Today we’re excited to share a sweet Bunny Cake video tutorial that’s both simple and adorable. If you’ve browsed our springtime tutorials, you may have noticed we love bunny-themed designs.
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Cute bunny cake for Easter & Spring Gatherings
- In this video tutorial you’ll learn a couple of approachable cake-decorating techniques, including a simple double barrel cake construction.
A double barrel cake is essentially a tall cake divided about halfway with a cake board and supports. It follows the same principle as a tiered cake, but both sections are the same diameter and are frosted as a single unit. This design also adapts easily to a standard tier.
- The cake is covered in short buttercream “grass” piping for a textured spring look, and the focal point is a sweet fondant bunny cut-out made using a template for easy, consistent results.
We finished the bunny with a few buttercream piped accents, an edible ink pen for the eye, some pink petal dust on the cheeks and ear, and a tiny fondant bow. These small touches make the design feel polished without adding complexity.
This bunny cake is ideal for spring gatherings, Easter, or as a charming baby shower cake. We hope you enjoy the video demonstration.
Here’s a link to our fondant Bunny Template image.
Favorite Cake Recipes for Easter and Spring Celebrations
Looking for cake recipe ideas to pair with this bunny cake? Here are some of our favorite spring and summer cake recipes—light, fruity, and crowd-pleasing:
- Carrot Cake
- Lemon Cake from Scratch
- Lemon Sour Cream Cake (from scratch)
- Lemon Blueberry Cake
- Coconut Lemon Cake
- Pineapple Coconut Cake
- Orange Dreamsicle Cake
- Banana Pudding Cake
A few additional Notes for this Sweet Bunny Cake…
For frosting we used our Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream recipe, but any crusting vanilla buttercream will work well. The buttercream grass creates a delightful texture but does take time: covering a double barrel 6-inch cake in short grass piping took about 40 minutes.
If you’re short on time, consider alternatives such as spinning the cake on a turntable and adding horizontal ridges with a spatula, or keeping the finish smooth. There are many quick ways to add texture or simple piping to a cake.
Cute Bunny Cake Tutorial- Free Video Tutorial
Learn how to make a cute and easy bunny cake in this free step-by-step video tutorial—perfect for Easter, spring gatherings, and baby showers.
Materials
- Template for Bunny (fondant)
- Four 6-inch cake layers
- Piping tips: Wilton 233, Ateco 133, Round tip 2, Round tip 12 for tail
- Piping gel (for attaching bow)
- Coloring gels: greens for grass, deep pink for nose
- Buttercream: Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream or similar crusting vanilla buttercream
- Cake boards and supports for double barrel construction (we used two boards and four bubble tea straw supports)
- Miscellaneous: parchment paper, jelly beans, small paint brushes, pink petal dust, food coloring pen for eye
Instructions
- Crumb coat the cake with green buttercream.
- Chill until the frosting is firm and transfer to the final cake base or pedestal.
- Cover the cake in short buttercream grass.
- Knead a bit of tylose into fondant for the bunny and roll to about 1/8-inch thickness. Using the template, cut out two bunnies and allow to dry on parchment.
- Let the fondant bunnies set until they can be easily picked up (about 30 minutes).
- Draw the eye with a black food coloring pen and add pink petal dust to the cheek and ear.
- Apply buttercream to the back of the fondant bunny and secure it to the front of the cake.
- Optionally add a tiny bead border outline and small piped dots for accents.
- Add a fluffy tail with tip 12.
- Place jelly beans around the pedestal and secure with a bit of buttercream if desired.
Don’t miss our other Sweet Bunny and Easter Themed Cake Tutorials!
Looking for more bunny cuteness? We have several sweet and simple bunny-themed cake tutorials. Here are a couple of favorites:
Try our 3D bunny cake tutorial in the Sweet Bunny Cake post.
Another favorite is our Springtime Bunnies Cake Tutorial.
We Have More Cute Easter Cakes to Share!
Discover even more Easter and springtime cake ideas, tutorials, and recipes in our roundup of cute seasonal cakes.
