Devil's Food Bunny Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups cake flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 3 unsweetened chocolate squares, melted
• 4 1/2 cups seven minute frosting
• 1 1/3 cups coconut
• 1 drop red food coloring
• green food coloring
• assorted large gumdrop
• red licorice, strips

Recipe

• 1 sift flour with soda, slat and sugar.
• 2 soften butter.
• 3 add flour; beat 2 minutes at medium speed.
• 4 add vanilla, eggs, chocolate, and 1/4 cup milk.
• 5 pour into 2 9-inch layer pans, lined with wax paper, (or greased and floured).
• 6 bake 350 for 30 to 35 minutes. remove and cool on racks.
• 7 cut one of the layer cakes in half round spade to make a bow tie and two ears.
• 8 frost entire cake. tint 1/4 cup coconut with red food coloring. sprinkle this coconut in the center of the ears.
• 9 use gumdrops for nose, eyes and polka dots on tie, and red licorice strips to make a mouth and whiskers.
• 10 if desired, sprinkle additional coconut , tinted green, all around the bunny.