I spent a wonderful Easter weekend down in Ortley Beach, at my aunt and uncle's vacation home. We walked the boardwalk, rode the go carts, took pictures, ate ourselves into a stupor, and I - who inherited my father's pasty white skin - now look like a ripe tomato. But it was worth it!
The Easter Bunny brought me a chocolate-scented stuffed bunny, chocolate of every shape, size and flavor, Portal 2 video game and the Harry Potter 7.1 (aka Deathly Hallows Pt 1) DVD. I hope the Easter Bunny visited all of you too! Let me know what goodies he left you...
My assignment for Easter supper was dessert. Every year, my mother makes a Bunny cake. This year, she passed the tradition down to me. Doesn't he look tasty????
He is so easy to make. All you need is two 9-in round cake pans, your favorite cake mix (I used boxed funfetti mix, but next time I will make my own red velvet batter), two tubs of icing and whatever toppings float your boat. I used green sprinkles for the bow tie and red for the ears. Easter-themed MandMs were for the face, but my mom usually uses red hots for the eyes, MandM's for the nose and red or black licorice for the mouth and whiskers (I didn't add whiskers this year).
And, how did I make the bow tie and the ears, do you ask? If you are good at puzzles, you may have already figured out that they all fit together to make a circle. Below is a diagram of how to cut the second cake round to get these pieces. Measurements do not have to be exact, as long as the end product looks somewhat like ears and a bow tie:
