Yesterday I had so much fun celebrating Easter with my family. We started off the morning at church and then all headed back to my parent't house to see what the Easter bunny left. My sister brought over a delicious quiche and while that was heating up we had fun going through all our baskets and exchanging cards. I can't wait to enjoy all my Easter goodies that the bunny left me, especially my Goldfish vanilla cupcake grahams! YUM!!
After we enjoyed brunch (and a few goodies from our Easter baskets), I had was assigned the fun task of creating our Easter dinner dessert - a bunny cake! My mom had already baked the cakes (big time saver there!) so all I had to worry about was creating the cake and decorating it. I could not wait to get started! Here is how I made our Easter Bunny cake...
1. Bake 2 - 9' round cakes and let cool. **tip: Since you have to cut one of the cakes make sure they are completely cooled to prevent excess crumbling. If you have time make your cake and allow it to sit in the fridge for a while.
2. When you are ready to decorate gather your icing (I used my mom's homemade 7 minute icing), food coloring, coconut flakes, anything else you want to decorate your bunny with, your 2 cake rounds and a knife. For those who may feel the need for perfect symmetry you will also want a piece of paper, scissors and a pen or pencil. I took one of my cake rounds, put it on top of my sheet of paper and traced around it (our pans were already put away). Next, I cut out my circle, folded it in half and then cut an arc. This will give you your center bow tie and your two bunny ear patterns.
1. Bake 2 - 9' round cakes and let cool. **tip: Since you have to cut one of the cakes make sure they are completely cooled to prevent excess crumbling. If you have time make your cake and allow it to sit in the fridge for a while.
2. When you are ready to decorate gather your icing (I used my mom's homemade 7 minute icing), food coloring, coconut flakes, anything else you want to decorate your bunny with, your 2 cake rounds and a knife. For those who may feel the need for perfect symmetry you will also want a piece of paper, scissors and a pen or pencil. I took one of my cake rounds, put it on top of my sheet of paper and traced around it (our pans were already put away). Next, I cut out my circle, folded it in half and then cut an arc. This will give you your center bow tie and your two bunny ear patterns.
3. Next, take your bow tie patter and place it on top of one of your cake rounds. Take your knife and cut along each side of your pattern. You will end up with your two ears and your center bow tie when you are done. For those who don't want to use a pattern during this step cut two arcs, one on either side, to create this same look.
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4. Once you have all your cake pieces you are ready to create your bunny and decorate!
5. And here is the decorated bunny! You can see I take my cake decorating responsibility very seriously.
Everyone loved the decorated Easter bunny cake after dinner and I had so much fun decorating it! I did learn one thing though, icing does not like to stick on top of coconut flakes very well, which is why my bunny has no whiskers. (oops!)
How did you celebrate Easter this past weekend? Did you make a bunny cake like I did? I hope the Easter bunny left you something yummy!
xoxo
Megan
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How did you celebrate Easter this past weekend? Did you make a bunny cake like I did? I hope the Easter bunny left you something yummy!
xoxo
Megan
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