I decorated this adorable Easter bunny cake with modeling chocolate, royal icing, and luster dust. Watch the full tutorial and get the recipes in the Cookie Art Club!
This was an early April Fools' Day prank for my kids Olive and Sidney. They were disappointed that the cake wasn't an actual stuffed animal, but they were happy to eat the cake!
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Since I'm not experienced with sculpting layer cakes, I used a cake pop mixture to shape these bunnies and then covered them in modeling chocolate. Modeling chocolate is a lot like fondant, but it tastes better, in my opinion!
To give these cute bunny cakes a crocheted look, I piped beads of royal icing in alternating directions and then I covered the icing with granulated sugar. The sugar I used is called golden sugar and it has a beautiful light beige color, which was perfect for this adorable Easter bunny cake!
Here's what you'll need to make this adorable Easter bunny cake
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- Chilled sheet of cookie dough (I used my vanilla cut-out cookie recipe)
- 1-⅜” round cookie cutter
- Craft knife for cutting cookies and modeling chocolate
- Cake pop mixture
- 1 - 8” baked cake, crumbled and mixed with a scoop of your favorite frosting (I used I Am Baker’s Homemade Yellow Cake Mix recipe and Betty Crocker Chocolate Frosting)
- About 4 oz White modeling chocolate (I used Satin Ice brand) or fondant
- Cornstarch for dusting
- Fondant rolling pin
- Bow mold (I don’t know where mine came from but you can find similar molds on Etsy and Amazon)
- Royal icing
- Edible glue (I used Satin Ice brand
- Pink and Black food coloring (Ann Clark or Chefmaster brand)
- 12” decorating bag
- Scribe tool
- Wilton decorating tip 1 and 3
- Couplers & Bag ties (I used Wilton brand)
- Flower nail and parchment paper squares
- Decorator brushes (I used Sweet Sticks and Wilton brand)
- Light pink luster dust (I used Fairy Floss Pink from Sweet Sticks)
- Alcohol, flavored extract, or paint powder activator for painting
- Paint palette or small dish
- Granulated sugar (I used Domino Golden Sugar for a light beige color)
Relevant tutorials: Royal Icing 101 and How To Pipe A Bead Border (both are available in the Cookie Art Club!)
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