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    A Hoppy Easter Cake

    Shaylee KoelzerBy Culinary.netApril 2, 20233 Mins Read
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    A cake shaped and decorated like a bunny's behind.

    Easter Bunny Butt Cake

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    Course Dessert

    Ingredients
      

    Cake

    • Nonstick cooking spray
    • 2 eggs plus 4 egg whites, at room temperature
    • 3/4 cup cream of coconut
    • 1/2 cup crushed pineapple drained
    • 2 tsp. coconut extract
    • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
    • 2 1/4 cups flour
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 2 tsp. baking powder
    • 1/2 tsp. salt
    • 12 Tbsp. unsalted butter at room temperature

    Buttercream Frosting

    • Buttercream Frosting:
    • 3 cups powdered sugar
    • 2 sticks unsalted butter softened
    • 3 Tbsp. milk
    • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
    • 1/2 tsp. coconut extract

    Garnish

    • 4 thin pretzel sticks
    • 1 bag sweetened shredded coconut 10 oz.
    • 8 drops green food coloring
    • 2 large round chocolate candy melts
    • 6 chocolate chips
    • mini candy-coated chocolate eggs for garnish

    Instructions
     

    • Heat oven to 325 F.
    • Line muffin pan with four paper liners. Spray oven-safe glass bowl with nonstick cooking spray.
    • In large bowl, whisk eggs, egg whites, cream of coconut, pineapple, coconut extract and vanilla extract until combined.
    • In food processor, pulse flour, sugar, baking powder and salt until combined. Add 6 tablespoons butter. Pulse until combined. Add remaining butter. Pulse until coarse meal forms.
    • In large mixing bowl, add coarse flour butter meal. Add half of egg mixture. Beat 1-2 minutes. Add remaining egg mixture; beat until combined.
    • Fill each muffin cup 2/3 full. Bake 18-20 minutes, or until done. Cool completely.
    • Pour remaining batter into prepared oven-safe bowl. Bake 1 hour, 40 minutes, or until done. Cool completely.
    • To make buttercream frosting: In large bowl, add powdered sugar and butter; beat until fluffy. Add milk, vanilla extract and coconut extract; beat until creamy.
    • Turn bowl upside-down on cake stand until cake removes from bowl. If cake needs leveled, turn cake over and trim to flatten. Frost cake.
    • Remove wrappers from cupcakes. Using two pretzel sticks, press into base of cupcakes
    • and anchor to bottom rim of bowl cake to create bunny feet. Frost feet.
    • Take third cupcake and cut muffin top off. Cut muffin top in half. Using one pretzel stick, anchor one muffin top half at bottom of full cupcake to form toes. Repeat with second muffin top half for other foot. Frost toes.
    • Attach final cupcake with remaining pretzel stick to butt area of cake to make tail. Frost tail.
    • Apply 1 1/2 cups shredded coconut all over cake. Press chocolate candy melts into bottoms of bunny feet to resemble foot pads. Add chocolate chips to resemble pads for toes.
    • Place remaining coconut in plastic bag. Add green food coloring. Toss in bag until coconut is colored. Spread around base of cake for grass. Decorate grass with chocolate eggs.

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    Notes

    Spoon flour into dry measuring cup and level off excess. Scooping directly from bag compacts flour, resulting in dry baked goods.
    Add 1 tablespoon additional milk if frosting is too stiff. Keep adding until desired consistency.
    Keyword bunny, Cake, coconut, easter, vanilla
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