Is it Easter until you’ve made an Easter Bunny Cake? I have a friend who always used this tradition with her kids and now I love to make an Easter Bunny Cake with my kiddo. It’s so easy and kinda like gingerbread houses, there really aren’t any decorating rules.

This is one of those moments as a parent where I say, just let it go. The bunny cake doesn’t have to be perfect. That’s one of the fun things about this tradition. Some years you have cross-eyed bunnies and other years you have artistic masterpieces. It really doesn’t matter what it looks like – this is a chance to let your kid have control and be creative. Stay close and make fun memories!

A bunny cake is one of the easiest Easter traditions to start with your family - take an ordinary boxed cake mix and dress it up with candy decorations.

A few bunny cake rules:

Make your cakes ahead of time so they are cooled and ready to decorate
I always suggest funfetti cake mix, but any flavor cake works.
You will need a big tray, cookie sheet, or waxed paper to lay out your cake
Use candy that is edible for decorating (vs. raiding the leftover valentines candy) because they will eat the candy while they decorate
Give kids the liberty and freedome to mess up
Maybe consider multiple bunny cakes and have a family decorating competition

Print Recipe

Bunny Cake

Ingredients

1 funfetti boxed cake mix
Ingredients on cake box to make cake
1 can white frosting
Candy for decorations

Instructions

Mix cake according to boxed directions.
Generously spray 2- round cake pans.
Pour batter into cake pans and bake according to directions.
Allow cakes to cool completely.
**One great option is to bake cakes after breakfast. Turn out onto a cooling rack and cover with a dishtowel until ready to decorate.
Cut one round into ears and bowtie (see diagram below).
Place one round in the middle of tray.
Place ears on top of the round cake and the bowtie shape below round.
Ice cake completely with white icing.
Use candies and sprinkles to decorate the cake.
Have fun and make memories.

Notes

Note: some items you might consider for decorating your bunnies – jelly beans, marshmallows, skittles, coconut, gummies, gel pouches, sprinkles.
Some also wonder about how to cut the round cake to make ears and a bowtie – just think the strings on a baseball, use the same method.

Other Easter season ideas you might enjoy:

Holy Week Crafts and Activities for Preschoolers
Easter Cards and Crafts with Toddlers – another fun activity that is not necessarily Biblically based
Easter Basket ideas for kids and adults that include more than candy
Easter Basket Ideas for Preschoolers – work great for stocking stuffers, too!
Easter Resources – Lessons and Learning for the Lenten season
Candy Bar Cake would be a great treat for an Easter Menu, just use Peeps, creme eggs, or other seasonal candies and sprinkles to make it festive
What’s in my Basket: Easter Lesson for Teens – this lesson is great for Sunday School, small groups, classroom, or a gathering before a family meal.
DIY Tie-Dye Towels are a great Easter Basket filler and a fun activity when cousins are together.
Little Hammies – ham slider sandwiches that are great with leftover Easter Ham
Egg Beaters Breakfast Casserole – maybe Easter Brunch is more your thing – this casserole makes it so easy that you can use something else to take up all your time – like an egg hunt!
Pineapple Casserole – this is a great side dish for your Easter lunch or brunch spread.
Springtime Cold and Fruity Salads – my grandmother’s recipes that we love in spring and summer
Bunny Cake – an easy old family tradition that is fun year after
Activities to do while you are stuck at home