Bunny Cake

• 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons baking cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup cold water
• 6 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 ounces white candy coating
• Red paste or gel food coloring
• 1-1/4 cups sweetened shredded coconut, divided
• Green liquid food coloring
• 6 chow mein noodles
• 2 pink jelly beans
• 1 red jelly bean

1. Combine first five ingredients. In a small bowl, beat eggs, water, oil vinegar and vanilla. Add to dry ingredients; beat until blended.
2. Pour into a greased and floured 9-in. round baking pan. Bake at 350u0b0 for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Cool completely.
3. For frosting, whisk the flour and milk in a saucepan until smooth. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened (mixture will be paste-like); cool. In a bowl, cream butter until fluffy. Gradually add sugar, beating well. gradually add cooled milk mixture; beat for 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add vanilla; mix well.
4. On waxed paper, draw two bunny ears, 5-1/2 in. tall and 2-1/4 in. wide; set aside. In a microwave or a heavy saucepan, melt candy coating; stir until smooth. Tint pink with red food coloring. Spread over bunny ear pattern's cool until firm. Carefully peel ears off waxed paper. For grass, place 1 cup coconut in a resealable plastic bag. Add 12 drops green food coloring; shake well.
5. To assemble, cut cake in half. Spread frosting over top of one cake half. Stack second half on top. Stand the cake by placing cut side down on a serving platter. Cut a wedge from one side of cake about 1 in. from cut side and about 2 in. deep to create head as shown in Fig. 1 below. Set wedge aside for tail.
6. Frost entire cake. Place tail on back of cake. Frost and cover with remaining coconut. Add chow mein noodles for whiskers, pink jelly beans for eyes and red jelly bean for nose. Place ears behind head as shown in photo. Spread grass around bunny.

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Taken from www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/bunny-cake/ (may not work)