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Easter Bunny Cake

2021-03-22 by Samantha
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Festively fun, this Easter Bunny Cake is surprisingly easy to make with minimal equipment required! Cute, delicious, and easy make this a no-brainer Easter treat.  via @mykitchenloveFestively fun, this Easter Bunny Cake is surprisingly easy to make with minimal equipment required! Cute, delicious, and easy make this a no-brainer Easter treat.  via @mykitchenlove

Festively fun, this Easter Bunny Cake is surprisingly easy to make with minimal equipment required! Cute, delicious, and easy make this a no-brainer Easter treat. 

Easter Bunny shaped Cake with mini eggs decorations

How cute is this scene?! My kids had such a blast helping me decorate this Easter Bunny Cake (my youngest actually told me I did the nose and whiskers incorrectly a number of times). 

Simply put, this cake recipe is two 8″ round cakes turned all hoppy.  In my books, it’s great to find a tasty vanilla cake recipe and top with festive Mini Eggs for a quick and easy parenting win. 

Showing how to cut to size an Easter Bunny cake with a tape measure and an 8" cake pan.

How do you cut a bunny cake? Since we are using two 8″ round cakes, I simply measured 3″ from both sides of one cake and used the cake pan to cut the ears off of the bowtie.  

The cut off sides are flipped upright and then trimmed where it connects to the head to make the ears for the rabbit. The bowtie is left as is and decorated. 

You can see above how and below simple this cake is to make. 

Easter Bunny Cake without frosting or decorations.

Making sure the cakes are completely cooled before topping with icing is key to this recipe. No one need droopy frosting on a bunny! 

For a sturdy surface to keep this uniquely shaped, I simply too cardboard and taped it together, then wrapped in parchment paper (wax paper will also work here).

Easter Bunny Cake

The cake recipe is actually the base from these Mini Egg Easter Cupcakes as the vanilla cake goes so well with the Mini Eggs, I found it hard to resist. 

I doubled the recipe and used flat-top baking strips for even surfaced cake tops.

Easter Bunny Cake with Mini Eggs as decorations being placed on top of vanilla frosting.

Substitutions / Variations:

  • Easter jelly beans in lieu of Mini Eggs;
  • Sprinkles instead of Mini Eggs,
  • Double the frosting and use coloured frosting in place of Mini Eggs
Easter Bunny Cake ingredients on a baking sheet.

Other Easter treats we adore:

  • Easter Rice Krispie Treats
  • Easter Cupcakes
  • Creme Egg Brownies
5 from 1 vote
Easter Bunny Cake
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Easter Bunny Cake
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
22 mins
Chilling Time
2 hrs
Total Time
2 hrs 37 mins
 

Cute, easy, and super fun Easter Bunny Cake.

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: easter bunny cake, easter dessert, easter recipes, easter treats, easy easter dessert
Servings: 20 servings
Calories: 376 kcal
Ingredients
  • 2 2/3 cups cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 1 cup Greek or plain yogurt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 large egg white from 1 large egg
  • 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste or quality vanilla extract
Frosting:
  • 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 3-4 cups icing (confectioner's) sugar
  • 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste or quality vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2-4 tbsp whipping cream
  • Mini Eggs from a family size bag
  • 4-6 drops Black gel frosting/icing color optional, only for the whiskers
Instructions
Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 350° F and line the bottom of two 8" cake pans.

  2. In a large bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer), on low for a minute mix together flour, salt, baking soda, and sugar.

  3. Add butter and mix on medium until corse crumbs form, 60 seconds or less. Mix in yogurt for a lumpy batter.

  4. Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla. Beat until smooth (batter will be very thick and sticky).

  5. Divide batter between cups (I use an inexpensive kitchen scale to divide equally). Smooth the tops (you can use an off-set spatula or a lightly sprayed the bottom of a 1/4 cup measuring cup).

  6. Bake for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool for 5 minutes in pan then remove to a wire rack to fully cool before frosting.

  7. Once cakes are fully cool, take one cake and mark 3" away from each side of the cake, exactly opposite one and other (see photos in post above). Using one of the cake pans inverted, carefully cut the ears away from the bowtie shape.

  8. Place the ears cake pieces towards the top of the untouched cake and carefully trim the ears so they fit onto the round cake. Add bowtie shape to bottom of cake.

Frosting:
  1. With an electric mixer or a stand mixer, beat butter on high (with whisk attachment) for 3-5 minutes until butter is lighter in colour and doubles in volume. One cup at a time, add icing sugar. Beat in salt and vanilla. Finally beat in whipping cream (I used all 4 tbsp as I like my frosting airy and light).

  2. Top cooled bunny cake with frosting (saving about 2-4 tbsp to tint black with gel coloring for the whiskers if desired) and Mini Eggs (any colour can be used for this cake, we decorated it how we wished).

Nutrition Facts
Easter Bunny Cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 376 Calories from Fat 180
% Daily Value*
Fat 20g31%
Saturated Fat 12g75%
Trans Fat 1g
Cholesterol 71mg24%
Sodium 358mg16%
Potassium 56mg2%
Carbohydrates 47g16%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 33g37%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 628IU13%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 27mg3%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Enjoy! xo

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Mom of twins, a singleton, and wife to a hungry husband. The food demands that surround me, have pushed me to lead our food life more simply, nutritiously, and deliciously. It’s a good day when family, friends, and food intersect.

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