This super cute and easy to make Easter Bunny Cake is the perfect dessert for your Easter Dinner. Make this easy Easter cake with any flavor cake you want and with homemade cake or boxed cake whichever you prefer.
Easter Bunny Cake
If you are looking for an easy Easter dessert recipe then you are going to LOVE this easy Easter Bunny Cake Recipe. This Easter dessert is so easy to make, however it looks amazing sitting on the Easter Dinner Dessert table.
I have always seen many amazing Easter Bunny Cakes that look super cute but are totally beyond many people’s decorating ability. This Easter bunny cake is easy enough that anyone can make it!
Easy Easter Desserts
- Forgotten Cookies
- Carrot Marshmallow Pops
- Bunny Ear Cupcakes
- Chocolate covered Peeps
- Easter Rice Krispies
- Easter Bunny Nest cupcakes
Best Cake Flavor for this Easter cake
When you are making this Easter Bunny Cake you can make it any flavor you want to. If you are running short on time and want to use a boxed cake mix you can, but if you are doing that I suggest following the steps for how to make a box cake better, because you will end up with an AMAZING cake! That is what I have included in the bunny cake recipe printable below.
If you are wanting to make a cake from scratch there are lots of different cake flavors that would be great! When I am making a homemade cake my go to cake recipes are:
Best Frosting Flavor for this Easter Cake
For the frosting on this bunny cake you will want to use white frosting. There are quite a few different white frostings that are perfect for this Easter Bunny cake.
- Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting
- Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- Cream cheese frosting
- Vanilla Whipped Frosting
- Almond Buttercream
Tips for Making Easy Easter Bunny Cake
The trick that makes making this Easter Bunny cake so easy is that you are going to make the cake using a normal round shaped cake pan. Once your cake is done baking you will let it cool and then cut the cake in half.
You can easily customize this Easter Bunny with additional features, such as a face if you would like to. I personally prefer mine with just the bunny ears. Although warning, if you have a prankster like my husband, you might end up with a Hershey kiss at the backside of the bunny. (Yup, leave it to a husband to add some “extras”. LOL.
When making this Easter Cake I like to add a little green grass around your serving platter. Super easy just use dyed some coconut. If you have never dyed coconut check out How to Dye Coconut for the super simple directions.
Grease the pan well. Grease the baking pans well or line with parchment paper. This is important in making sure the cake does not stick to the pan when baking and makes it easier to remove when done baking.
Cool Cake Completely. It is important that the cake is fully cooled before you start frosting them otherwise you will have issues with frosting as you frost the cake.
Don’t Over Mix. You do not want to over mix the ingredients.
How to Store Homemade Cake
It is best to store the homemade cake in an airtight container on the counter. The cake is best to be enjoyed within 48 hours of making. It won’t be bad to eat after 48 hours but they will start to dry out and not be as fresh.
How to Freeze Homemade Cake
You can make this chocolate cake and freeze it to use later. You will want to freeze the cake without any frosting. Wrap the cake layers individually with plastic wrap and freeze on a baking sheet. Then the cake is solid store in a zip-close freezer bag. It will keep for up to 2 months when frozen.
To use, just defrost the cake in the fridge and then decorate as desired when thawed.
Easter Bunny Cake Ingredients
- 1 10 inch cake
- 1 batch frosting
- 1 1/2 cups coconut
- 1 Large marshmallow
- Solid colored ball sprinkles
- 3/4 cup of green dyed coconut
How to Make Easter Bunny Cake
Once the cake is fully cooled,
Cut the top of the cake so it is level.
Cut the cake in half widthwise.
Top of half of the cake with a layer of buttercream.
Place the other half of the cake on the top of the other cake.
Stand the cake up on its side so the cut side is now the bottom.
Cover the whole cake with a layer of buttercream and smooth it out so the edges are rounded.
Press the coconut into the buttercream of the cake to create the bunnies fur.
Cut a marshmallow in half and dip the sticky side of the marshmallow into the sugar.
Press the marshmallows into the top front of the cake for its ears.
Easy Easter Recipes
Easter Bunny Cake
Ingredients
Easter Bunny Cake Ingredients
- 1 10 inch cake
- 1 batch frosting
- 1 1/2 cups coconut
- 1 Large marshmallow
- Solid colored ball sprinkles
- 3/4 cup of green dyed coconut
Semi-Homemade Cake Ingredients
- 1 box cake mix
- dash of salt
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup water
- 3 whole eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 4 cups confectionary sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 13 ounces marshmallow fluff
Instructions
Easter Bunny Cake Directions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees and grease your cake pans.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients.
- In your stand mixer bowl add the wet ingredients.
- Add half of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix together.
- Then add the rest of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix completely.
- Mix everything on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Pour the cake batter in to a 10 inch round cake pan.
- Bake at 300 degrees for about 25 minutes then turn the oven up to 325 for an additional 25 minutes.
How to Make Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting
- Place the butter in the bowl of the stand mixer. Cream the butter until smooth.
- Slowly add in your sugar 1/2 cup at a time until its all incorporated.
- Add in the almond extract and continue mixing for 5-10 minutes letting the butter fluff completely with the sugar.
- Carefully fold the marshmallow fluff into the butter mixture until well incorporated.
How to Assemble Easter Bunny Cake
- Once the cake is fully cooled,
- Cut the top of the cake so it is level.
- Cut the cake in half widthwise.
- Top of half of the cake with a layer of buttercream.
- Place the other half of the cake on the top of the other cake.
- Stand the cake up on its side so the cut side is now the bottom.
- Cover the whole cake with a layer of buttercream and smooth it out so the edges are rounded.
- Press the coconut into the buttercream of the cake to create the bunnies fur.
- Cut a marshmallow in half and dip the sticky side of the marshmallow into the sugar.
- Press the marshmallows into the top front of the cake for its ears.
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