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Everything about Easter just feels special. I love celebrating Christ’s resurrection, and honoring the new life that he brought to the world through dying and rising again. But I also love the fun, carefree traditions of Easter bunnies and eggs and chicks and all of the fun things we know and love associating with springtime. This Easter Bunny cake decorating idea is so simple. Simply start with your favorite pound cake baked in a bundt shape and get decorating! I love to use my delicious buttery chocolate pound cake, and with a few simple decorations, it turns into a show-stopper of a cake.

To make the cake decorations, you’ll want to start by tinting your shredded coconut. Do this step first so the coconut has plenty of time to dry before you start the next step. You can use any cake you’d like to make this Easter Bunny cake, so don’t feel locked in by the chocolate cake, but you’ll want to be sure the flavor of the cake tastes amazing with coconut… so basic chocolate, vanilla, those types of cakes will yield the best flavor result.

In order to tint the coconut, you’ll need sweetened coconut, green food coloring, and sandwich bags. I use a little bit of light green food coloring and a little bit of regular green to give a multi-dimensional green. Not all grass is the same color of green, so you don’t want your cake to appear to be the same color across the board, either.

Tint the coconut a little at a time– I put in about 1/4 of the Ziploc full of coconut with a few drops, then shake. After that, I add a little more coconut and a little more green and shake again. Repeat until you’ve got the coconut covered, but I do it this way because it makes the first tinted coconut darker than that tinted at the end. I love that it’s adding varied shades of green, because that’s how grass actually looks– I’ve never seen a yard that had a bunch of grass that was all exactly the same color…

When you’ve finished, your grass will look a little something like this. I used roughly one bag of coconut to cover the entire cake. You can always save any leftover coconut to top cupcakes! Set your coconut out on a plate in a thin layer to let the food coloring dry slightly while you prepare the rest of your cake.

For this, you’ll really want to go with a more dense cake, like a pound cake, rather than a super light cake like an angel food cake. You need something sturdy enough to really hold up to the decorations.

Tint your favorite vanilla or cream cheese frosting a light green using food coloring. Try to get it as close in color to the grass. Then, if there’s a gap in coconut, it won’t be super noticeable. You can make your own frosting, but storebought works just as well.

Frost your bundt cake with the green frosting. A spoon, spatula, or even clean fingers works very well for coating the cake and each individual ridge with frosting. It doesn’t have to be pretty– you’re covering all of this with coconut.

Pat the frosting with coconut, making sure everything gets thoroughly covered. Don’t panic if some of your frosting falls on the plate. Your cake will look more natural if there is some grass surrounding it, too!

The finishing touches are remarkably easy. Simply tuck a store-bought chocolate bunny into the top of the cake, then line the base with egg-shaped candies. It will take a simple, cute coconut bundt cake into an adorable Easter Bunny cake with very little effort.

You can really get super creative with it, too, depending on the chocolate bunny you use. Pick the perfect bunny for your event, and tailor the other decorations to the bunny you choose. Looking to have a fun party for your child’s spring soccer team? Choose a soccer ball bunny and add chocolates wrapped in a soccer ball wrapper instead of egg candies! Get creative and have fun adapting it to your theme.

Easter Bunny Cake Decorating Instructions

What is your favorite Easter tradition?

Let me know in the comments below! Don’t forget to follow my Easter board on Pinterest for more fun inspiration, and share this post with a friend you think would love it!

More Easter Food and Fun

Butter-style Chocolate Pound Cake— this makes the perfect base for this cake decor!
Carrot Cake Cookies— super easy to make. These are semi-homemade from a cake mix and make delicious, elegant cookies without a ton of effort!
Easter Egg Cake from The Cake Whiz
Easter Bunny Cinnamon Rolls from Centsable Momma