My grandmother started making bunny cakes for Easter in the '60s and my mother carried on the tradition.  As a child, I loved to help decorate the bunny's face (probably because I liked jelly beans and licorice!).  We do, however, have a long standing "argument" about adding coconut to the bunny.  I have to admit, sprinkling coconut on the cake makes really cute bunny fur (and helps hide frosting imperfections!), but I simply don't care for coconut on my cake.  Unfortunately, my mom LOVES coconut on her cake.  As a compromise, she only puts pink (dyed) coconut on the ears and this makes everyone happy!  Here is a picture of my mother, circa 1973.  The early bunny cakes were made in a 9x13 cake pan, cutting off 2- 2x9 inch pieces for the ears.  This is perfect because almost everyone has a 9x13 cake pan, even a 20 year old newlywed!  Now we've started to use two round cake pans, allowing us to create ears AND a bowtie-so fancy!  You can even buy cake pans in the shape of a bunny, as … [Read more...]