Easter Bunny Cake

Here are the step by step instructions including photos for making an Easter Bunny Cake. You don't even need a special cake pan.

Step One - How to Make a Bunny Cake

Take a single 8" or 9"-inch round cake layer and freeze it for 1 hour. Cut the layer in half as shown.

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Step Two - How to Make a Bunny Cake

Stand the layer halves together up on its cut edges.

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Step Three - How to Make a Bunny Cake

Cut a notch through the two pieces approximately up one-third the way from one end of the body to form the bunny head.

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Step Four - How to Make a Bunny Cake

Frost in between the cake layer halves. Also, frost the bottom of the cake, so it won't slide around on the serving plate.

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Step Five - How to Make a Bunny Cake

You need to choose just the right serving plate. I needed to choose a plate that not only would hold the bunny, but would fit in a cake carrier that was tall enough for the bunny ears.

Ice the entire bunny with 1-1/2 to 2 cups of frosting.

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Step Six - How to Make a Bunny Cake

Using one of the notches cut from the cake layer to form a bunny tail. Add tail to bunny body and cover it in frosting. The frosting should be enough to hold the tail on the end of the bunny body.

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Step Seven - How to Make a Bunny Cake

Sprinkle entire bunny body with 1 cup of coconut. Use your fingers to lightly press the coconut into the frosting.

At this point, I put my bunny cake into the refrigerator overnight. I wasn't serving it until the next day. This step is optional.

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Step Eight - How to Make a Bunny Cake

The reason my ears are orange and a little short is because I wanted to use some dried mango I already had on hand. There are other bunny ear options like dried fruit roll-ups or even using cut pink construction paper. It's your choice.

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Step Ten - How to Make a Bunny Cake

To make the eyes and nose, I used jelly beans. Black ones for the eyes and an orange one for the nose. If I was using red or pink for the ears, I would have used red or pink jelly beans instead.

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Step Eleven - How to Make a Bunny Cake

To decorate the serving plate, use 1 cup of green tinted coconut and sprinkle with jelly beans.

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As you can see, not much is left of my bunny cake. I made straight slices from the tail to the ears. There were ten servings with some leftover.

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