Easter Tradition

This is my take on an Apostle Cake, the only resemblance between this and the original being that this cake has 11 objects on top, representing the 11 true apostles. An Apostle Cake or Simnel Cake is a traditional English Easter cake made of fruitcake with a layer of apricot jam then marzipan on top, finished with 11 marzipan balls on top of that. Since I wasn't sure if my kids would eat marzipan and my husband isn't wild about fruitcake or apricot jam, I thought a chocolate cake with gumdrops was a safer bet for trying to start a family Easter tradition.