Ott, E's request for a bunny cake

Like most cakes I bake as a newlywed; this one has a story behind it. But I'll get to that after I show you how I made a round cake look like an Easter bunny. In the interest of time I used a Duncan Hines Lemon Cake mix and tub of frosting. The yellow lemon color just looked fun and spring like to me.

After mixing up my cake, I poured the batter into my round cake pan. I have a big enough cake pan that it holds an entire cake mix. (This is really nice as it saves me having to make 2 separate layers.) I baked the cake and flipped it out onto a wire rack to cool.

After it cooled I cut the cake in half.  I then set the two halves of the cake cut side down on a cake plate. (I placed some icing on the inside of the cake halves to help them stick together.)

I then iced the cake entire cake with a tub on Duncan Hines Icing.

Next it is time to decorate. I used a big white marshmellow as the tail.

I used Jelly beans as the eyes and nose.  I then used chocolate sticks as wiskars. (but any of these decorations could be made from whatever else you have around the kitchen.)

Then I made ears out of scrapbooking paper. I simply cut the paper to look like ears, pinched the paper a little and stuck them in the cake.

Lastly I took shaved coconut and added some green food coloring.  (This is going to be my grass for the bunny.)

I placed that on the cake plate around my bunny cake. I then added some more jelly beans to look like Easter Eggs around our bunny.

Now isn't that a quick and easy way to make a cake look like a bunny. This cute cake could make a fun centerpiece or tasty dessert at your holiday table.

Now on to the story about the first time I made this cake for Ott, E. Last year on the Saturday before Easter; Ott, E and I were out on a walk. While we were talking I mentioned I was going to bake a cake for Ott, E to have for dessert on Easter. Ott, E asked me... "Are you going to make a bunny cake?"
"No" I said, while acting a little surprised at his comment. "I was just going to bake a cake."
"Oh" he said. "My mom would make a bunny cake at Easter time." I told him I didnt' have a bunny shaped cake pan and he explained that she didnt' either, she would just cut a round cake to make it look like a bunny. But he didn't know how she did it.

So I thought and thought and when my cake was done baking this is what I came up. I was quite proud of myself for thinking this up. I called Ott, E out to the kitchen to take a look at it. I asked him what he thought and he says, "Well it looks good, but thats not the way my mom makes it."
:)  (All I can do is shake my head.)  :)

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