Fluffy Bunny Cake

What makes this Peter Cottontail cake look so cottony? It's tip 233, which has lots of tiny openings to make pull-out fur so easy!

Ingredients

Make cake. Prepare batter following recipe directions. Bake and cool cake. Place on foil-wrapped cake board cut to shape of pan.
Decorate details. Prepare buttercream icing following recipe directions. Tint portions gray and black. Reserve remaining white icing.
Use spatula and gray icing to ice inside ears smooth. Use tip 5 and gray icing to pipe dot nose. Flatten and smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch.

Use tip 5 and black icing to pipe dot eyes. Flatten and smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch.
Decorate fur. Use tip 233 and reserved white icing to pipe pull-out fur. Use tip 5 and black icing to pipe outline whiskers.

How to Pipe Dots
Perfect for classic borders or cloudlike decorations, dots are a versatile technique that can be piped in a range of sizes. The dot technique can be used as a simple border for cakes and cookies, as well as for icing cupcakes or piping meringues.
How to Pipe Grass & Fur
The grass tip creates the most celebrated, easily accomplished decorations! The serrated edges of the grass tip makes ridges in the icing as you squeeze it out. Our step-by-step video shows you how!
How to Pipe an Outline
Characters or designs are often outlined first, then piped in with stars or zigzags. Outlines can also be used for facial features.