Cooking spray
1 box yellow cake mix, plus ingredients called for on box
1 tub vanilla frosting
Blue food coloring
Assorted candies, for decorating bunny: 2 Necco wafers, cotton candy, licorice, rock candy or sprinkles, and pastel M&Ms
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350º. Grease two 8" cake pans with cooking spray and line with parchment. Prepare cake mix according to package directions and divide batter among prepared pans. Bake until lightly golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 26 to 30 minutes. Let cool 15 minutes in pans, then invert cakes and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Step 2
Using a sharp paring knife, cut two ovals out of 1 cake, for ears. The remaining cake between the ears is the bunny's bowtie. (See picture below). Using frosting, attach both ears to top of second cake and bow tie to bottom of second cake.
Step 3
In a small bowl, stir together 1/2 cup frosting and blue food coloring. Frost ears and face of cake with remaining vanilla frosting and frost bowtie with blue frosting.
Step 4
Decorate the bunny’s face: Place two Necco wafers for the eyes, a gummy for the nose, and cotton candy and licorice rope for the whiskers. Sprinkle the ears with rock candy, sprinkles, or sanding sugar. Decorate bow tie with pastel M&Ms.