1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray two 9” round cake pans with no-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
2. Combine your dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt) in a medium bowl until well mixed.
3. In a separate, larger bowl, beat the butter and the sugar until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until fully incorporated, then beat in vanilla.
4. Add half of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and gently stir or fold to mix. Add the milk, whisk until smooth, then add the rest of the flour mixture and whisk once again until a smooth batter forms Divide batter between the two cake pans, then bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean.
5. Remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes before gently removing cakes from pans to finish cooling completely on a wire rack.
6. Take one of the cooled round cakes and carefully cut out the bunny “ears”. Do this by cutting a pointed oval shape out of each side of the cake, leaving the middle piece as the bow tie.
7. Place the other round cake in the lower third of your serving plate. Place ears above the cake round, trimming off the bottom edges of the ears so that they sit flush with the head. Place the bow tie shape below the cake round/head.
8. Use the vanilla frosting to frost the cakes and secure them in place on the serving platter.
9. Dye 1 cup of shredded coconut pink (if desired) and use to create the inside of the bunny ears and coat the bow tie. Use the remaining white shredded coconut to coat/cover the frosted cake to create the fur.
10. Decorate with candy! Use your favorite candies to create the eyes, whiskers and mouth. We used licorice for the whiskers, candy coated chocolates for the eyes and for the bow tie buttons but get creative and use whatever you have on hand!

Tip: Use your favorite box of cake mix or bake from scratch!