In a Kraft Food & Family email newsletter, I found the "Easter Bunny cake" that my dad's mother used to make. She frosted it with regular vanilla buttercream, not Cool Whip, but she did put the coconut on top. It may have had gumdrop eyes, but I also recall icky-looking black frosting for some of the details.Here is the recipe, according to Kraft:
Easter Bunny Cake
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 (2-1/3 cups), divided
suggested decorations(licorice, assorted ring-shaped candies, gumdrops)
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed
1 pkg. (7 oz.) BAKER'S ANGEL FLAKE Coconut (2-1/3 cups), divided
suggested decorations(licorice, assorted ring-shaped candies, gumdrops)
- Leave 1 cake whole; cut remaining cake into 3 pieces as shown in diagram.
- 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.
- Sprinkle coconut over cake. Decorate with remaining ingredients as shown in photo. Keep refrigerated.
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4 comments:
That's cute. Thanks for reminding me that Easter is so close! I guess the Easter Bunny had better get shopping!
Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm pretty sure that Amy made some of the coconut tinted with food coloring. Plus the icky black frosting for the whiskers...ah, geez, it has been so long, ya know? The cake was always over-baked and dry, too. Top that with dry flaked coconut...yikes. I guess she deserves points for trying; which was a rarity.
The kids and I are going to make this on Sunday! Mmmmm..can't wait!! It won't look quite the same, we are using frosting with fun spring confetti sprinkles and different colored frosting that we will pipe on for the details such as the eyes, nose, mouth etc. Should be really "pretty" with the kids decorating it..lol!!
Amy B.
OH WOW! That's awesome! Glad I was able to supply you with the idea to do this. Good luck!!!!!
Take pictures and I will post some here.
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