Bunny Butt Coconut Cake

Hop to it and make this sweet and silly bunny butt cake for your spring party. Learn to make this recipe with our how-to.

Ingredients: 
 

1        box Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ yellow or white cake mix

         Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

         Tray or cardboard covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil

1       container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting

         Red food color

1      large marshmallow, cut in half

3      cups shredded coconut

        Green food color

2      strawberry or cherry stretchy and tangy taffy candies (from 6-oz bag)

1     roll Betty Crocker™ Fruit Roll-Ups® punch berry chewy fruit snack (from 5-oz box) Save $

3     green-colored sour candies, separated into strips

      Construction paper

Directions:

Steps

• 1

   

  Heat oven to 325°F. Grease 1 1/2-quart ovenproof bowl (8 inches across top) with shortening; coat with flour (do not use cooking spray). Lightly grease 3 muffin cups in regular-size muffin pan. 

   
• 2

   

  Make cake batter as directed on box. Pour cake batter in 3 muffin cups, filling two-thirds full. Pour remaining batter into 1 1/2-quart bowl. 

   
• 3

   

  Bake cupcakes 17 to 21 minutes, bowl 47 to 53 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove cakes from muffin cups and bowl; place rounded sides up on cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. If necessary, cut off rounded tops of cakes. 

   
• 4

   

  Spoon frosting into large bowl. Add red food color to make desired pink color. Place bowl cake on tray cut side down; spread 1/3 cup frosting over cake. Use frosting to adhere cupcakes to bowl cake for feet and bunny tail. Use toothpicks if necessary. Place marshmallow halves, cut sides down, on tops of 2 cupcakes to make heels of feet. Spread thin layer of frosting over side and top of cake to seal in crumbs. Freeze cake 30 to 45 minutes to set frosting.
• 5

  Spread remaining frosting over cake. Sprinkle with 2 cups of the coconut; press gently to adhere. Shake 1 cup coconut and 3 drops green food color in tightly covered jar until evenly tinted. Surround bunny with tinted coconut. Use rolling pin to press strawberry candies into 2 large rectangles. Cut 2 large ovals and 6 small circles out of candy. Press onto bottoms of bunny feet, using frosting if needed. 

   
• 6

   

  Roll up fruit snack to make carrot shapes. Cut green sour candies in half crosswise; press into large end of each carrot to make greens on carrot. Cut ears from construction paper; wrap ends that will be inserted into cake with plastic food wrap. Insert into cake. Remove ears, plastic wrap and toothpicks before serving. Store loosely covered.

Source: bettycrocker.com