Make this super cute bunny cake for easter or a birthday party using a boxed cake mix and surprise your little ones. Decorate the top with easy homemade frosting, shredded coconut that adds rabbit fur-like texture, and jelly beans that add beautiful color to eyes and nose.
Why you'll love this recipe
- Easter bunny cake is one of the simplest and easiest cakes to make.
- All ingredients are readily available at your grocery store.
- Very customizable. You can decorate it the way your kids love. You can even put your favorite peeps on top of this cake.
Also, check out our best butter cake, sponge cake, and moist and rich chocolate cake recipe that you can make this Easter holiday, for your birthday parties, or any special occasion.
Ingredients
For the cake: Use a boxed cake mix of your favorite flavor, maybe easter themed carrot cake, vanilla cake, yellow cake, almond cake, or chocolate cake with water, eggs, and vegetable oil. But you can also make the cake from scratch by following a simple and basic vanilla sponge cake recipe. This shortcut method allows you to spend more time and have fun with your kids decorating.
To decorate: Whipping cream, sugar, confectioner's sugar, and vanilla extract make the frosting. You can use a storebought container of vanilla frosting too. Use shredded coconuts for a fur-like texture and jelly beans for the eyes and nose.
Other optional ingredients: Non-edible Easter grass or Shredded and sweetened coconut with three drops of green color. Pink construction paper for bunny ears.
See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
This easter bunny cake is inspired by Betty Crockers Bunny Cake Template.
Step-by-step instructions
Bake the cake
- To make the bunny a little bigger, I have baked one single cake in a 10-inch round pan using one box of Betty Crocker Super Moist Vanilla Cake Mix. (Feel free to use your family's favorite flavor)
- Bake the cake using the box mix and the ingredients of water, vegetable oil, and eggs called for in the box mix. Let the cake cool down completely.
Prepare the frosting
- In a large bowl, pour heavy cream and whisk until it thickens. Add sugar, confectioners sugar, and vanilla extract and continue to whisk till it becomes smooth and you get stiff peaks (when the whisk is raised, the cream should stand up straight). You can also use store-bought vanilla frosting.
How do you make an easter bunny cake (edible rabbit)?
- Now cut the cake in half and put the halves together using the frosting to form the bunny's body. Place the cake with a cut edge on a cake tray or serving plate.
- Cut out a notch about ⅓ way up on one end of the body to form the head of the bunny.
- Attach the cutout piece to the other end using a toothpick to create the bunny's tail.
How to decorate an easter cake?
- Once you assemble the cake, frost the cake using the whipped cream frosting. Sprinkle-sweetened coconut flakes.
How to make bunny ears?
- Draw bunny ears using a pencil on pink construction paper (start with a rectangle of approx 4 inch x 1 ¾ inch) for each ear and fold it as shown in the template below.
- Place these ears in the notch and press so that it penetrates the frosting applied in the notch.
Bunnies' eyes and nose
- Use jelly beans to form the eyes and nose of the bunny. Again, these will stay in place when pressed slightly into the frosting.
Decoration (optional)
- Now, surround the bunny with grass. You can either use non-edible easter grass or mix 1 cup of coconut with three drops of green color and surround it around the bunny, and you are done.
- If desired, you can add extra jelly beans to denote 'easter eggs.'
- Just before you are ready to serve, remove toothpicks, easter grass, and construction paper.
Make ahead Instructions
- You can bake the cake, wrap it using plastic or aluminum foil, and place it in the refrigerator for two days.
- Decoration can be done the day you are ready to serve.
- Any leftovers can be stored in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
Recipe FAQs
You could use any cake box mix of flavors of your choice. Some of my favorites include - Moist yellow cake, vanilla cake, almond cake, chocolate cake, and carrot cake. All these go well with the coconut flakes.
I love simple heavy whipped cream frosting. Let the frosting be white in color to make it look more like a bunny. You can also try vanilla buttercream or cream cheese frosting.
Add a few drops of red food coloring to the shredded coconut and give it a nice mix. Use this instead of regular sweetened coconut flakes.
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Recipe card
Easy Easter Bunny Cake | Rabbit Cake
Equipment
- 9 or 10-inch cake pan
Ingredients
- 1 box Cake Mix of your choice (Carrot Cake, Vanilla Cake, yellow Cake, Almond Cake or chocolate Cake)
- Water, Eggs, and Vegetable oil, as mentioned in the cake box mix
- 1 cup Coconut Sweetened and Shredded
- Jelly Beans
- Construction paper
For Vanilla Whipped Cream Frosting (you can use store-bought ones too)
- 1 Pint Heavy whipping cream
- ½ cup Sugar
- 2 tablespoon Confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
For decoration (optional)
- Non edible Easter grass or 1 cup Shredded and sweetened coconut with 3 drops of green color
Instructions
Bake the cake
- To make the bunny a little bigger, I have baked one single cake in a 10-inch round pan using one box of Betty Crocker Super Moist Vanilla Cake Mix. (Feel free to use your family's favorite flavor)1 box Cake Mix
- Bake the cake using the box mix and the ingredients of water, vegetable oil, and eggs called for in the box mix. Let the cake cool down completely. For baking temperature and time, follow the instructions given on the cake mix. Let the cake cool down completely.Water, Eggs, and Vegetable oil, as mentioned in the cake box mix
Prepare Whipped Cream Frosting or use Store-bought
- In a large bowl, pour chilled heavy cream and whisk till it just starts to thicken.1 Pint Heavy whipping cream
- Add sugar, confectioners sugar, and vanilla extract and continue to whisk till it becomes smooth and you get stiff peaks (i.e., when the whisk is raised the cream should stand up straight). Keep this in the refrigerator till you are ready to use.½ cup Sugar, 2 tablespoon Confectioners sugar, 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
How do you make an easter bunny cake (edible rabbit)?
- Now cut the cake in half and put the halves together using the frosting to form the bunny's body.
- Place the cake with a cut edge on a cake tray or serving plate.
- Cut out a notch about ⅓ way up on one end of the body to form the head of the bunny. Attach the cutout piece to the other end using a toothpick to create the bunny's tail.
How to decorate an easter cake?
- Once you assemble, frost the cake using the whipped cream frosting. Sprinkle-sweetened coconut flakes. Clean off any excess coconut flakes before proceeding to the next step.1 cup Coconut
How to make bunny ears?
- Draw bunny ears using pencil on a pink construction paper (start with a rectangle of approx 4 inch x 1 ¾ inch) for each ear and cut to shape using scissors. Fold the cut shape as shown in the figure.Construction paper
- Place these ears in the notch, and press lightly so that it penetrates the frosting applied in the notch.
Bunny eyes and nose
- Use jelly beans to form eyes and nose of the bunny. Again, these will stay in place when pressed slightly into the frosting.Jelly Beans
Decoration (optional)
- Now to surround the bunny with grass. You can either use non-edible easter grass or mix 1 cup coconut with 3 drops of green color and surround it around the bunny and you are done.Non edible Easter grass or 1 cup Shredded and sweetened coconut with 3 drops of green color
- You can add extra jelly beans over the 'grass' to denote colored ‘easter eggs’. Just before you are ready to serve remove toothpicks, easter grass and construction paper.
Jamie
This bunny cake looks extremely cute to eat! But it also looks so amazingly delicious! Kids will definitely love this! I love the shredded coconut idea! It looks really great!
Amy Liu Dong
This cake is too cute for me to eat, and I am pretty sure that this cake is also delicious!
Amy Liu Dong
It looks adorable, it would make a great birthday cake for the kids and making this would not take a lot of toll on me i guess, btw awesome recipe you got here!
Monica
What an adorable cake! My kids would absolutely love this, especially my little girl who is so into bunny anything right now. The coconut flakes are simply perfect.
Savita
This Easter Bunny Cake is an absolute showstopper! Not only is it adorable, but it's also delicious and fun to make. The combination of moist cake layers, creamy frosting, and whimsical decorations makes it the perfect centerpiece for any Easter celebration.