# The Ingredients You'll Need:
→ Cake
01 - 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
02 - 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
03 - 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
04 - 1/2 teaspoon salt
05 - 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
06 - 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
07 - 4 large eggs, room temperature
08 - 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
09 - 1 cup whole milk
→ Frosting
10 - 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
11 - 4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
12 - 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
13 - 2 to 4 tablespoons milk
→ Decorations
14 - 2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
15 - 1 large pink jelly bean for tail
16 - 4 large white jelly beans for paws
17 - 4 small pink jelly beans for paw pads
18 - Pink food coloring, optional for ear details
19 - 2 mini chocolate chips or black jelly beans for eyes
# Step-by-Step Instructions:
01 - Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans.
02 - In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
03 - In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then add vanilla extract.
04 - Alternately add flour mixture and milk to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Mix until just combined.
05 - Divide batter evenly between prepared pans. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
06 - Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
07 - Beat butter until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, then vanilla extract and enough milk to reach a spreadable consistency.
08 - Cut one cake round in half to create two semicircles. Place the whole cake round on a serving platter to form the bunny body. Attach the semicircles to one end, standing upright, to make the bunny back and head.
09 - From the second cake, cut out two ear shapes and two paw shapes using a serrated knife. Attach the ears and paws to the bunny body using frosting.
10 - Frost the entire bunny cake generously with prepared frosting.
11 - Press shredded coconut over the frosted cake to resemble fluffy bunny fur.
12 - Place pink jelly bean for tail, white and pink jelly beans on paws for pads, and mini chocolate chips or black jelly beans for eyes. Tint some coconut pink with food coloring for ear detail if desired.
13 - Refrigerate cake until ready to serve.
