The Tale of the Bunny Tail

Happy late Easter everyone!

One of my favourite traditions in our family for any holiday, is our entire family gathering around the table. When it comes to Easter, we usually do a potluck type lunch so no one person has too much to worry about. It works great for us so we can all sit back and enjoy the day, unfortunately this is Texas and that usually means rainy gray days this time of year.



Now holidays are usually an exciting time around my house, I usually plan months in advance all the fun crafts, treats and even gifts that will make the holiday totally memorable. But since I started working the night shift they have sort of become a pain in my tail. As I scroll through my Pinterest page I see all the fun things the PPM (Perfect Pinterest Mommies) have planned in their futures and it only got me more bummed. They had crafts anywhere from stuffed chocolate eggs- to blowing out the egg and putting scrolled notes inside- all the way to glow in the dark Easter egg hunts. So I nearly said screw it all, until a friend at work- who also happens to be on Pinterest- showed me the Bunny Tail Cake she planned to make. It seemed rather simple and I always like to get ideas from others but put my own twist on them, so I started pondering small changes I could make to it to fit me better. So, I give you our attempt at the Bunny Tail Cake.

So we started off making the cake. One box of cake mix to make two 9" rounds. Now I had previously found this pin talking about additions and substitutions to the boxed mix to make it taste homemade. Basically it states to add one more egg than the box calls for, use milk instead of water, and instead of oil use melted butter but double the amount. In the end, I thought it did alright. I didn't notice too much of a difference, but my grandma did suggest adding a tsp of vanilla as well.

We baked them as directed on the box and left them in the freezer over night, as per Buddy on Cake Boss taught us.

So the next morning we leveled the tops of both rounds and iced the cake with green icing (white whipped mixed with 10-ish drops of green food coloring).

Meanwhile, through all this my sioux chef was making our grass. My family and I are not big fans of coconut, which is the go to ingredient for making edible grass on cakes. So, he melted white almond bark in the microwave into a rectangular pan. While it was melted he added about 5-ish drops of green food coloring to make it close to the same color as the icing. He then put it in the freezer for 10- 15 minutes. Once it was hard, he used our potato peeler to shave the sides in long strokes. Because it was a flat brick he could angle the peeler and the shavings came off as spirals making it much cuter than flakes.

Our next step was to add the KitKats around the edges. You are going to need about 12 packages. My personal shopper happened to only grab 9, and had to make a KitKat run halfway through the project.

So while the hubster was gone, I went ahead and added the bunny booty. The booty was made from one of the Conchitas, which is actually more of a bread than a cake. But after it was iced with white whipped icing it was perfect for the fluffy looking bunny booty.

The tail was next and only consisted of a regular sized marshmallow clipped around the edges to round out. The two little bunny feet were also made with marshmallows cut in half. I was actually stumped on how to add the pink on the bottom of the feet until I found the sprinkles from valentines day. I just used three pink hearts as the toes. It got the job done.

So when my personal shopper returned with the rest of the KitKats we finished the outside. Once it was all put together, we sprinkled the grass on top around the tail.

I was lucky enough to already have some cute ribbons on hand and the flowered one fit just perfect!

And Voila! The Tale of the Bunny Tale.

I hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. Truly my all time favorite past time is when the hubby and I are in the kitchen working on a project together. It's nearly better than an actual date. Except the mess- I can always do without the mess!