EASIEST Easter Bunny Cake Recipe - Simple and Festive!! (2024)

Make your Easter celebration extra festive with this EASY Easter Bunny Cake Recipe. Just cut a simple bunny face out of your cake, decorate and enjoy!

Make this super easy easter bunny Cake!

In my mind I would really LOVE to be one of those people who has super cute pinterest worthy desserts for each holiday. In reality, I am just NOT that gal.

I need my baking to be simple. SO trust me when I say this is the EASIEST Easter bunny cake recipe that you will find on the internet. You only need a few very simple ingredients to make it come to life.

You will need a few cooking important cook tools though so pay attention to them. The most important is a grass tip or star tip for an icing bag to give your cut bunny his fur! I kept my decorating really simple but you can stay as simple or complex as you would like.

Why you’ll love this recipe

• Fool proof cake – This cakes comes together with a few simple cuts! I use a rectangular cake rather than putting together round cakes. It is one cake layer, and the decoration can be as simple or complex as you would like.
• Festive fun – This is a great, simple way to make your Easter a little more festive! I love how it looks on the dessert table.
• Great for a crowd – If you have a big family to feed, this is a great treat to make! It does not take too long to make, but it can serve a large group.

serving Suggestions

Serve this simple bunny cake alongside the rest of your Easter Sunday spread. Your family will be delighted to see this adorable bunny cake along side any of the other Easter desserts like these fluffy lemon ricotta cookies and oreo cinnamon rolls.

If you need some ideas for your Easter dinner menu, I love serving a ham, some asparagus lemon garlic pasta, cheesy scalloped potatoes, and maple glazed carrots. For more Easter inspiration, check out all of these Easter sides and desserts.

It would also be PERFECT for a children’s birthday party. If your kid loves bunny rabbits, make up this cake and see the smile on their face!

Ingredients

• Yellow or white cake mix – you can use whatever mix you prefer here. Chocolate would also be delicious. By using the box mixture, you won’t have to worry about adding any all purpose flour or salt.
• Whole milk – The whole milk adds to the creaminess of the cake. It will keep it moist.
• Sour cream – The sour cream also makes the cake moist and even richer
• Vegetable oil – The oil will make this cake even more delicious. It keeps the cake from drying out for the best bite. Butter can also work, but I find oil is best for an even bake
• Eggs – The eggs help bind the cake together. Since you are cutting this into a bunny shape, you want to make sure it holds its shape
• Vanilla frosting – you can make your own buttercream frosting with butter, milk, vanilla extract and powder sugar or use store bought
• Pink frosting for decorating – the pink frosting is for the face of your bunny. You can buy pink, or add a few drops of food coloring to vanilla frosting
• Sprinkles for decorating – use your favorite sprinkles to decorate the ears of the bunny

Easy Homemade Buttercream Frosting

To make your own icing at home whip 2 sticks of unsalted butter until fluffy with a hand or stand mixer. Mix in 3 cups of powdered sugar until evenly combined. Mix in 1 tbsp milk, 1 tsp vanilla extract and a pinch of salt. Mix until fluffy, leave at room temperature until you are ready to frost the bunny.

Ingredient Substitutions

Make this a gluten free bunny cake simply by using a gluten free cake mix. I haven’t tried making this cake dairy free, but you could use a dairy free milk and a dairy free yogurt.

If you would like, you could use cream cheese frosting in place of vanilla. Depending on what you like, this cake would be delicious with some shredded coconut on top.

To avoid cutting the cake, you could also make these into bunny cupcakes and decorate them with bunny faces individually.

Decoration Ideas

I used a grass tip on my icing piping bag to make the fur texture. For an easier option, spread on a thick layer of the icing with a metal spatula. Then, use a small crumpled ball of parchment paper to dab at the icing and make a fur texture.

There are many ways to decorate this cute Easter bunny cake. The easiest way to is to fill the center of the ears in with some rainbow sprinkles then make a simple nose and eyes with pink frosting. I’ve seen some cakes add a bow tie to the bunny, which would be a fun addition.

You could use candies like black jelly beans for eyes and a pink jelly bean for the nose. Then use pulled apart licorice for the whiskers and a mouth. You could also use M&Ms for the nose eyes and mouth!

If you’d like to add to the background of your bunny cake, you could add a couple of drops of green food coloring to your frosting and add grass around it with an offset spatula.

If you only have round cake pans, you can make round cakes and cut the ears separately. The decorations I used here were inspired by Wilton!

How to make

Step 1: Bake the cake

To begin, preheat oven to 350F. Grease a 9×13 baking pan and line it with parment paper – this is essential for getting the cake to come out of the pan easily.

In a large mixing bowl whisk together the boxed cake mix, milk, sour cream and eggs. Mix until evenly combined. I did this by hand, but you can use an electric mixer or stand mixer with a paddle attachment on low speed.

Pour the cake batter into the lined baking dish and bake at 350F for 25 minutes. Insert a toothpick into the middle and make sure it comes out clean. That’s how you will know the cake is finished baking.

Step 2: Cut bunny shape and chill

Allow the cake to cool completely. You want it to be room temperature or colder. Only when it is completely cooled, carefully take the cake out of pan and transfer to a cutting board. Starting halfway down the cake, use a serrated knife to cut away the sides to make a squat oval shape for the face for the bunny.

It doesn’t need to be perfect because the icing fur covers any mistakes. Then, cut 2 ear shapes out of the top half of the cake. Again, this doesn’t need to be perfect so just do the best you can. Save your cake scraps to make mini cake pops!

Place the cake on a serving tray and place in the fridge to chill for at least 30 minutes.

Step 3: Decorate with icing fur and a face

While the cake chills, whip the containers of vanilla frosting with an electric hand mixer until it is fluffy and increased in volume. Fill a piping bag with frosting and place grass tip or star tip on bag.

Use the piping bag to pipe white icing all over the cake. This doesn’t need to be perfect. Remember, it’s supposed to look like fur.

Cover the entire cake with a few layers of the icing and then decorate. I like to cover the inner ears with rainbow sprinkles then make a simple face with pink icing.

save the scraps to make cake pops

Save the pieces of cake that you cut off to make the bunny shape. Place them in a mixing bowl with 1/3 cup of buttercream frosting. Mix with an electric mixture until. a sticky dough remains. Shape into balls or little eggs for Easter. Place in the freezer for 30 minutes to harden then cover with melted white chocolate and sprinkles.

Storage

Because of the decorations, this Easter bunny cake is best served shortly after decorating. But you can store it for up to 24 hours in the fridge to ensure that the icing does not melt.

Serve these other delicious recipes for easter dinner

• Lemon Herb Spatchco*ck Chicken
• Cast Iron Baked Bone In Chicken Breast
• Green Beans Almondine
• Easy Creamy Mashed Potatoes

This recipe was developed by Courtney Spiegl. You can find her on instagram@courtney_made.

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