Chocolate Bunny Rainbow Cake

Ever since nosotros saw them, we've been dreaming to brand 1 of those bonker cakes; you lot know, the ones from Australia, heaped alongside whatever you lot tin laissez passer on notice dream of?  So to celebrate Easter, nosotros stance a chocolate bunny extravaganza cake was a perfect fourth dimension every bit any! This version has 3 layers of colours together with flavours, (rainbow-style), lemon, orangish together with strawberry. Topped alongside lemon buttercream frosting, Kingdom of Belgium chocolate ganache, candy-coated chocolate mini eggs, a milk chocolate bunny alongside hazlenuts together with finally, sprinkles; this was the well-nigh fun cake to brand ever, together with also 1 of the well-nigh delicious!  After tasting it, nosotros similar a shot empathise the layers; the to a greater extent than toppings, the to a greater extent than amazing! We're totally addicted together with can't hold back for some other occasion to nail out novel ideas together with our tastebuds!  Here's how nosotros made ours!

Chocolate Bunny Extravaganza Rainbow Cake

For the Cake
1 white cake mix (yes, nosotros used a mix, because sometimes that's the agency nosotros convey to ringlet inwards these parts) or of course, experience complimentary to brand your ain yummy 1 from scratch!
3 tbsp each of lemon, orangish together with strawberry jello mix

Follow the directions to brand the cake mix (or brand your ain from scratch), together with thence dissever the cake into 3 parts.  Add 3 tbsp of the lemon jello mix inwards one, 3 tbsp of orangish jello mix inwards some other together with 3 tbsp of strawberry jello mix into the third.  Pour each batter into their ain private pans.  We used our minor 6" circular pans.  Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes construct clean when tested. Set aside to cool.

For the Lemon Cream Frosting
1 loving cup butter
1/4 loving cup milk
two cups of icing sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice

Sprinkles (optional)

Beat egg on high speed until the butter is really pale inwards colour. Slowly add together the icing sugar, together with thence milk together with vanilla.  Beat for at to the lowest degree 10 minutes until low-cal together with fluffy.

For the Ganache
1 loving cup of heavy cream
viii oz. Kingdom of Belgium chocolate chips

Heat the cream on the stove meridian until you lot run into the cream coming to a simmer.  Remove off burner.  Add the chocolate together with comprehend alongside a lid.  Wait 5 minutes.  Then alongside a whisk, showtime whisking from the oculus until good mixed.  It volition plough into a velvety ganache. Leave for 10 minutes earlier using. Note: The longer you lot piece of occupation out the ganache sit, the thicker it volition get, thence fourth dimension is of the essence.  Also if you lot stir it also much, it volition divulge it's sheen.

Make
Ice inwards betwixt each layer of cake alongside the lemon buttercream, together with thence H2O ice the cake on the outside, creating a polish surface together with size - role an icing knife to become best results.  Add sprinkles to the bottom (if you lot like). Pour simply about four tbsp of the ganache on the meridian of the cake, spread until it starts to drip downwards the sides.  Add to a greater extent than for desired results.  Place the chocolate bunny together with eggs on meridian of the cake, piling the eggs on meridian of each other to await similar they were simply dropped there.  Add to a greater extent than sprinkles (optional).  Happy Easter!

Photo's yesteryear Earl Einarson.