This Easter Bunny Cake Recipe is always a crowd pleaser! It’s a classic pound cake recipe that is rich, with incredible texture – served in individual charming bunny shaped cakes.
These miniature Easter bunny cakes are moist, delicious and made with just six staple ingredients!
I tend to gravitate toward desserts that are just as beautiful as they are delicious. This miniature Easter cakes recipe is no exception. Each Easter cake is a rich, traditional pound cake with incredible texture which results in a beautiful slice, every time.
Pound cake works exceptionally well with specialty pans, and we’ll share the cute little bunny bundlet we used to make these, of course. No matter how you make these, I think you’re going to love them!
However you celebrate this season, Easter is widely regarded as a time of fresh new beginnings and joyful spring celebrations. That’s exactly what these sweet little bunnies are celebrating!
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It’s a dense cake that bakes beautifully in molds like this Easter Bunny Cake Pan. If you prefer, you can double this recipe to make a large bundt cake or you can make it in a loaf pan.
These bunnies make the easiest Easter cake – no cake layers, no fuss! It’s so much more fun than a traditional sheet cake.
Miniature Easter Bunny Cakes
These miniature cakes are perfect to serve at each place setting. They integrate easily into the table setting. You can see how I used them and learn how to arrange tulips here.
Why You’ll Love this Recipe
- Make Ahead – These little pound cakes are so moist, and they serve just as beautifully on the second day.
- Feeds a Crowd – Perfect for all your spring time gatherings, and to share with friends and family.
- Flexible – This recipe has been adapted from my Easy Pound Cake Recipe using vanilla extract. However, it’s a recipe that is so easy to adapt by substituting vanilla for the extract of your choice. You can make it in a wide variety of pans and shapes, too. The options are endless!
Shopping List
- Salted Butter
- White Granulated Sugar
- Eggs
- All Purpose Flour
- Milk
- Vanilla Extract
Substitutions and Variations
- Use whatever milk you have on hand.
- Instead of vanilla extract, try one of these options: lemon extract, orange extract, or almond extract.
- Drizzle with Lemon Glaze to take these over the top!
- Or use our classic glaze, or cream cheese glaze.
Tools
- Mixer (You can also mix by hand)
- Measuring Cups + Measuring Spoons
- Bunny Cakelet Pan
- My favorite Baking Spray for a clean release
Tips
- Fill no more than 3/4 full to compensate for rise.
- Insert a toothpick in the center. When it comes out clean, it’s done.
- Use the Correct Loaf Pan – Learn more about Loaf Pan Sizes here.
- First, bring butter (and eggs) to room temperature. Cold butter doesn’t beat as evenly. It doesn’t use a leavening agent like baking powder or baking soda. When you beat the butter until light in color it incorporates air into the butter. This helps it increase in volume.
- Beat the sugar in until it’s light and fluffy. The butter and sugar hold air bubbles which creates a fine texture and leavens the cake.
- Bring eggs to room temperature before you start to provide a really smooth texture to the cake.
- Beat eggs in one at a time. This will prevent the batter from curdling and prevent the air in the mixture from deflating.
Baking Conversion Guide
Print this Measurement Conversion Chart for easy reference when halving or doubling a recipe.
Serving Suggestions
- Pound cake is amazing on its own and of course, covered in glaze, but you can also dust it in powdered sugar.
- Berries also make the perfect complement – fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries.
- Garnish with a bloom.
- Use a little icing to pipe on ears, a bunny tail or a bow tie.
- Use food color to dye coconut green and add jelly beans.
Frequently Asked Questions
This is the best Baking Spray I’ve ever baked with for a clean release, every time.
When it comes to pound cake, aim to fill each cavity approximately 3/4 of the way full. This usually creates the perfect shapes and results for me!
How to Store
- Room Temperature – To prevent it from drying out, store (cooled) in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
- Refrigerate – Pound Cake can be store refrigerated up to 4 days as well. Wrap with plastic wrap and store in an airtight container or bag.
- Freeze – Wrap in plastic wrap and store in a freezer bag to prevent any freezer odor from seeping in. Bring to room temperature to enjoy.
Dietary Considerations
- Nut Free
- Vegetarian
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Easter Bunny Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened, salted or unsalted
- 1½ cup white granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Grease pan and preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- In a mixing bowl, beat butter until light in color (about 3 minutes). Gradually incorporate sugar and beat until fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time and blend in on low.
- Alternate adding flour and milk, add vanilla until smooth.
- Fill pan 3/4 full and bake for 20-30 minutes {use toothpick test to confirm}.
- Allow to cool 10 minutes before removing from pan.
Julie’s Tips
- lemon extract
- orange extract
- almond extract
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Estimated nutrition information is provided as a courtesy and is not guaranteed.
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How to Make
- Prep – Grease cake pan and preheat oven.
- Combine – In a mixing bowl, beat the butter until light in color. Gradually incorporate sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs and blend in on low. Alternate adding flour and milk, add vanilla until smooth.
- Fill – Pour into bread pan and bake as directed.
- Optional: top with glaze or dust with powdered sugar.
Hi Julie — I want to make this recipe in the mini bunny pan which has 12 cavities where your pan was the bunny bundtlette pan with six. In your directions, you said 30 minutes to bake. How many minutes would you recommend for the mini bunny pan? Thank you!
I have a guide dedicated to baking pan sizes that may help! https://julieblanner.com/baking-pan-sizes/ And I always swear by the good, old fashioned “toothpick test” to ensure a cake is done!
Very good except do NOT use lemon extract. It has a chemical flavor to it that will ruin the entire batch.
Where did you get the adorable bunny pan?
Hi Karin,
Thanks for letting me know that the link isn’t working! You can find this cute bunny pan here.
Enjoy,
Julie
I used this recipe to make my son his first birthday cake in a tractor tin and it turned out beautifully!! I really appreciate how easy it is to follow and makes me feel like I can actually bake!! Although I’m wondering if you have a chocolate version? Might be fun for the second birthday cake 🎂
What a fun idea! You can absolutely make it in chocolate!