Easter Bunny Cake

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

Ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) box cake mix ( or yellow are best, or use your own imagination...)
• 3 eggs (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1/3 cup oil (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1 1/3 cups water (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1 (16 ounce) can frosting (or use your favorite recipe, "ready to spread" will do but i'm not sure how much it will take)
• 1 (14 ounce) package coconut (either flaked or shredded will work)
• 1/2 yard ribbon (approx., for bow)
• food coloring
• jelly beans (for decorations, eyes, nose, etc.) or gumdrop (for decorations, eyes, nose, etc.)

Recipe

• 1 prepare cake mix according to directions on box for 2 round 9" layers.
• 2 tint 1/4 cup of the coconut pink (i'm guessing at the amount) for the center of ears and feet.
• 3 tint 2 tablespoons of the frosting brown for decorating face and feet ( or you can buy one of those prepared decorating icing tubes).
• 4 when cake is cool, cut layers as shown in diagram (see other photo).
• 5 take 4 of the 8 outer ring pieces and frost the tops. place 1 of the remaining 4 on top of each and frost top and sides. these will make the feet of the bunny.
• 6 place round-cut center piece next to the top edge of the square, keeping them both flat, to form body and head.
• 7 assemble the 4 side pieces in twos, flat sides together (you can use a little frosting to hold them together) to form the ears and arrange at the top of the head.
• 8 frost entire cake and attach the completed feet, 2 on each side of the body.
• 9 sprinkle coconut over entire cake and decorate with jelly beans/gumdrops for eyes, nose, etc. as desired, using pink-tinted coconut for center of ears and feet.
• 10 here's where you can really have fun and get creative! you can tie the ribbon in a bow and place on the cake as a bowtie, make buttons out of the candy, add a hat, etc.
• 11 ** tip for using frosting to decorate without a pastry bag: spoon the frosting into one corner of a small plastic sandwich baggie, twist tightly and snip off the tip of the corner. voila!
• 12 note: the finished cake is almost 2 feet long so be sure to have it on a large enough cookie sheet or platter!
• 13 servings vary on how you decide to divide up the body (er, bunny) parts -- .