Bunny Butt Easter Cake

I make cakes all the time and it’s easy to fall into a bit of a rut, so I wanted to try something new.  Instead of a smooth side I used my comb to cut grooves into the buttercream that I could turn into stripes by adding a contrasting color on top and smoothing away the excess. The key is to have a smooth but slightly firm buttercream, which you smooth with a straight edge then use the toothed side of the comb to create the stripes. Don’t let your buttercream sit too long before using as it will loose consistency, give it a final whip, transfer into the piping bag and assemble the cake. Once you’ve combed your grooves then it’s time to chill the cake so the buttercream firms up. Afterwards you’ll add some soft pink buttercream to the side of the cake, smooth and remove the excess. If everything went according to plan you should have lots of nice and even stripes on the side of your cake creating a good deal of visual interest!

Now you could always use a grass tip to cover the entire cake then finish off with the bunny butt and chocolate eggs if you don’t have that comb or are not a fan of detail work. It will still look and taste great! For those of you who don’t want coffee in your batter it can easily be replaced with milk or water. I love coffee in my chocolate recipes because it really amplifies the chocolate flavor, you don’t really taste the coffee. Making the bunny butt out of fondant is really easy, and this is from someone who HATES working with fondant!

Steps to Make This Cake

1. Sift dry ingredients, whisk together and set aside.
2. Combine wet ingredients in a large bowl and whisk together. I always make sure they’re at room temperature or even a bit warm. If you notice little clumps of butter, don’t worry about it!
3. Add wet to dry and mix for a minute or two until the batter is smooth. Add evenly to baking pans. Bake at 350F for 30 min or until centers are set.
4. In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the room temperature butter, confectioners sugar and salt until fluffy. Add a dash of cream and vanilla. Separate into 4 batches. 3 batches can be equal, the last must be double the others.
5. Add melted and cooled dark chocolate and cocoa powder to the largest batch. Mix until smooth. Transfer to a piping bag and snip off the tip.
6. Use a drop of soft pink food coloring in one batch. Mix until desired color is reached. Save about 1 cup of the pink. Add 2 tsp cream to soften the consistency. Transfer both pink buttercreams to piping bags. Snip off the tips. Add a drop of green to another batch. Mix until you get a soft green. Transfer to a piping bag. Snip off the tip. Add pink and green bags to 1 piping bag fitted with a large round tip. Add multiple drops of the green food coloring to another batch. This will be used for the grass. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a grass tip.
7. Pipe the pink/green swirl between each layer. Cover the cake with chocolate buttercream. Pipe pink buttercream on the top of the cake. Smooth with an offset spatula and scraper. Transfer to the fridge to chill for about 10 min.
8. Use a comb to create a grooved, horizontal stripe pattern. Chill the cake again for about 10 min. Using the softened pink buttercream with added cream, pipe over the grooves. Smooth with a scraper.
9. Pipe softened pink buttercream with added cream, pipe over the grooves.
10. Smooth with a scraper.
11. Pipe grass on top of the cake.  Arrange a skirt of chocolate eggs along the bottom.
12. Add the bunny butt and chocolate eggs. If you’ve tried this recipe then don’t forget to rate the recipe and let me know how you got on in the comments below, I love hearing from you!

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