The Classic Easter Bunny Cake!

The Easter Bunny cake is a classic in our house! My mother made it for me and I have made it for my girls! If you have never tried this Easter classic, or you've lost your recipe...here ya go! Just in time for your Sunday brunch tomorrow!

Bunny Surprise Cake

Blogger Christy Denney of The Girl Who Ate Everything shares a favorite recipe Bunny Surprise Cake. Add Easter colors to the batter and a colorful surprise awaits you when each slice of Bunny cake is served.

Prep Time

30

Minutes

Total Time

1:30

Hr:Mins

Makes

12

servings

Cake

1

box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® vanilla cake mix

Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

Pink, purple, and yellow food color

Decoration

2

containers Betty Crocker® Frosting Whipped Fluffy White

3

cups flaked coconut

Red licorice rope

Jelly beans

Pink sprinkles

1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Spray or grease bottom of two 9-inch round pans. Make cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs.
2. Divide cake batter evenly into three separate bowls (around 1 cup for each bowl). Dye one bowl of cake batter with pink, purple, or yellow food coloring. Pour 1/2 of purple batter in each of the two greased 9-inch round pans. Pour 1/2 of the yellow batter over top of the purple layer in each pan. Pour 1/2 of pink batter over yellow batter in each pan. Do not mix.
3. Bake and cool cake as directed on the box for two 9-inch round pans. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
4. Place one of the cooled cake rounds on serving tray. Cut other round cake as shown in Diagram A below and place ears and bowtie of the bunny in appropriate places on the tray.
5. Carefully frost the cake with frosting. Sprinkle cake coconut over cake. Use licorice to outline bowtie and make whiskers and mouth on the bunny. Use jellybeans for the eyes, nose, and to fill in the bowtie. Use pink sprinkles to fill in the pink of the ears.

Makes 12 servings

Make the Most of This Recipe With Tips From The Betty Crocker^® Kitchens

Tips:

When pouring the colored cake batter it’s not necessary to be exact. Just have fun and the colors with be surprising and colorful.

Frosting this cake does not need to be stressful. The coconut topping is very forgiving and will hide imperfections.

Use a cookie sheet or cutting board wrapped in aluminum foil as your cake tray. No need to purchase a cake board.