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Growing up, my mom often made an Easter Bunny cake like this one for Easter. (page down for more photos)
Easy, not too crafty (thank goodness), I think I’m making one this year. Judging from the number of available photos on Google Images, I’m not the only one. Check it out:
Bake a cake, any cake, in two round cake pans. Mine will be chocolate. There is no reason for me to eat cake unless it is chocolate. Let it cool and then cut it like this:
On the serving plate (my mom always used a piece of cardboard covered in aluminum foil), CAREFULLY arrange it like this:
Then, frost and decorate! My mom always frosted it white and covered it with coconut shavings as a base. Dark chocolate cake with coconut – mmmm – just like a Mounds bar. But CAKE!
That does it. We’re making this cake.
Here’s a video and some more samples:
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Love your bunny cake 🙂
Oh I love it! I used to make this cake when I was a teenager. Then one day after my husband and I were married I found an old picture of him as a child standing next to the same exact cake. Apparently his sister used to make one every Easter as well! Thanks for posting this and reminding me about it. I think I will make one this year!
That looks like a fun one to make with kids!!
Oh cuteness! I used to use a shaped pan but this looks super simple!
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Looks so adorable!
Thanks for adding me to your prayer list about my volunteer work with CASA. I do need to be filled with His wisdom and strength!
So your mom did have one redeeming quality.
Cute cake!
Okay, that really brings back the memories. My mom was a bunny cake maker too. I remember picking off the jelly beans–didn’t like those so much. But that coconut grass–yum!
Oh, that’s so great that she made the cake for you. My mother didn’t make desserts for us, but that’s OK, we got other things. We usually got a small choc. bunny and a few other fancy chocolates. If I had children, I think I would make this cake 🙂
Thanks for the tips.
I always wanted to make one bunny cake for easter. I am trying and it look like it will be a perfect one today. Thank you for showing me how to make one
I am going to make it for Easter. Thanks for the idea!
I love your bunny cake! I got really excited when I found it on Google. Thanks for stopping by and reading my post too. If anyone wants to see my Mom’s version of this cake, please drop by http://www.talesfromahungrylife.wordpress.com Thanks!–Maria
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