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Optional:
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Easter grass
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Jellybeans
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shredded coconut
Directions: Prepare the cake mix
according to package directions and bake it in the round cake pan. Most cake
mixes make enough batter for two round cake pans; therefore you can make two
bunny cakes or make cupcakes with the rest of the batter if you only want to
make one bunny cake. After the cake has cooled, remove it from the pan and cut
the circle in half. With white frosting, frost the bottom of one of the halves
generously, then stand the two halves up on their cut side on a plate or cake
stand and push the two bottoms together so the frosting is in the middle holding
them together. Now frost the whole thing. It should look like a half circle
standing on a plate; this is the body of the bunny.
For the eyes, cut two round circles
out of white construction paper, then two smaller circles out of black
construction paper and glue each black circle onto a white circle. Stick the
eyes onto the frosting on the front of the bunny body (one of the narrow
ends).
For the ears, cut bunny ear shapes,
in proportion with the body, out of white construction paper. Cut smaller bunny
ear shapes out of the pink construction paper and glue them onto the white ones
to make the center of the ear. When glue has dried, insert the bottom of the
ears into the frosting about an inch above the eyes.
For further decoration, lay Easter
grass around the cake, place jellybeans on top of the grass and put coconut on
the frosting of the cake as bunny hair.
This cake makes a nice centerpiece
for your table. Use it with a vase of in-season flowers and there you have
it.
© 2001, Monica Resinger
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