on Easter so my son and I are celebrating “Easter Monday”. Can’t wait to make the scalloped potatoes and ham, fresh asparagus, home-baked rolls. Fresh strawberries and whipped cream on slices of angle food cake for dessert. Such lovely traditions that stay with us through the years. Memories of growing up and being with grandparents and aunts and uncles , cousins. Life is good.

  36. Hello Susan,

    I thought that bunny cake posted on facebook today looked familiar, then I realized it was the photo of the one my daughter, Autumn, and I made last year! Thank you for posting this, it was a nice honor to see it out there and brought back fun memories of making (and eating!) this fun cake.

    Have a Happy Easter!
    Michelle

  37. Diana says:

    Happy Eastertide to all and a belated birthday to you Susan! I know you are probably still celebrating because after all, our birthdays can last as long as we like! Spring has sprung here in Illinois, well southern Illinois any way, LOL! I may need to go to the nursery for some eye candy and planning next week! Can’t wait for Willard! Enjoy a peaceful weekend all!

  38. jan from Princeton says:

    Happy Easter, Susan!

  39. Debbie P ~ Weedsport, NY says:

    Love the bunny cake! It’s been an Easter tradition for over 30 years at my house….and this year I have a new assistant baker….little Miss Isabella, who is 2! We’re baking tonight. I bake a dark chocolate cake, frost with a homemade whipped marshmallow frosting, cover with coconut and decorate. Here’s the marshmallow frosting recipe…perfect with a deep chocolate cake: (I don’t have a double boiler so I use a larger pot on top of a smaller pot…it works 🙂 )
    1/2 c sugar
    2 egg whites
    2 Tbls. water
    1 jar (7oz) marshmallow fluff
    1/2 tsp. vanilla
    Combine sugar, egg whites and water and beat over boiling water in a double boiler till soft peaks form. Add marshmallow and beat till stiff. Remove from heat and beat in vanilla.
    Hope you and Joe have a wonderful, blessed Easter Day! Our blessings are many, aren’t they?!
    xoDebbie

  40. Pom Pom says:

    Very sweet bunny cake! I had a fat bunny hop by my window this morning, looking so fine and festive!
    Yay for a Williard! LOVE that!
    Happy Easter, good Sue!

  41. elizabeth says:

    Perfect cake for the Easter holidays, I will certainly make this for visitors. Maybe it could be a chocolate bunny with a pink nose…..? Thank you for such a lovely fun blog – I always look forward to your posts.

  42. chris consentino says:

    awwwww & mmmmm & xoxo

  43. Suzanne says:

    Happy Easter to you Susan . . . and thanks always for sharing the sweetness of your creative, uplifting spirit!
    Suzanne

  44. Joanne Hayden says:

    During this spring season of rebirth and renewal I am so grateful to you and your Blog for sharing your joy and cheerfulness. They always lift my spirit. Your words, photos, books, etc., are such a blessing and remind me to appreciate my own life! Like my husband Tom (my Joe) and Gabe & Phoebe (my Jack & Girl). A belated Happy Birthday to you Susan! I’m glad to become one of your Girlfriends.
    Joanne

  45. Leslie Freeman says:

    Susan, I made that cake for years when my girls were young… and they are in their 40’s! It never failed to get ooh’s and aah’s. You always bring such fun and joy with everything you do for us. Many thanks, and Happy Easter.
    Leslie in Maine

  46. Patricia says:

    Hi Susan. This cake looks divine and I have to make it – now! ( or tomorrow at least ) Easter blessings to you and Joe. Have a wonderful weekend.

  47. Shanna says:

    Hi Susan!

    Happy Spring, happy Easter, happy everything!

  48. Heidi says:

    Happy Easter! Off to bake that fabulous cake now 🙂 xx

  49. Sheri says:

    Hope you have a blessed and very Happy Easter! 🙂 We make this bunny cake every Easter and everyone loves it!!

  50. shirley burt says:

    Happy Easter, Hoppy Spring to you and your little family. Thank you for reminding us about your bunny cake. I know it will be on many tables this Easter. But having the grandmother title of “Bunny” and bunny things everywhere and the love of Peter Rabbit, I can serve it to my quilting friends and family anytime of the year without curious looks. It is just normal at this house. Such joy. Looking forward to the new Willard.
    Love and bunny hugs to you and yours,
    Shirley
    Drinda says Hi.

  51. Becky says:

    Hi Susan and Happy Easter to all of the girlfriends! Love your Bunny Cake. I just returned from one of our favorite central CA coastal towns, Arroyo Grande. Our youngest son is getting married there in October, and I was checking out the lodging, venue, etc. Fun times ahead!!! I also treated myself to an Easter present thanks to your recommendation; I bought a rose bush called “Just Joey.” Did I get the right one? I hope I remembered it correctly. What a beauty! My other current favorite is a newer one appropriately called “Easter Basket.” It is very fragrant and so prolific…just covered with gorgeous blooms. Nature provides us with such joy! Have a wonderful weekend:)

    • sbranch says:

      Just Joey is a wonderful rose. Prolific, healthy, disease free at least for us, gorgeous peach-colored roses with the MOST delicious fragrance. You are going to love it! Look at Julia Child someday . . . also gorgeous and fragrant, but it’s a bush.

  52. Jo Hannan says:

    Happy Easter back at you!
    Love the helpfulness of your ideas and suggestions.
    Joyous Spring for you and Joe and the kitties.

  53. Cindy Stierhoff says:

    Blessing back to you Susan on this beautiful Spring Day in glorious sunny California☺️

  54. Trudy says:

    Happy Easter Susan and many blessings to you and your family.
    Love your stories and the Easter bunny is so cute! I’ll show it to my daughter in law,because she makes a lot of cakes and cupcakes for birthdays and weddings.
    Trudy

  55. CarolK says:

    Happy Easter Everyone….The flowers are blooming, the trees are in bud and the sun is shining in Central NJ…..all I can say is ACHOO! ACHOO! ACHOO!
    .

  56. Martha B says:

    Made one of these years ago for my son’s often-near-Easter birthday. Such fun!
    Easter blessings and happy spring!

  57. Donna Hrehor says:

    May you and Joe have a very blessed Easter Day!!! Love you! Donna (Idaho)

  58. Monique says:

    Happy Easter:) Hope your weekend w/ the girls was FUN:)

    I made that bunny cake when my girls were little..I happened upon a little cake book that used regular pans..and you cut out forms to make cakes..elephant..bunny..angel..I loved that book all 20 yrs old of me..
    This year..at 60 yrs old of me..YOUR cute lamb cake will grace our Easter dessert table..
    Thank you so much.

  59. We’re looking to Willard…it’ll be my first in my inbox (I’ve been catching up on the old ones).

    Thanks Susan for making our day. What a sweet bunny cake.

    Somebunny loves you….
    Brenda

  60. Siobhan in Santa Monica says:

    Happy Easter, Susan and Joe, kitties, and all the girlfriends! Can’t wait for Willard!

    Love YOU, you wonderful thing you!

  61. Connie Bahr says:

    Happy Easter Susan! Next year my grand daughter will be old enough to love the bunny cake. I enjoy your recipes and look forward to your blog whenever there is a new entry.
    Blessing to you and Joe!
    Connie

  62. Pat says:

    Have a wonderful Easter. I will patiently await the new Willard.

  63. Jane F. says:

    Happy Easter, Susan! Your bunny cake is adorable!! A great idea I’ll have to try!! Many blessings to you and Joe for a wonderful day.

  64. Ann says:

    Happy Easter Susan and Joe. Love the Bunny cake. Our traditional cake for Easter in the UK is usually a Simnel cake decorated with 11 balls of marzipan to represent Christ’s faithful disciples but I broke with tradition this year and decorated mine with crystallised viola flowers. Really looking forward to your new Willard next week, thank you.
    With love from,
    Ann in Thame xx

  65. Helen says:

    Happy Easter,Susan and Joe! Thanks for thinking of us.

  66. Winnie Nielsen says:

    Happy Easter greetings to you , Joe, Jack, and Girl Kitty from Florida!! I hope the Easter Bunny brings all of you some yummy treats to enjoy tomorrow too. Nothing like those chocolate easter eggs and marshmallow peeps peeking out of the basket grass to add that childhood flashback with morning tea. Did your mom hide everyone’s baskets in the house so that you had to find just yours and not let on when you saw a sister or brother’s??? I so remember all of us scurrying about looking for our cleverly hidden basket. That Easter Bunny knew just how to make us wait a tad bit longer. But oh the sweet reward at the end of your hunting!

    • sbranch says:

      She hid them all in the house — it was so much fun!

      • Winnie Nielsen says:

        Maybe this was a tradition for those of us growing up in the 1950s as I don’t hear about people doing that now? It was part of the joy and anticipation of getting a basket for me. And when the basket was hidden in a spot that was hard to find, it was even more fun to keep searching.

        One more question. We dyed 4 dozen eggs every year and my mom hid them Sunday afternoon for a big family egg hunt. EVERY year, there would be one egg we couldn’t find. It was hilarious when mom, all of us and a neighbor or two, joined in the search to try and find the thing too. Usually a month or two later, it was found in the flower garden where it had been hidden so cleverly that the egg color matched the surroundings perfectly! Did you ever have the same experience at your house on the egg hunt?

        • sbranch says:

          I’m sure that happened! What I remember most was the way my brothers would take off in all directions like wild things and start gathering eggs while the little ones ran around in circles sometimes crying because they didn’t know which way to go first!

  67. Barbara S. says:

    Happy Easter! Everyone!!
    Blessing from Barbara S.
    Cumming, GA

  68. Susan on Bainbridge Island in Wa. state says:

    HAPPY EASTER to everyone……May your day be filled with the sounds of laughter, a colored Easter egg, a little chocolate and the love of friends and family…..as we gather together to celebrate the true wonders of this holiday.

  69. Kathie Ferko says:

    Hi,

    Happy Easter Weekend to you and yours! Just thought I’D write while I was cooking for Sunday. The weather for this weekend is beautiful here….Sunny, but in the 60’s…thank goodness…enough of the cold weather…still chilly at night though….Looking forward to Willard…Do I have to sign up again if I got them through Email before…do not want to miss it!

    Kathie from Limerick, Pa

  70. Kathie Ferko says:

    Happy Easter to all you girlfriends, too!

    Kathie

  71. emma says:

    how do we sign up for a willard happy easter

  72. The bunny reminds me of one my Mom used to make at this time of year. The coconut was the best part. Yum.

    Am new to your blog and am loving what treasures I find as I go exploring. The books, movies and Gladys Taber! She helped shape my young married life and looking at her books on my shelf is like connecting with a member of the family.

    Thanks for making us all feel at home when we visit with you and you show up in the mailbox. You lighten my days, Susan. And always make me smile inside.

    Happy, happy Easter to you, Joe and the kitties.

  73. Susan (Grayslake, IL) says:

    Happy Easter Susan and Joe … and of course the kitties
    Thank you for the bunny cake recipe 🙂

  74. sondra fox says:

    Hi Susan, Running back & forth between my desktop & the kitchen (I know, I “could” take the desktop into the kitchen, but my hands are full of flour), making sure I have written down the recipe for the Lamb Cake correctly. When the recipe said to add the buttermilk, I didn’t see the amount on the recipe. Looks like it was left out of the ingredients on your page. I used my own judgment & added 1/2 Cup of buttermilk. Is that correct? Guess I’ll know when I see the cake, which is now in the oven baking. All of your tips were great, such as tying the two molds together so they won’t come apart. Had fun making the cake. There’s a lot of batter left over though. Guess I’ll make one more for a friend, or some cupcakes. Also, why does the recipe call for all the sifting? Guess I never learned that in cooking class. Does it make the cake lighter? (Sandy from Chihuahua Flats)

    • sbranch says:

      It’s one cup Sondra! Yikes, I hope I’m not too late. LAMB CAKE — I think I put the recipe up at first without that measurement, but I added it in a couple of days later (was alerted by kind girlfriend). Yes, I did that other bunny cake in the photos with the extra … or you can make cupcakes. Yes, sifting makes the cake much lighter. Measure out a cup of flour perfectly, now sift it and remeasure and you’ll see lots more flour than will fit into your cup. Hope that half cup of missing liquid doesn’t ruin the cake! I know he’ll LOOK good, but I want him to taste good too! xoxo

      • sondra fox says:

        Susan, just so you know……the head fell off. I put it back on with toothpicks, but the lamb looks like a lion. Not to worry. It tastes good. I’ll have to practice with this one to get it right. I think it has a lot to do with:
        -Pan being new, even though I did season it. Pans get better when used more.
        -Instead of “melted” Crisco on the pans, next time, I’ll use solid Crisco, putting it on the pans with a paper towel with Crisco on it.
        -Practicing with decorative icing. My lamb face is way too lionish, not lambish. Are there such words?
        Anyway, it was fun making the cake. Cupcakes turned out well.
        (Sandy from Chihuahua Flats)

        • sbranch says:

          Oh dear Sondra, I was afraid of something like that! But you had a lion! Very good! Now you’re experienced anyway! Thanks for the tips!

  75. judy young says:

    Susan, just wanted to wish you and Joe a wonderful Easter, and a Happy Easter to all the girlfriends out there!

  76. Faith says:

    Bunnies are wonderful we have some wild ones that appear in the backyard. Our kitties think they are there for their entertainment. I wish you a vewry Happy Easter.

  77. Willa says:

    Have a blessed Easter, Susan! I am looking forward to seeing Willard in my “box!”

  78. Cyndi in NC says:

    Have a Happy Easter Susan. Can’t wait for Willard! Hugs!

  79. Irene Talaasen says:

    Happy Easter!! Thankful that we have a risen Savior!!
    Trust your birthday was great and that it even continues for a few days 🙂 You are a blessing with your ideas and writings!
    Rejoice and be glad!
    Irene

  80. Diane from Poulsbo says:

    Happy Easter to all of the Girlfriends and to dearest Susan + Joe! God Bless you!

  81. Terri says:

    ‘Some bunny loves you’ too – a whole lot of some bunnies! That reminds me of an adorable framed bunny print with “Every bunny needs some bunny to love” on it, that my mom gave me on one of our last Easters with her, that I treasure. Thanks for all the bunny ideas — every bunny needs some bunny, sometime 😉 Hoppy Easter to you and everyone here!!!

  82. Lisa Jorgensen says:

    Happy Easter Susan! I can’t wait for the new Willard. I hope Spring has arrived where you live.

    • sbranch says:

      It’s perfectly gorgeous here today! We are suffering from Spring Fever — only one cure, out of the house we go!

  83. Rosanne Murphy (Keizer, OR) says:

    That darling cake brings back lots of happy Easter memories. I made it each year when our kids were growing up. Thank you, SB, for always giving me celebration inspiration! Happy Easter, Happy Spring, Happy Every Day!

  84. Lucia says:

    Happy Easter to you and Joe! Wishing you a warm and sunny day!
    Lucy in California

  85. Lynn Cooper says:

    Happy Easter, Susan. I have made a bunny cake when my kids were little. This year I made a carrot cake with ginger mascarpone frosting, and my hunch is that one piece of it will pack on a couple of pounds, although the beta carotene in the carrots will give it a healthy kick. This will be a lovely sunny Easter morning in New England, so enjoy the day with your family and friends. Can’t wait to read the next Willard!!!

  86. Sherry Palla says:

    Easter wishes for Easter blessings Susan & Joe & kitties. [Our daughter had her birthday on Easter, 32 years ago, and I had fun making her a “bunny cake.”] This year it is just my husband and I, but I’m thankful for our church family! We get to sing in the choir this morning too! God bless…..xoxox

  87. Pam says:

    Happy Easter, hope you don’t eat too much chocolate. (Afraid the same can’t be said here). Back to the diet next week!!

  88. Arlinda says:

    Happy Anniversary ! XO

  89. Happy Easter Susan! Hope you and Joe have a lovely day. I do hope you received my birthday greetings even though I never saw them posted.

  90. Minette says:

    Happy Easter to all! And a very belated Happy Birthday to you, Susan! I hope it was a glorious day for you! Apologies for the delay in my birthday greeings, but have been snowed under with work and gettig ready for the holiday weekend! I have been meaning to write to let you know that I have been making up the apple coleslaw recipe for a few weeks now and having it for lunch most days, and truly love it. I have not tired of it yet! My entire family loves it so have to make double batches of it so that I will have extra for just a couple of lunches at a time! We are hoping the cold weather leaves soon as it dipped down in the 30s again at night this week and we had to cover all of the seedlings coming up in the garden. I saw where New Engalnd was being hit as well with cold weather again, so hope you did not get anymore snow! I have read Emma Bridgewater’s new book of autobiographical vignettes of her life and really enjoyed it. It was really insprirational and admire her ambition to bring the potteries’ towns back to life in Britain and the craftsmanship as well. But reading her book just kindled the anticpation of when your new book will be published and just cannot wait until it is realeased. Please keep telling us about it!

    • sbranch says:

      I will Minette, thank you! Yes, it’s still been somewhat chilly here, but that’s OK, it’s sunny and we are able to work in the garden. No snow (yet!).

  91. Barbara Weaver says:

    Happy, Happy Easter. I’m celebrating with my family and three adorable little grandchildren. The rain we had yesterday is gone and they will be Easter Egg hunting in the garden today. Blessings to Sue and the Girlfriends and families!
    Barbara

  92. Kathie Ferko says:

    Seems like only the last part of my letter was read…maybe only a delay?
    Just want to wish the Branch and Hall clan a Happy Easter.
    Cannot wait for Willard! If I was on mailing list before , do I have to sign up again?
    Have a wonderful weekend!

    Kathie from Limerick, Pa

  93. Kathie Ferko says:

    Hi,
    The first part of my letter from yesterday just appeared,so excuse the repeat!
    Kathie

  94. Moira says:

    Happy Easter, Susan. I’ve been reading your books and following your web site for years, now have learned how to follow blogs and love it.
    I’ve never been to Martha’s Vineyard, but am planning a trip there over the summer with a girlfriend and can’t wait to see all the places you’ve written about!

  95. Barbara S. says:

    Easter Blessings to Susan and Joe and to all the Girlfriends!

    Barbara S. from Cumming, GA

  96. Sharon in So. Calif. says:

    Just wanted to wish you a beautiful Easter day. Thank you for all the really good recipe’s too, I love them all. Can’t wait for Tues. I think that was the day for the new Willard. And Happy Easter Blog Daddy, I saw you sneak in a reply up there! lol

  97. Margot in Virginia Beach says:

    Have a joyful Easter Girlfriends! I had some coconut ice cream this weekend. Yum!

  98. Candice OHIO says:

    Easter Blessings to you, Joe and Kitties! Have an enjoyable day!
    I came across a lamb cake pan, except it is missing the back piece, but it worked okay. My daughter just finished decorating it to take to our family gathering later today. I used my Mother’s Chocolate Salad Dressing Cake recipe for it because our family likes chocolate cake the best. We are having sunny skies and warmer temps (Finally!) here in NW Ohio. My Primroses are blooming and so are my miniature Daffodils, so bright and cheerful! Looking forward to the new Williard!
    Wishing everyone a wonderful Easter to you, loved ones and all the Girlfriends!
    Hugs,
    Candice

  99. Barbara from Wolverine Lake MI says:

    Just my husband and me, my daughter and her boyfriend for Easter dinner — our dessert is Susan’s hot milk cake – mmmm all that wonderful vanilla. My daughter describes it as having cake with melted vanilla ice cream! Yes, that sums it up 🙂

  100. Susan says:

    Happy Easter Susan!

    Big Texas Hugs,
    Susan and Bentley

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