Must Run in the Family: Bunny Cake

Friday, March 4, 2016

Bunny Cake

My mom used to make these with us when I was a kid. Big time 1980's project here. I told the kids about it and they were eager to make one. They just couldn't picture how to cut the ears and bow-tie to make the Bunny.

You will need:

Two round cakes of equal size

Frosting

Food coloring

Candy of you choice

Coconut (optional fur)

Take a knife and cut out the bow-tie from the center of one of the round cakes. This is gives you the bow tie and two ears.

Place them on a piece of cardboard covered in aluminum foil or a sheet pan bottom side up.

Frosting your Bunny. We chose to have a white bunny.

The kids decided they didn't like coconut and didn't want it as fur. If you want coconut just sprinkle it on top of the frosting where needed.

Choose a color of frosting for the inside of the ears and bow-tie.

You can use jelly beans, gumballs, etc for the eyes and nose.

Shoe string licorice, sprinkles, or round candies would make great whiskers.

Sometimes, I just want to tell the kids how to do it, but then they aren't using their creativity and are just doing what I say. Resist the temptation to guide the kids or criticize their choices. It will turn out, and if not you're just going to eat it anyway.