Baking with Burnbrae Farms

Bunny Cake

Cake:

2 cups all purpose flour

1½ granulated sugar

½ cup cocoa powder

2 teaspoons baking powder

1teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

1 cup sour milk (To make sour milk, add one tablespoon of vinegar in measuring cup and add milk to make one cup.)

2 large Burnbrae Farms' Eggs

½ cup vegetable oil

1½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Frosting:

1 package cream cheese, softened at room temperature

¼ cup unsalted butter, softened at room temperature

2 cups icing sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Decorations:

2 cups flaked coconut

1-2 drops pink food colouring

Jellybeans

Shoelace licorice in red and black

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Prepare a 9 x 13 baking dish by greasing the pan and lightly flouring. This step will ensure the cake doesn’t stick upon releasing.

In a large mixing bowl, sift dry ingredients together. To dry ingredients, add sour milk, vegetable oil, vanilla extract and Burnbrae Farms' eggs. Using an electric mixer, beat together until fully incorporated.

Pour cake into prepared baking dish. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool for 20 minutes. Turn cake out onto a wire rack and allow to cool completely.

Prepare frosting by beating cream cheese, butter, and vanilla with an electric mixer. Slowly add icing sugar to cream cheese mixture until desired consistency; set aside. Once cake is cooled, transfer cake to a serving plate or a heavy piece of cardboard to avoid jostling it later.

Place cake vertically on serving piece. Using a serrated knife, carefully cut into the TOP MIDDLE of the cake to about one-third of the way down to simulate the shape of bunny ears. Brush off any excess crumbs from the surface with a pastry brush.

Using an offset spatula, frost the entire surface of the cake with a ‘crumb coat’. A crumb coat will help seal any crumbs that were left over from cutting the ears out. Once they are sealed in, frost cake as usual. Once entire cake has been frosted, apply flaked coconut generously to both sides and surface to simulate bunny fur.

In a small resealable bag, place 1 cup coconut and 1-2 drops pink food colouring and shake to coat. Place on ears to simulate the lining of bunny ears. Once coconut is in place, decorate with jellybeans, shoelace licorice, or sprinkles as you wish. Slice, serve, and enjoy.