Aunt Mary's Delicious Bunny Cake

Aunt Mary's delicious bunny cake recipe features an easy, homemade citrus-flavored cake baked in a charming cake mold and frosted with buttercream.

• Preparation Time: 45 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 894 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
• 4 eggs at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons milk at room temperature
• 1.25 teaspoons salt
• 1.25 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 0.5 cup vegetable shortening
• 1.75 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.5 cup butter at room temperature
• 1.3333333730698 cups milk at room temperature
• 1.5 teaspoons lemon extract
• 0.75 teaspoon orange extract
• 1.125 cups unsalted butter at room temperature

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl.

Step 2

Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.

Step 3

Place a rack in the lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

Step 4

Grease and flour a cake mold pan (such as a bunny cake or train cake mold). Set aside.

Step 5

Mix 1 1/3 cup milk, lemon extract, 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract, and orange extract in a medium bowl.

Step 6

Beat 1 1/8 cups butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until butter is creamy, 1 to 2 minutes. Beat in sugar, scraping sides of the bowl occasionally, until mixture is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.

Step 7

Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well combined before adding the next.

Step 8

Reduce mixer speed to low. Beat in flour mixture in several additions, alternating with milk mixture and ending with flour mixture. Do not overbeat. Scrape down the bowl occasionally.

Step 9

Bake in the preheated oven until golden; a toothpick inserted into the middle should comes out clean, 30 to 45 minutes.

Step 10

Place cake on a rack; let cool for 15 minutes. Invert cake pan on a rack and remove; let cool completely, 3 to 4 hours.

Step 11

Beat confectioners' sugar, shortening, 2 tablespoons milk, and 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract in a bowl until frosting is smooth and creamy.

Step 12

Pack frosting into a heavy resealable plastic bag. Clip a small corner off the bag, seal, and pipe onto cake in desired pattern.