Easter Bunny Layered Cake Recipe

I often find myself scrounging the racks of Sur la Table for cute plates, cookie cutters, & new tools to use in recipes. So, it wasn’t odd for me to pick up these adorable mini bunny glasses. What was odd were all the possible things I thought they were intended for.

Were they fancy Easter shot glasses? Decorative snack holders? Somehow a napkin holder that I would never be able to figure out?

I finally realized, “Ah ha! They must be layered cake displays!” to which I realized, that sort of product doesn’t even exist. So I went ahead & purchased these adorable bunny glasses with total intent to create layered Easter cake within them, only to find out they are candle holders…

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Easter Bunny Layered Cake Recipe

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Author: Public Lives, Secret Recipes

Ingredients

for the cake:
½ cup salted butter, melted
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1½ tsp vanilla
1¾ cup flour
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ cup sour cream
food coloring
for layering:
frosting
Easter candy

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F. In large mixing bowl, mix in all cake ingredients & stir until well combined.
Spray each Wilton Easy Layers! Pan with baking spray & pour ¼ cup batter into each pan.
Mix desired food coloring into each pan.
Bake cakes for 14-16 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Let cakes cool completely. Using the top of each candle holder, press down into cake. Pull the candle holder out of cake & push circle of cake into holder.
Top with frosting & repeat the process of putting cake into holder. Enjoy!