Bunny Cake

One of our Easter traditions here is to make a bunny cake. We made this for one of the Easter dinner desserts when I was growing up and I continued the tradition with my girls. It is easy to make and turns out a nice looking cake for the celebration. Here is the recipe:

1 yellow or white cake baked in 2-8" or 9" round cake pans
1 recipe white frosting
jelly beans (eyes, nose, mouth)
red shoe string licorice (whiskers)
sprinkles OR M&M shaped candy OR more jelly beans
coconutu

Put 1 round cake in center of board (I use a clean board covered with foil.) Take other cake and cut ears out of each side. Cut off tips of each one to make flat surface to fit edge of cake. Use remainder of cut-up cake as bowtie. Frost cake with white frosting. Tint a small amount of the coconut pink with red food coloring. Put in center of each ear. Sprinkle white coconut over outside of ears and face (for fur). You can eliminate this step if your family does not like coconut. Put sprinkles, M&M shaped candy or jelly beans on bowtie as polka dots. Put whole jelly beans on face for eyes and nose. Cut up 1-2 jelly beans in smaller pieces to make mouth. Use string licorice (or you can cut up more jelly beans) to make whiskers. Eat and enjoy.

This is fun to do with children and has been a good tradition for our family.