Hey guys! I am soooo excited for Easter this year! It’s technically Molly’s 2nd Easter, but it kind of feels like her first because it’s the first Easter where she understands what’s going on. She was such a tiny baby last year, she didn’t know Easter was different than any other day! I’m inspired this year to make it extra special. So I started experimenting with some fun cake ideas and wanted to share them with you on the blog today!
Two things inspired these Easter cakes. First, Molly of course. The second thing, is my pregnancy and my craving for NEW treat-size SweeTARTS Sour Bunny Gummies. Some of you may have seen on my instagram lately that I send Kevin out to buy me these things regularly (what a good husband) because I’m addicted to them! Not only are they are soooo good, but they’re free of artificial flavors and colors –and they make for the perfect Easter treat!
So what I did was what any normal pregnant woman would do – I made 3 cakes using them! Ha! I think the cakes came out super cute and would be REALLY fun to make with your kiddos. Molly’s a little too young to get involved making them. But trust me, she was more than happy to get involved with eating some of them.
I separated out the ingredients by cake in case you decide to only make one, but I recommend doing all 3 at once so you can really get creative with the toppings! For example, even though I have 6 bags of Jelly Beans listed in the ingredients below, I really only used 4 bags of Jelly Beans because I was able to separate out the colors I wanted for each cake. So out the of 4 bags of Jelly Beans I used, I could take out certain colors for certain cakes and have leftovers. If I only made the “carrot” cake below, I would take out the orange Jelly Beans and have all the other colors left over. Which isn’t a bad thing. They are so yummy for snacking! I hope that makes sense! If you have questions, ask me in the comment below!
Ok so here is what you need to make the cakes!
Ingredients for Pot of Gold Cake
1 box of white cake mix (4 eggs, oil and water per instructions of box)
1/2 cup rainbow sprinkles
1 bag of SweeTARTS Sour Bunny Gummies
1 bag of SweeTARTS Jelly Beans
1 package of SweeTARTS Rope
Ingredients for “Carrot” Cake
1 box of white cake mix (4 eggs, oil and water per instructions of box)
1/2 cup rainbow sprinkles
1 bag of SweeTARTS Sour Bunny Gummies
3 bags of SweeTARTS Jelly Beans
Ingredients for Flower Cake
2 boxes of white cake mix (8 eggs, oil and water per instructions of box)
1 cup rainbow sprinkles
1 bag of SweeTARTS Sour Bunny Gummies
2 bags of SweeTARTS Jelly Beans
Now that we have our ingredients here is how you make the cakes!!!
Pot of Gold Cake
I just think this cake it so much fun! The rainbow reminds me of Spring and the colors are really fun for Easter! I actually think the cake would be super cute for St. Patrick’s Day too which is this weekend! Maybe use all green SweeTARTS Sour Bunny Gummies for the border to make it more festive for St. Patty’s! I put a little pot of gold on the top, but what’s even more fun is that when you cut into this cake, there is a pot of gold inside because it’s filled with bright yellow SweeTARTS Jelly Beans! So fun!
Directions for Pot of Gold Cake
Mix all your ingredients per the directions on the white cake mix box. My cake mix actually said to add 3 eggs, but I think cake is more fluffy using just egg whites, so I used 4 egg whites instead! Plus it ensures the cake stays nice and white – without any hints of yellow. The directions said to use an electric mixer but we honestly don’t even own one! So I just whisked them together and still got really fluffy cake!
Then mix in 1/2 cup of rainbow sprinkles to turn it into a Funfetti cake.
Separate the batter into three 5” cake pans. You could use 4” or even 6” if that works better for you. And then bake the cakes per the directions on your cake mix box.
Once the cakes are finished baking and you let them cool for 10 to 15 minutes. Take them out of the pans and pull one layer aside.
Use a round cookie cutter to cut a hole out of the middle of one of your layers of cake. This will be the center layer of your cake.
Place one whole layer for the bottom of your cake cover it with vanilla icing and then place the layer with the hole in it on top of that first layer of cake. This is where the secret pot of gold in the middle of the cake comes in! You’ll then fill that hole with yellow SweeTARTS Jelly Beans! Add another layer of icing to the cake and then top with another whole layer of the cake. Then use an icing spatula to ice the entire cake with vanilla frosting.
Now for the really fun part! The decorating!
I laid out rows of the SweeTARTS Sour Bunny Gummies using the colors in the same order over and over again. This made it easy for me to then quickly assemble them in a row at the bottom of the cake.
Then use a star tip on an icing bag to create two rosettes on either side of the cake to make “clouds.”
Take two SweeTARTS Candy Ropes out of the package. Cut one in half and leave the other whole.
Stick each end in the icing cloud. First put in the whole rope and then layer the candy rope you cut in half in front of it.
I found a cute little black pot at the craft store that I used at the base of my rainbow and filled with yellow SweeTARTS Jelly Bean gold!
My Version of a “Carrot” Cake
I LOVE this cake! I feel like it looks like a professional baker decorated it. The carrot design on top is soooo easy to make and looks awesome! And the green and orange colors scream Springtime! And the best part about this professional looking cake, it’s honestly the easiest of the 3 to make! Here is what you do…
Directions for “Carrot” Cake
Mix all your ingredients per the directions on the white cake mix box. Like I did with the Pot of Gold cake, I used egg whites instead of whole eggs.
Then mix in 1/2 cup rainbow sprinkles to turn it into a Funfetti cake.
Pour batter into an 8 inch cake pan. I only did one layer of cake for this one. But you could easily put it into two 8 inch cake pans and have two layers. Your baking time would just be shorter because there is less batter in each pan. Bake the cake(s) according to the directions on the cake mix box.
Using an icing spatula, ice the sides and top of the cake.
Time to decorate!
Using the SweeTARTS Sour Bunny Gummies, create a carrot shape like I did in the photo below. As you can see in the photo, the green bunnies are upside down and angled inward, and the orange bunnies are right side up and in five rows starting with 5 gummy bunnies at the top and just one at the bottom.
Then cover the sides of the cake by placing rows of orange SweeTARTS Jelly Beans all around the border. Keep building the layers until you get to the top edge of the cake.
And that’s it! This one is super simple but looks professionally done in my opinion!
Flower Cake
Everything about this cake says Easter and Springtime to me. The flowers are pretty and girlie and just looking at it makes me forget about all this cold weather we’ve been having. I also filled the cake with rainbow SweeTARTS Jelly Beans.
Directions for Flower Cake
Same as the other cakes, mix all your ingredients per the directions on the white cake mix box.
Mix in 1 cup rainbow sprinkles to turn it into a Funfetti cake (1/2 cup per box).
Separate the batter into three 8” cake pans and bake them per the directions on your cake mix box.
Once done baking, let cakes cool for 10 to 15 minutes and the take them out of the pans – pulling one layer aside.
Use a round cookie cutter to cut a hole out of the middle of one of your layers of cake. This will be the center layer of your cake. The bigger the cookie cutter, the more Jelly beans you can fit inside!
Use one whole layer as the bottom of your cake, cover it with vanilla icing and then place the layer with the hole in it on top of that first layer of cake. You’ll then fill that hole with SweeTARTS Jelly Beans! You can choose a color or go with rainbow colors (all of them!) like I did. Add another layer of icing to the cake and then top with another whole layer of the cake. Then use an icing spatula to ice the entire cake with vanilla frosting.
And once again, we decorate!
You’ll need 6 gummies of the same color to create the leaves for each flower and one gummy for the center (placed as seen in the pictures below). Tip: Make sure the bunny ears are closest to the center of the flower and the bunny bottoms are the outer part of the leaf.
Use SweeTARTS Jelly Beans to create a border around the bottom of the cake and the top edge of the cake. I used green to represent the grass, but use any color you’d like and have fun with it!
Well there you have it! You will have just as much fun making these cakes as you will eating them! Let me know what you guys think in the comments below! And share any decorating and/or Easter ideas you have with me too! I want this Easter to be really special for Molly.
Thank you SweeTARTS for teaming up with me for this post! I’m obsessed with your candy! No really. Thank you for getting me through my pregnancy. Ha!
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of SweeTARTS. The opinions and text are all mine.
Hi. Thanks for the ideas. I be making some Easter goodies from here!
Pls pls share what is the stool you use in the kitchen with Molly. So she is able to help out.
It called a learning tower! She loves it to help mommy in the kitchen
Hi Ali these cakes look so good nice job congratulations on your baby boy and Molly is adorable
Thank you! I am really proud of how they came out 🙂
By the way you husband went to high school with my aunt
So many ideas, I’m excited to try out some of these sweet treats! Love how everything is so cheery and colourful – and pastel! 😀
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They were SO fun to make and OH SO TASTY!!!!
These look SO fun! I’ll have to give these a try with my littles.
Tag me in pics on social media if you make them! I wanna see! I’ll retweet!
Molly is just the CUTEST!! I would love details on the top your wearing! I love that color.
Agree! Need the top details, please!!!
I got it here: https://rstyle.me/n/czkunzbdvs7
Thx!!! Ordered 😉
Fun!! Love the one with the jelly beans inside!
It’s such a fun surprise for kiddos when you cut into the cake!
I love the little carrot mini on the Nora Fleming server! Aren’t her pieces the greatest?!?! I love changing out my little minis for all different occasions! Molly is adorable! Hope she has a great Easter!
Kevin’s mom got that for us 🙂 And I think the “carrot cake” came out sooooo good in my opinion! I feel like I could sell it in a bakery!
These are so cute! What kind of frosting did you use?
Just store bought vanilla! I should have put that in the ingredients! Thanks for pointing that out!
Great! Thank you! 😉
Can not wait to try these!
Your family is the cutest! I just love keeping up with y’all on the gram! ❤️
These are so fun and look delicious!! Also, could you tell us where your shirt is from? I love it!!😍 thanks for sharing these cake ideas!!!
My top is from Nordstrom. Here it is: https://rstyle.me/n/czkunzbdvs7
And I hope you get a chance to make the cakes!!!
Sooo cute and creative!! I’ll have to give one a try. Now all you need is Witty Bash’s bunny plates to eat your cake! You’ll have to check out my site and anytime you need anything party related, let me know!! Wittybash.com and my email – hello@wittybash.com. Happy almost Easter!!! Xoxo
Your site is too cute!!!! Love it! Nice work!
All the cakes look so good….I bet they would sell at a bakery!
I like your idea of using eggs whites for fluffiness. I’m going to make a lemon cake & decorate it like your rainbow cake. 🐰
Yum a Lemon cake sounds yummy! Tag me on social media if you post a picture of it! I wanna see!!!!
These are so stinkin cute and fun!! Love your blog, Ali!
I had the BEST time making them. It was really fun to do with Molly. I let her decorate her own cake. I should have taken pictures of it. It was interesting to say the least. Ha!
Absolutely love all the fun stuff you do for Easter!!! Loved last years creations too with the eggs! And that awesome sweepstakes with the decorated eggs!! Also don’t like too many sour things but I LOVE those gummies too!
You are such an inspiration Ali!! I’ve followed you since you were the bachelorette, and now seriously look forward to your Instagram stories every day!!!!! You are AWWWWSOME! Lol
Just tagged you on a Instagram too on the eggs I did last year after one of your posts!!! Check it out 😍
Hi Ali and Molly. I just wanted to say that your such an inspiration and a wonderful mom to Molly. I love following you on social media. I look up to you in so many ways. I thank you for all of the positivity that you bring. Much love to you and your family. Love y’all.
Tara that is so sweet of you to say! Really! Thank you for brightening MY day!
Thanks for all the recipe ideas! Such cute ideas. Molly is the cutest!! Hope you all have a very happy Easter!!
You are so welcome Emily! I hope you get a chance to try making one or ALL THREE of them 😉
Oh my gosh!! This is adorable! I love all the colours. This would be so fun for me to do with my little girl Rylie. She just turned- she might be a little too young as well but still might be fun 🙂
Love all your posts. Your little family is just adorable.
** just turned 2. Oops!!
Molly helped me and she is under two! But I gave her a little cake of her own. I WISH I took pictures of it!
Aww what a great idea!!
Have you picked a name yet?
Not yet! We haven’t found a name we love yet!
Such cute ideas! I can’t eat sugar right now though 😩
I’m curious though who takes all your pictures. They are all all professional right so do you just have a professional photographer on standby weekly? 🙂
Ha! No I don’t have one on standby. My good friend who I am just with a lot takes a lot of my photos and Kevin takes them too! My friend Ashley took these.
Love your Instagram and blog, I’ve been a fan since your days on Jake’s season (and you know I was a real fan bc I watched that whole uncomfortable season 🤣). Even though I love you and Kevin, I have to admit, I think Molly and Owen are the real stars! 😂😂
I 100% agree with you! Molly and Owen are for sure the stars!!!!!! And baby #2 soon too!
Ali… I absolutely love these cakes! So creative! And I love watching Molly grow up on your IG… you are such a good mom and Molly is about the cutest thing I’ve ever seen!!
Thank you Bridgette! If you are a mommy too then you know how hard it can be at times. You saying these nice things to me really makes me feel good. So thank you love!
So adorable!!! Been following your journey (well since The Bachelor) but especially since you were pregnant with Molly. My little guy,Carter, was born June 28th of 2016 so I believe just a few days before Molly so it’s been really awesome to follow along and watch them both grow and change.
Are you gonna do anything special for Molly this year for Easter? Or get her some sort of gift? Id like to do something for Carter but was trying to get ideas of things! I was thinking a little basket of goodies maybe?
Anyway, big fan here. Love your blog! And your Instagram feed. Look forward to seeing Molly grow even more and see the newest member shortly! So exciting. Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy and Happy Easter 🙂 xx
We have a basket for her that I got a little bunny stuffed animal for and an Easter book. I will also put some SweeTARTS sour bunny gummies. She LOVED them when we made the cakes. So I will let her have a little bit every once in a while 😉 They don’t have artificial favors so I feel good abut giving them to her as a treat once in a while.
And Carter is such a cute name! I’ve actually considered it for baby #2
Hi I love you!!!
I saw you were replying to every comment so I just wanted to say hello 🙂 you have been such a great role model to me ever since the bachelor days! I love watching you conquer life!
Thanks for coming over to my blog and saying HI!!!!! And thanks for following along on my journey! xoxo!
What is your favorite clothing store that the clothes aren’t too expensive? Love your blog posts and following you on Instagram! So happy for you and I hope the future just continues to be bright and joyful. You have a beautiful family 🙂
Nordstrom. You can find a lot of things under $50 which is what I tend to buy. But there is a lot of expensive stuff too. You just have to search for the good deals!
I just want to say how much i love you and your beautiful family!
Awwww love you back Felicia!
Hi Ali!
This is slightly unrelated to Easter but I LIVE for your and Kevin’s snaps of Molly! She’s hilarious and so adorable. It’s clear what great parents you guys are. She’s very lucky to have you guys as parents and I’m sure you feel just as lucky to have her as a daughter 🙂 Thanks for sharing little snipits of your lives with us ❤️
I feel SOOOO lucky to have her as my daughter! She is truly the best. And thank you so much for saying that. I am proud of the little girl we are raising 🙂
The cakes are adorable and look delicious! You did a great job :)! And it looks like miss Molly enjoys her mommy’s baking skills as well! I am a little over 12 weeks! I have two daughters already! This pregnancy is a bit different so I’m convinced it’s a boy! Any difference in this pregnancy then the one before?!
When will you find out the gender? I got a blood test to find out at 11 weeks. But maybe you are waiting for the ultrasound or even the birth!
Thanks for sharing Ali! My oldest is 2 and loves to help cook and bake. I totally have to get one of those learning towers for him! I can’t wait to try these adorable cakes! Congratulations on your pregnancy and little boy on the way! I have two boys youngest is 9 months. Boys LOVE their mamas 😊💙
That’s what people keep telling me. That boys LOVE their mommy 😉 We are lucky that Molly is just a loving little girl in general. Her sweetness kills me!
She seems so sweet! She is just so adorable! Such a beautiful family! 💙💕
Such fun ideas!! I love that you have fun with sweet Molly..and your little prince whos coming soon!
I cant wait to start baking with my son who’s 16 months.
You’re awesome!
It so fun to get the kiddos involved in the kitchen. I hope to do it a lot more with Molly in the future!
So cute!! I’ll have to make one of these for my husband and I to share. Now what are you going to do with all those cakes?! 😂
Kevin brought two to his work 🙂 They loved them! All 3 cakes are the same batter so really it was all about having fun with the decorating. And snacking on the candy along the way 😉 He he!
Hi Ali! Those cakes look delicious! I will have to make one for Easter this year! Thanks for recipes! Our daughters are the same age, a few days apart I think. It looks like Molly is a great eater… have you had any issues with getting her to eat? My daughter Mikaela just doesn’t care about eating! It sometimes takes an hour to get her to eat! Fights me on it! But the next day she’ll eat just fine, or like the a few days later she’ll eat the same meal with no problem. This has been happening for almost a year now! I pull out every trick on the book. She loves strawberries so I bribe her with those! Does Molly give you any issues with eating?
Molly is such a good eater. We are really lucky. But sometimes she will be picky about a certain food that she normally loves. We usually just let it go and go back to it again another day.
Cute cakes great ideas!! Love watching you on this blog such a happy spirit!!
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Thank you for coming to my blog Cindy! I don’t think I can use that stuff because I’m pregnant and about to start nursing for a year.
THREE cakes! Very ambitious… I’m impressed! They are all adorable, and so is your little helper. 😊
The batter is all the same so it wasn’t hard! The decorating part is just fun! I could have done 3 more!
Definitely going to make one or more of these cakes with my kids. I know they will love them!😊
Thanks so much for the ideas!
Post to social and tag me if you make one! I want to see!
These cakes look amazing! I must try! What kind of cake plate are you using? Does it spin?
Also, would love to see what it looks like when you cut into the cake. Asking for a friend! 😉
I didn’t get a photo of cutting into it! I SOOOO should have! And I got the cake spinner on Amazon. I don’t remember what it was called. Sorry!
I’m glad I’m not pregnant anymore or else i would be in big trouble. I bulk ordered bags of sweetarts sour chews and ate them until my tongue fell off. It took three months to finish them all off:) I don’t know what it is about pregnancy + sour but I was here for it.
I know right! I can’t get enough SweeTARTS right now!!!! I mean, I love them in general, but they are all I want to eat right now! Ha! Too funny you craved the same thing!
Hi Ali,
Love your blog! What is your favourite Easter tradition that you want to share with Molly?
Probably just an Easter egg hunt. My grandma Molly would hide eggs with candy all over the house and then one BIG egg for each kid with our name on it with a 5 dollar bill in it. I used to think I was RICH when I got mine! I will do this with my kids for sure 🙂
My kiddos are all grown 19,17 and 12 so Molly videos make my day. I love listening to her talk her sweet voice is so cute. Can’t wait to make these cakes with my girls this weekend even though we are dieting lol
Make them and then give them to a neighbor! They will think they are so cool! I would be so impressed if my neighbor brought me a cake like this 😉
Those cakes look delicious! So many congratulations on your pregnancy! My sister has a girl and a boy and she’s absolutely loves it! One of each! So happy for you and your family!
Thank you Lily! We feel so lucky to have one of each!
Love the cakes Ali! So creative! Now I need to go get some sweet candy tarts to feed my sugar craving haha
Ha! DO IT!!!!!!
Several cakes definitely end up amazing with a hard worker like you! Looks delicious and love you and your little girl so much💙💙🌹🌹
Thank you Claire! They are honestly pretty easy to make and decorate!
You and Molly are so cute! Those cakes look scrumptious!
By the way, my belly got so big with my little man. So don’t worry! I think it’s a boy thing! You’re tiny all over though so it just looks like you swallowed a basketball. 😉
My bottom is not so tiny. I legit had to buy bigger UNDERWEAR! Ha!
I had to do this with my pregnancy too…. no shame!!
Haha! Don’t worry. I had to too. Try Soma Intimates undies. They are completely wedgie proof too! They are called Vanishing Edge panties and they have a type of silicone that adheres to your booty so it doesn’t ride up! Best investment of my LIFE.
What a neat idea! I never would have thought to use sweet tarts for a cake decoration but I it makes sense… sweet cake, tart candy! Now… maybe I won’t eat all the candy before it makes it on the cake! Congratulations on the new addition! You and your family are precious! 😊
The candy tastes REALLY good with the cake! And just as good by itself! Ha!
Love this idea, especially the carrot cake! I just may have to recreate some mini cakes like these for Easter…
Also looking forward to following your maternity looks for the warmer weather soon. My daughter is just a little older than Molly & we just found out we’re expecting baby #2!
Mini versions would be sooooo cute!!!!!
I am going to Hawaii tomorrow and will post some pics and outfit details!
You and Molly are so cute love the idea for Easter and hope I can pull it off for my niece who is about two weeks younger than Molly! Congrats on the new baby! Been following you since you were on the bachelor!
You can totally do it Heather!!!
Family holiday traditions are so important to me I have many happy memories of my childhood holiday traditions and I Continued it with my daughter and this year I’m looking forward so much to start holiday traditions with my grandson who is 16 months old
You are so right. They are soooo important!
Molly is the cutest!!!!!!
I have to agree with you 😉
I would love to know where you got that cup Molly had that looks like a tea cup! My daughter is 1.5 today and she would love that! Thanks for being so fun and authentic. Fun to follow!
I don’t know where it is from. We got it at a birthday party!
I just love following you because my daughter Madelynn is a week younger than Molly, and I’m also due with a baby boy (may 24!). Anyway, what do you think about potty training?? I’ve busted out the potty seat-top but I think I’m crazy optimistic for Madelynn to be ready and trained before baby brother arrives…. so far she will go up and down the steps and sit in it, but is too scared to stay or try to go potty.
We’re currently trying and failing to kick the bedtime bottle still.. AND will be transitioning her out of her crib next month!! All these changes must be overwhelming for her! Where are you at with Molly and the big girl transitions??
She still drinks milk before bed but out of a sippy cup. Try that transition first!
What an adorable post – I love your beautiful family – you are so refreshing! My “babies” are 18 and 20 haha – but they still love all the Easter 🐣 goodies so thanks for the tips! Quick question – I was just wondering if you are a vegetarian? I am and I love all the recipes and meal ideas you post! Good luck with baby number two!
Molly will FOREVER be my baby!!!!
Oh gosh this is so cute and fun! I can’t wait to try some of these. I bet Molly
loves all the candy!
I hope you do try them! I wanna see everyone’s pics of their cakes!!!
Aww these are all such cute spring time cakes! Definitely keeping them in mind come Easter!🐣
Easter is JUST around the corner! It will be here before you know it!
I love reading your Blog and Thank you for sharing Molly with us! She is so precious and brings a smile to my face every time I see her!! 💖 Congratulations on your son 💙 Can’t wait to watch him grow!
Thank you for following along with me and my little family! It means a lot to me!
All of these ideas are SO cute! And after reading this i totally started craving the sour candies, i wouldn’t be able to make that whole dessert without definitely stealing a few candies for myself ! It all sounds so delicious! 😁
Nothing wrong with snacking in my opinion 😉
Love the post and how much you interact with us Ali 🙂 btw Have you guys settled on a baby name yet?
I try my best!!!! And no, we haven’t picked a name yet. It’s soooo hard!
Ali,
This doesn’t pertain to this blog, but do you have any tips you can give on making/finding time for yourself with a toddler, work and a baby on the way? I have a 16 month old and find it very hard to make time to relax, de stress, etc. There’s always something that needs to be done. Share your secrets! ❤️
Also I’ve been a huge fan of yours since the bachelorette, and continue to look up to you as a mom and role model! Can’t wait to watch your little family grow.
Great question Sabrina. That would require a BLOG POST and not just a comment from me. I have a lot to say about that. I will try to blog about it soon!
Thank you for sharing! I can’t wait to try and recreate one of these. 🤗
I hope you do!
I love following your family! You guys are the cutest. I can’t wait to your little boy comes along! Keep up all the great things! Thanks for the recipes.
Thank you for following! I truly appreciate it!!! xoxo
Everything about this is adorable! You, Molly and the cakes. My daughter is 9 months old so she doesn’t understand holidays yet, but I definitely pretend she does! 🙂 Holidays are so much more joyful with kiddos to share them with. Happy Easter and have a great vacation! xoxo
Molly is JUST starting to get it and it’s so much fun! She is STILL talking about Santa 😉
I’m a social worker in group home for pregnant/parenting teen moms in foster care in Orange County, and I am loving the idea of making these with my girls! Holidays can be really hard for them since they are separated from their families, but we try to help them build fun memories with their babies that they can turn into traditions to look forward to. Thanks for this sweet inspiration! 💕
Thank you for what you do! I hope you are able to make these with them. That would make me so happy.
I’ll try to find a way to share a couple pics with you when we do! 😍
Love love love all of your ideas! I had my little boy 3 weeks after you so it was awesome to follow you during pregnancy and now baby life to “copy” all of your cute ideas & looks! So so fun I will have to do this for Easter! Especially since I have an older little girl to help! My babies age gap is about the same that Molly and her baby brother will be so I’m so excited for all the inspiration you will bring!
P.S. now I’m dying to try this candy!
Definitely get your kiddos involved!!! They will love it! xoxo
Hi Ali!
Where is your shirt from?! Such a great color on you! I love how patient and wonderful you are with Molly, I always notice in your stories how loving and understanding you are. I feel so lucky to get to follow your journey! Xoxo
I linked it above in an earlier comment! It’s from Nordstrom 🙂
Such cute ideas! I recently tried out a recipe for caramel butercream frosting that turned out delicious. I may use it on a cake with these decorations!
Have a great time in Hawaii! Always jealous of West Coasters who are so much closer to Hawaii than us East Coasters.
My mom flew out from MA this morning so she could come and Kevin’s mom came out from Indiana. So we all take off to Hawaii together tomorrow!
So fun! My daughter Sierra is the same age as Molly and I also craved sour candy but towards the end of my pregnancy. Now I’m pregnant again and due in September with another girl! We are thrilled. I had so much anxiety finding out the gender just like you did since this will hopefully be our last haha! But we couldn’t be more excited! Congrats to you and your little family, I’ve loved you since your Bachelor/Bachelorette days!
Congrats! That’s so exciting. Little girls are the best 😉
Love reading your blog and following along on insta, I have a little girl who is 9 months! I think I need to get that stool for her… maybe it will encourage me to cook/bake more too, ha! She currently has many intolerances (dairy, corn, wheat, soy) I’m hoping she outgrows, then, we can try these cakes. Happy Easter!
I would get it for sure! Molly loves being able to see what’s going on up on the counters
Did you find that the candies color bled into your frosting!? I always have that problem! But your cakes look so professional! Props to you!! 🙂
NOT AT ALL! They didn’t bleed even a little bit. So great for decorating!
Ali!! You are one of my absolute favorite bachelorettes! I love reading your blog and following your life on Instagram & listening to Kevin on MyFM. You have the sweetest family! Thanks for all of you’re positivity!
You are soo great!!
Awww thank you for listening to Kevin on the radio! I LOVE that!!!!
Just want to say hey 🙂 molly is so cute 🙁 my little guys Liam(great boy’s name) is few month younger and this age is amazing 🙂 Always love your blogs 🙂
Hi Patricia!!! Thanks for coming over to my blog to say hi!
These cakes are adorable and look delicious!! Thanks for sharing. Molly is such a smart little girl. You are doing a great job as her mom ( Kevin as her dad)! Love following your family! 💕
Thank you for saying that. We try our best!
You are seriously mom goals! I love reading your blog and getting lifestyle/fashion inspiration from you. Love you girl!! You have a beautiful family. ❤️
Thank you Sandra! I hope you find my blog helpful here and there 😉
When are you coming out with your Bachelor/Bachelorette and life after experience? We would all love that!
This whole blog is my life after that experience!!! 😉
I meant a book sorry I wasn’t clear.
I look forward to molly stories everyday. She’s seems so sweet! It’s fun watching her grow
Thank you for watching them!
Hi Ali!!
I was just wondering if you are going to share us the name of your baby boy anytime soon and wheeen? lol Or are you going to wait until he is born like you did with Molly?
Me and my boyfriend ADORE Molly and we love her name too, we are going to name our baby girl Molly in honor of your Molly! We think she is SO cute and suuuper smart and we want to name our baby like her hahaha
Also sorry for my bad english LOL I speak spanish mainly.
Great blog! Love, Jenny.
What a great idea for Easter! I have two girls- 3 and 1. They are 18 months apart and so close! They will love this!
I love readong your blog and following you on Instagram! Molly is so cute! Do y’all have a name for the new baby boy?! 🙂
Ali I ❤️ Your baby bump it’s the cutest thing ever
Thank you! It doesn’t feel so cute right now 😉
Such a fun blog! Definetly going to try these cakes this Easter 🙂 Have a great holiday & Happy Easter to you & your family 💜 love from Canada 🇨🇦 ☺️
I just came to ask if you would post a video of Molly dancing to Havana. Love watching videos of her!!!
These are SO CUTE! How long did it take you to make all of these??? Also love your outfit, where is it from? Molly is THE cutest!!
Your fam is serious GOALS. Cheers to you for making it all work and for being so genuine, honest and open about everything to your fans. Your family is beautiful and so looking forward to the new addition! Keep on being you! 🙂
These are such great ideas! I am totally
Going to have my nieces help me with some of these!! Also, you are amazing- you have a beautiful family & I couldn’t be happier for you!!! Xoxo
Hi Ali,
I just came to show some love! You’ve always been my favorite bachelorette because you’re so sweet and sincere, and just absolutely darling! 💝
Thank you SO much for sharing your beautiful family with us.
Molly is just absolutely precious 👧🏻 and it’s so much fun to watch her grow and talk! What a fun age! I have two daughters. 😊
Congrats on your baby boy! Best wishes for an easy delivery!
Thank you for sharing these adorable cakes. I call my youngest daughter Alexa the “cake boss” because she likes to bake! I’m going to buy the stuff to let her make one of these for Easter. She’ll be thrilled! 🐰🐣
Happy Easter to your family!!
God Bless!
What is your favorite Easter tradition and what is one that you are looking forward to passing on to Molly?
You are so adorable! Now I have to make these cakes!!
Hi Ali- just wanted to say I love your blog. I follow it religiously. I’m a mom of two little ones also- I really enjoy all your Molly posts. What a cutie! Best of luck with your impending baby boy! Megan
Thank you so much for being a dedicated Ali Luvs reader!!!
Hi Ali, I have been searching high and low for that darling tote your hubs was carrying Molly in with the bikes on it. I want so bad! Love you, your family, everything about you is so great!
Hi Ali!!
I’ve followed you since you were the bachelorette and wonder… Was falling for Kevin “easier” in a way than the show format? Also,
I LOVE your outfits and recipes. You have a beautiful family. Thank you
Hey Ali,I’ve been a fan of yours since your season of the bachelorette:)Love watching Molly on your Instagram stories,not even 2 and so smart already! So adorable listening to her talk:)
Owen is so adorable too!! What a sweetheart,he’s so nice and gentle.
You have such a sweet family.
Ali, you are the cutest preggo mama!! I’m so happy for your sweet family! Molly is so adorable! Thank you for sharing your life with us other mamas! Your blog is so interesting and you have the best fashion sense. All your Easter cakes are so cute!
God Bless your little girl, your son, your son in your belly, Kevin and you! Such a beautiful family!
Xoxoxoxo
Lisette
Loved the post, and looks like Molly had a blast. I recently started reading your blog. I have a 1 1/2 year old lil guy. I’m curious what types of meals Molly enjoys. I’m finding that my lil man has suddenly become a picky eater, and is refusing meals he used to love. Would love to hear what your doing with Molly!
I’ve followed your journey from day one….I’m a “quiet fan” and don’t ever comment but thought I would tonight. You’re such a grounded, beautiful person inside and out. I only wish I had the grace, intelligence and maturity when I was your age. You’re a very impressive young lady. Best of luck to you and your beautiful growing family!
Very impressive cakes, Ali! Happy family vaca in Hawaii with your mothers to help out and spend time with, too! What fun! Lucky Molly AND you and Kevin! It’s clear to me that you both adore your mothers!❤️❤️🌴 🌞🌴❤️❤️
Allie
Please post more cooking and baking ideas. Super cute cakes
I love love love this!! My Mom and Dad still buy me and my siblings little goodies for Easter and we still have our Easter baskets and all, and I’m 18 now lol!! Love these cute cake ideas, I would love to try these for my family!! Good way to get the family in the kitchen and to have quality family time!
Just wanted to say hi! You’re such inspiration love following your journey xoxo
Hi Ali and Molly!
Love the blog and the yummy cakes! I will definitely decorate one just like those flowers! Come on Spring 🙂 I wanted to see if I could send you a copy of my two new children’s books for Molly, called Hello There, Big Sister! The only “from baby to big sister gift book” on the market! I’d love to share a copy with you. Hope to have a response!!
Is this made by chocolate? How wonderful! It will be much more better if this post has a small recipe to make it at home. But it’s really great after all. 2 player games
It’s really a great thing for children to love, even I’m very interested, everything is colorful 🙂 tonya