Posts Tagged ‘easter desserts’
Easy Bunny Cake
This Fancy Cake Is Easy & Quick To Make!
Easter is approaching fast and I’m very excited to see all the bunny desserts in the stores. The good news today is that you can make your own with this easy and quick recipe from LifeMadeDelicious.ca. It starts with a box of cake mix, ready-made frosting, and you can pretty much get creative with the rest. Kids are sure to love the look of this easy cake, and your friends will think it’s store-bought. It’s sure to be a hit this Easter! Enjoy!
EASY BUNNY CAKE
1 box Betty Crocker* SuperMoist* Golden cake mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
2 containers Betty Crocker* Creamy Deluxe* vanilla frosting
Neon purple and/or pink food colour
Construction paper (inedible)
2 small marshmallows, cut in half, flattened
2 small jelly beans, cut in half
2 (5-inch) strips rainbow-coloured sour candy, separated into strips
2 large jelly beans or candy-coated chocolate-covered peanut candies
2 rectangular-shaped white chewing gum, cut in half
2 large marshmallows
Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Make, bake and cool cake as directed on box for 2 (8-inch or 9-inch) round cake pans, using water, oil and eggs.
In medium bowl, tint 1 container frosting with neon purple food colour. Using 1 cake round, cut in half to form 2 semicircles. Put halves together with 1/4 cup frosting to form body. Place upright on serving plate, cut side down.
Frost cake with frosting. Cut ears from construction paper; insert into cake. Using toothpicks to attach, use 2 small marshmallow halves and 2 small jelly bean halves for eyes. Use large jelly bean for nose and sour candy strips for whiskers. Place gum halves just below nose for teeth. Use large marshmallow for tail.
Repeat with remaining cake to make second bunny, using pink neon food color. Frost and decorate as above.
Frost cake with frosting. Cut ears from construction paper; insert into cake. Using toothpicks to attach, use 2 small marshmallow halves and 2 small jelly bean halves for eyes. Use large jelly bean for nose and sour candy strips for whiskers. Place gum halves just below nose for teeth. Use large marshmallow for tail.
Repeat with remaining cake to make second bunny, using pink neon food color. Frost and decorate as above.
Bunny Cupcakes!
Make these cuties in about an Hour!
My whole family knows how much I adore bunnies. I used to see them playing in my parents’ backyard and I’d get so excited. That’s why I especially love Easter…I have an excuse to decorate with bunnies! This is a really cute recipe from General Mills for the holiday and easily made with cake mix. I would recommend making it even easier by buying bunny shaped chocolate, candy or marshmallow to put on top of the cupcakes if you don’t want to make your own. Either way, these cuties will please both children and adults…like me! Have a wonderful holiday and let me know how your guests react to these adorable cupcakes. Enjoy!
BUNNY CUPCAKES
1 pkg (510 g) Cake Mix (any flavour)
Water, vegetable oil and eggs as called for on cake mix package
2 tubs (each 450 g) Frosting (any white or vanilla variety)
Pink (red) food colouring
5 large marshmallows
Pink decorating sugar
Pink and blue miniature candy balls
Chocolate candy sprinkles
Heat oven to 350°F (180°C). Prepare 24 cupcakes according to package directions.
Bake 17 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
Gradually stir drops of food colouring into 1 tub of frosting. Frost cupcakes with pink frosting. Spoon 1 heaping spoonful of white frosting on centre of each cupcake.
To make ears, using scissors, cut each large marshmallow crosswise into 5 slices; cut each slice in half to within 1/4-inch (6 mm) of edge. Separate to look like bunny ears; press 1 side of cut edges into pink sugar, flattening slightly. Arrange on each of the white frosting mounds and use miniature candy balls for eyes and nose and chocolate sprinkles for whiskers.
Makes: 24 cupcakes
Tip: To make Easter Chick Cupcakes: Frost cupcakes with white frosting. Stir drops of yellow food colouring into second tub of frosting. Spoon 1 heaping spoonful of yellow frosting on centre of each cupcake. Decorate with orange jellybean for nose and orange miniature candy balls for eyes.