Looking for a quick and easy Easter Dessert? One that kids will love and you’ll be proud to serve? This Sprinkles Easter Bunny Cake is all of those things!
Growing up at our Easter brunch we always had a traditional Easter Bunny Cake. You know the one I am talking about with its circle tummy and cute-shaped ears.
When I was younger my mom would bake it & ice it and then set back as my sister and I covered it in jelly beans. Oh and don’t forget the sprinkles. We would use so many sprinkles that it was almost crunchy when our family members would eat it.
Over the years we stopped with decorating the cake until it glittered, but we always had that Easter Bunny-shaped cake!
In that weird way that food can become a family tradition, maybe this new version of a Sprinkles Easter Bunny Cake can become your family Easter tradition!
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How to Make a Sprinkles Easter Bunny Cake
The best part about this cake is that you don’t need extensive cake decorating skills to make it. Keep reading to learn how to easily make your own Sprinkles Easter Bunny Cake.
For this cake, use two cake pans to make the stacked cake. Bake your cake according to the recipe instructions and let it cool.
First, you need to pick your favorite cake recipe and bake your cake. I’ve made this with strawberry and vanilla cakes, but carrot cake would be perfect for Easter. If using boxed cake mixes, you only need one box.
Once your cake is completely cool, ice the entire cake. I left the edges exposed a bit for a little extra character, but icing all over is fine too.
Now for the fun part, adding the sprinkle to make your Easter Bunny.
Decorating the Sprinkles Easter Bunny Cake
The trick to making the sprinkled bunny in the middle is to use an Easter Bunny Cookie Cutter.
First, decide where you want the bunny to be on your cake. You can do one in the middle or you could make several all over the cake. Totally up to you, but doing more than one will take much longer to prepare so keep that in mind.
Now gently place the cookie cutter onto the iced cake.
Push the cookie cutter down far enough that none of the sprinkles can escape under it. However, do not push down so far that it will pull up large amounts of icing when you remove it.
The idea is to trap the sprinkles, but not pull up a ton of icing when you remove the cookie cutter.
IT’s TIME TO ADD THE SPRINKLES!
Once you have your cookie cutter in place, it’s time to add the sprinkles to the cake.
Slowly shake the sprinkles inside the cookie cutter.
Are you wondering where those shiny sprinkles in the pictures are from?
Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find these exact sprinkles for this year’s Sprinkles Easter Bunny cake.
There are several similar sprinkles on Amazon, however, and few that even have fun bunnies or ducks in them.
Make sure the sprinkles are spread out evenly. Try and sprinkle them without having the sprinkles gather into one section of the cookie cutter.
You might need to gently rock the cake back and forth to get the sprinkles to spread out over the cookie cutter. You can also use a spoon to spread them out.
Once you have your sprinkles spread pretty evenly, it’s time to make sure they stay on the cake.
Do this by using a spoon and gently pushing down on the sprinkles inside the cookie cutter.
If your cookie cutter has tiny crevices, you can use a toothpick to reach the tight spots. Or you can wrap your finger inside a ziplock bag and gently push them down that way too.
Here’s the tricky part of the Bunny Cake
Now, this is the part of the Sprinkles Easter Bunny Cake that can be a little tricky, but it will be okay!
Once you have your sprinkles pushed down into the cake, it’s time to remove the bunny cookie cutter. Gently pull up the cookie cutter and check out your masterpiece.
Hopefully, you don’t pull up too much icing with the cookie cutter. It’s OK if you did! Simply use a toothpick and push them back into the bunny shape.
Finishing Touches
I like the simplicity of just having the Easter Bunny on the cake, but the M&M’s are my boys’ favorite part! It’s a good task for them to help with making the cake.
You can also add some more sprinkles around the edges of the cakes too. It’s totally up to you how you finish decorating the cake.
Hopefully, you have a fun time making the Easter Bunny Cake! Make sure you check out our other fun Easter ideas.
We have all kinds of Easter Activities for kids like our free printable Easter Word Scramble or Easter Matching Game using Plastic Eggs.
Of course, we have a few Easter Basket filler ideas too! Like our most popular Tween Boys’ Easter Basket Ideas post.
6 Comments
This looks so good! What a fun recipe to make with kids before Easter!
Glad you like the bunny cake! And yes, it is a fun & easy cake for kids to help bake and especially decorate. My boys love helping me with it every year.
Thanks for sharing! Does it keep long?
Since the bunny cake uses box cake mix, I would go by the information of the cake mix you choose. Ours is typically eaten within a day or two (I have 3 growing boys who love cake – lol) & it doesn’t lose any flavor or texture in that time if kept covered. Hope that helps!
Where can I purchase these multi-colored sprinkles ??
Sadly, I have not found those exact sprinkles in stores or even online this year. There are several similar ones just added to the post – hope that helps!