Bunny Cake!

From the time I started dating Mr. Bruises 21 years ago, his mom always had a bunny cake at Easter. A local bakery made them. They stopped making them the last two Easter's that we had with her. Last year, was our first Easter without her. I found a similar cake at WalMart. This year, I decided to try to make one.

One box cake mix will make two cakes. I am going to Sue With the Big Boob's house today and I thought her boys and the rest of the Girls Night Out gals might enjoy the other one!

It's really easy. Make a cake mix as directed and bake in either 8 or 9 inch round pans. Cool, invert and ice in the middle, making a double layer cake.

Cut the cake in half, place one half of the cake, on the cut end, on your plate or platter. Cut a small triangle about two inches up and four inches in. Use that small triangle to make the tail.

I took one can of frosting per bunny cake and mixed in three ounces of softened cream cheese. I then iced the entire bunny.
I then pressed coconut into the icing. Leftover coconut was placed in a plastic bag with two drops of food coloring and shook. The green coconut was put around the cake to look like grass.

I then cut out ears from cardstock and shaded the middles pink and put them on the bunny. Eyes and nose were made from jelly beans and more jelly beans were scattered on the grass.

So, after I had both cakes finished last night, Travis licked the face off of one of the bunnies. I had to cut half of it's head off and guess what? Mr. Bruises is getting that piece because he sat there and watched him do it!

You still have plenty of time to make a Bunny Cake for Easter! This didn't take long at all!

The best dessert ever!

If I had a dollar, for every time this summer, someone asked me for the recipe for my dessert, I would be rich!! My dessert can be made numerous ways. I learned it and adapted it from a recipe that Kylie's dad Bruce makes all the time. Thanks, Bruce Shaffer!

It's quite simple to make. You need two boxes of instant pudding, any flavor, milk, graham crackers and Cool Whip. The dessert I am making today is using regular graham crackers and coconut creme pudding. My other favorite is pistachio pudding and chocolate graham crackers. You can make a low calorie version by using sugar free pudding and two percent milk.

Line the bottom of your dish with graham crackers. Do not adjust your computer screen. YES, Rhonda owns purple Pyrex. Shocking, isn't it?

Mix the two boxes of pudding as directed on the box.

Pour pudding over the graham crackers.

Add another layer of graham crackers.

Top with Cool Whip and graham cracker crumbs.

Chill for a couple of hours. This is the end result. The graham crackers take on the moisture from the pudding and Cool Whip and it turns into a creamy cake-type consistency. YUM!