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Cupcake Bunny Cake

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  • Prep 40 min
  • Total 1 hr 30 min
  • Servings 24
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Gather the kids and create the sweetest and easiest bunny cake. It's as easy as making cupcakes!
Updated May 17, 2022
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Ingredients

Cake

Decorations and Frosting

  • 1 bag (10.5 oz) miniature marshmallows (white)
  • 2 tubs (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
  • Betty Crocker™ pink or red gel food color
  • 2/3 cup pink miniature marshmallows (from 10.5-oz bag fruit-flavored miniature marshmallows)
  • 2 snack-size dark chocolate-covered peppermint patties (from 12-oz bag)
  • 1 tube (0.68 oz) Betty Crocker™ black decorating gel or 3 to 4 pieces black string licorice

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • 2
    Pour bag of white miniature marshmallows into large shallow bowl. Spoon 2 tablespoons of the frosting into small bowl; tint with food color to desired shade of pink for nose; set aside. Pipe or spread remaining frosting on cupcakes (frosting will be slightly mounded). Press top of each cupcake into marshmallows, covering top completely. Place cupcakes on platter, fitting snugly together. Sprinkle leftover marshmallows as needed to fill in any gaps between cupcakes forming face.
  • 3
    Sprinkle pink marshmallows in center of each ear. Place peppermint patties on face for eyes. Pipe or spread pink frosting on face for nose. Pipe 3 (3-inch) lines with black decorating gel on either side of nose for whiskers; pipe 2 lines below nose for mouth. (Or, cut 6 thin 3-inch pieces of licorice for whiskers and 2 thin 5-inch strips of licorice for mouth; arrange on face.) Store loosely covered.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    If you cannot find the fruit-flavored miniature marshmallows, tint additional frosting pink and pipe or frost the center of the ears pink.
  • tip 2
    Paste or liquid food color can be substituted for the gel food color.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts are not available for this recipe
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