Easter Bunny Cake

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Easter Bunny Cake a try. One serving contains 590 calories, 3g of protein, and 25g of fat. This recipe serves 14. For $1.03 per serving, this recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 13 people have made this recipe and would make it again. Easter will be even more special with this recipe. This recipe from Foodnetwork requires licorice twist, confectioners' sugar, icing, and unsalted butter. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour. Overall, this recipe earns a very bad (but still fixable) spoonacular score of 8%. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Easter Bunny Cake, Easter Bunny Carrot Cake, and Chocolate Easter Bunny Cake.

Servings: 14

Preparation duration: 60 minutes

 

Ingredients:

2 store-bought biscotti

6 cups confectioners' sugar

1 tube pink decorating icing

1 pink jelly bean

1 white jelly bean, halved lengthwise

2 black jelly beans

2 baked 9-inch round cake layers (your favorite recipe or an 18.25-ounce boxed cake mix)

1 black licorice wheel, such as Haribo

2 marshmallows

2 to 3 tablespoons milk

Pinch fine salt

1 1/4 cups sweetened flaked coconut

3 sticks (12 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

Equipment:

hand mixer

stand mixer

bowl

serrated knife

knife

Cooking instruction summary:

Watch how to make this recipe. For the frosting: Combine the sugar, butter and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or in a large bowl if using a hand-held electric mixer). Mix on low speed until mostly incorporated. Add the vanilla, increase the speed to medium high and mix until smooth. Adjust the consistency with milk until the frosting is easy to spread. For the bunny: Spread a thin layer of frosting (about 2/3 cup) on the flat side of one cake layer and top with the flat side of the second cake layer. Measure 5 inches across the top of the cake and cut down through the layers, creating 2 layered pieces that are slightly different sizes. Place the larger piece of cake cut-side down on a large platter or cake board. If using a rectangular cake board, place the larger piece so that the long edges are parallel with the long edges of the board. This is the body of the bunny. Cut the smaller piece of cake in half crosswise, so you have 2 layered wedges. Place one wedge in front of the body, with one flat side on the board and the other flat side against the body. The curved side will be on top. Take a serrated knife and round off the sharp edges on top of the head. Cut the tip off (the nose) at a 45-degree angle. Reserve all scraps in a bowl. Separate the layers of the remaining wedge of cake. These will be the back legs. Round the sharp edges of the cake wedges with your knife and add to the scrap bowl. Place one piece on each side of the bunny, with one flat side down and the other flat side facing forward (the round side towards the back of the bunny), about 1 inch from the end of the bunny's body. Mix the cake scraps in the bowl with a fork until mashed and then pack into a ball with your hands. Place the ball behind the bunny's body and adhere with a dab of frosting. This is the bunny's tail. Frost the entire bunny, tail and all, using 2 to 3 cups of the frosting, keeping some definition with the bunny parts and frosting more generously around any sharp edges to give a rounded look to the bunny parts. Sprinkle the bunny with the coconut to fully cover. Gently pat to adhere. Insert the biscotti between the head and body, pressing into the cake to secure them. These are the ears. Place the base of the ears close together at the center of the head and angle them out. Frost the front of each biscotti with some frosting. Then, using the pink decorating icing, frost a smaller strip in the center of each biscotti, going down to where the ears meet the head but not going all the way to the top. To make the face, press a black jelly bean into each side of the head for the eyes. Cut one of the marshmallows into 3 circles, discard the middle piece and press the 2 end circles, cut-sides in, into the front of the face for the bunny cheeks. Push the white jelly bean halves into the face below the cheeks, round-sides out, for the teeth. Place the pink jelly bean above for the nose. Unroll the licorice wheel and cut 2 pieces, each about 1 1/2 inches long. For each piece, peel the strips apart halfway down and then cut each separated strip in half lengthwise so you end up with a piece looking a bit like a broom. Repeat with the second piece of licorice. Tuck each piece, with a dab of frosting, behind a marshmallow cheek, with the cut ends facing out for the whiskers. Cut the second marshmallow in half lengthwise. Make 3 slits in each half, going about halfway through (these are the toes), and place in front of the legs for the bunny's feet. Adhere the bottom of the feet with frosting if necessary.

 

Step by step:


1. Watch how to make this recipe.


For the frosting

1. Combine the sugar, butter and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or in a large bowl if using a hand-held electric mixer).

2. Mix on low speed until mostly incorporated.

3. Add the vanilla, increase the speed to medium high and mix until smooth. Adjust the consistency with milk until the frosting is easy to spread.


For the bunny

1. Spread a thin layer of frosting (about 2/3 cup) on the flat side of one cake layer and top with the flat side of the second cake layer. Measure 5 inches across the top of the cake and cut down through the layers, creating 2 layered pieces that are slightly different sizes.

2. Place the larger piece of cake cut-side down on a large platter or cake board. If using a rectangular cake board, place the larger piece so that the long edges are parallel with the long edges of the board. This is the body of the bunny.

3. Cut the smaller piece of cake in half crosswise, so you have 2 layered wedges.

4. Place one wedge in front of the body, with one flat side on the board and the other flat side against the body. The curved side will be on top. Take a serrated knife and round off the sharp edges on top of the head.

5. Cut the tip off (the nose) at a 45-degree angle. Reserve all scraps in a bowl.

6. Separate the layers of the remaining wedge of cake. These will be the back legs. Round the sharp edges of the cake wedges with your knife and add to the scrap bowl.

7. Place one piece on each side of the bunny, with one flat side down and the other flat side facing forward (the round side towards the back of the bunny), about 1 inch from the end of the bunny's body.

8. Mix the cake scraps in the bowl with a fork until mashed and then pack into a ball with your hands.

9. Place the ball behind the bunny's body and adhere with a dab of frosting. This is the bunny's tail.

10. Frost the entire bunny, tail and all, using 2 to 3 cups of the frosting, keeping some definition with the bunny parts and frosting more generously around any sharp edges to give a rounded look to the bunny parts. Sprinkle the bunny with the coconut to fully cover. Gently pat to adhere.

11. Insert the biscotti between the head and body, pressing into the cake to secure them. These are the ears.

12. Place the base of the ears close together at the center of the head and angle them out. Frost the front of each biscotti with some frosting. Then, using the pink decorating icing, frost a smaller strip in the center of each biscotti, going down to where the ears meet the head but not going all the way to the top.

13. To make the face, press a black jelly bean into each side of the head for the eyes.

14. Cut one of the marshmallows into 3 circles, discard the middle piece and press the 2 end circles, cut-sides in, into the front of the face for the bunny cheeks. Push the white jelly bean halves into the face below the cheeks, round-sides out, for the teeth.

15. Place the pink jelly bean above for the nose.

16. Unroll the licorice wheel and cut 2 pieces, each about 1 1/2 inches long. For each piece, peel the strips apart halfway down and then cut each separated strip in half lengthwise so you end up with a piece looking a bit like a broom. Repeat with the second piece of licorice. Tuck each piece, with a dab of frosting, behind a marshmallow cheek, with the cut ends facing out for the whiskers.

17. Cut the second marshmallow in half lengthwise. Make 3 slits in each half, going about halfway through (these are the toes), and place in front of the legs for the bunny's feet. Adhere the bottom of the feet with frosting if necessary.


Nutrition Information:

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590k Calories
3g Protein
24g Total Fat
90g Carbs
0% Health Score
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Calories
590k
30%

Fat
24g
38%

  Saturated Fat
15g
95%

Carbohydrates
90g
30%

  Sugar
76g
85%

Cholesterol
99mg
33%

Sodium
285mg
12%

Alcohol
0.32g
2%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
3g
6%

Vitamin A
691IU
14%

Vitamin B2
0.17mg
10%

Manganese
0.17mg
8%

Selenium
5µg
8%

Iron
1mg
8%

Phosphorus
75mg
8%

Vitamin B1
0.11mg
7%

Folate
21µg
5%

Vitamin E
0.8mg
5%

Vitamin B3
0.92mg
5%

Calcium
40mg
4%

Fiber
0.97g
4%

Vitamin D
0.52µg
3%

Copper
0.06mg
3%

Vitamin K
2µg
3%

Vitamin B12
0.15µg
3%

Vitamin B5
0.26mg
3%

Potassium
84mg
2%

Magnesium
9mg
2%

Zinc
0.32mg
2%

Vitamin B6
0.03mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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