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Easter Bunny Cake Recipe Like Mom Used to Make

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Just the sight of this Easter Bunny Cake floods back so many memories and emotions from days gone by.

Easter Bunny Cake Recipe Like Mom Used to Make

Easter Bunny Cake

Easter Bunny Cake Recipe Like Mom Used to Make

Our Mom used to make this every Easter when we were kids.

It was truly a magical time in our household.

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We’d wake up to big Easter baskets, hunt for Easter eggs, and eat an amazing Easter dinner.

Happily displaying our baskets

Then, finally, that long anticipated moment when Mom would walk the Easter Bunny Cake over to the table for all of us to enjoy!

Finding the Original Recipe

So you can only imagine my excitement after all these years, to find the original recipe!

My Mom had torn it out of the Parade Magazine from The Washington Post those many years ago.

Holding this piece of paper in my hands makes me think of my young Mom with 4 kids who wanted to make our Easter as special as possible.

And she did!

We decided we couldn’t keep this absolute treasure to ourselves, so we’re sharing it with you!

Easter Bunny Cake Recipe

Easter Bunny Cake Recipe Like Mom Used to Make
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5 from 1 vote

Easter Bunny Cake Recipe

This Easter Bunny Cake Recipe is surprisingly easy to make and so much fun to serve! This recipe has been passed down through the generations as a wonderful memory and testament to our wonderful mother.
Prep Time30 mins
Cook Time30 mins
Total Time1 hr
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Easter Bunny Cake, Easter Cake
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 250kcal
Author: Housewives of Frederick County

Ingredients

  • 2 Baked 9-inch round white cake layers, cooled
  • 1 tub (8 oz.) Cool Whip Whipped Topping, thawed
  • 1 pkg (7 oz.) Baker's Angel Flake Coconut
  • 3 drops Red food coloring
  • Decorations: Red Licorice, Gumdrops, & Jelly Beans

Instructions

  • Leave 1 cake whole. 
  • Use serrated knife to cut 2nd cake into 3 pieces as shown in diagram.
    Easter Bunny Cake Recipe Like Mom Used to Make
  • Arrange on large foil-covered board or platter to resemble a bunny's head and bow tie, using small amount of Cool Whip to attach pieces to each other.
  • Frost cake with remaining Cool Whip. 
  • Generously sprinkle cake with coconut. 
  • Tint a small amount of coconut pink for the bunny's ears by adding a few drops of red food coloring diluted in water.
  • Decorate with gumdrops and/or or jelly beans for eyes, nose and polka dots on tie. Licorice for mouth and whiskers. 
    Easter Bunny Cake Recipe Like Mom Used to Make
  • Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

Items You’ll Need For This Recipe

This cake is easier to make than it looks.

All you’ll need is:

  • (2) 9″ Round Cake Pans
  • Serrated Cake Knife
  • Rectangular Cake Board

I have made this Easter Bunny Cake for my family through the years as well.

Easter Bunny Cake Recipe Like Mom Used to Make

The kids absolutely love it and will hopefully pass on this tradition when they have kids of their own!

This cake just reminds me of being a little girl at Easter, and the excitement of Spring!

For more Spring & Easter related posts, click on over to:

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  1. Christine says

    March 28, 2013 at 1:35 am

    Thanks so much for the feature ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • Pam says

      March 29, 2013 at 5:23 pm

      Thanks Christine!

      Reply
  2. marney thornton says

    January 28, 2021 at 10:59 am

    5 stars
    Loved this bunny cake as a child. I am 53 now, but remember my late mom making these cakes in the 70’s for us. It was wonderful to see it again. Those easter baskets with the cellophane on them too. I loved Easter. Our mom hid the eggs in the house for us though. I don’t ever remember not finding one or maybe my mom made a chart of where she put them. LOL

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