aunt mary's delicious bunny cake

ingredients

• servings: 1
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/3 cups milk at room temperature
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon extract
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3/4 teaspoon orange extract
• 1 1/8 cups unsalted butter at room temperature
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs at room temperature
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/2 cup butter at room temperature
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract

recipe

preparation time: 45 mins cook time: 30 mins ready time: 4 hrs 30 mins


• place a rack into the lower third of oven.
• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c).
• grease and flour a cake mold pan (such as a bunny cake or train cake mold) using vegetable shortening.
• sift flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
• mix 1 1/3 cup milk, lemon extract, 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract, and orange extract in a separate bowl.
• beat unsalted butter in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until butter is creamy and smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. beat in white sugar and continue beating until the mixture is light and fluffy, about 5 more minutes. scrape the sides of the bowl occasionally.
• beat in eggs, one at a time, beating each egg in thoroughly before adding the next.
• reduce mixer speed to low and beat in flour mixture in several additions, alternating with milk mixture; begin and end with flour mixture. do not overbeat. scrape bowl occasionally.
• pour batter evenly into prepared cake pan.
• bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, 30 to 45 minutes.
• place cake in pan on a wire rack and allow to cool for 15 minutes before inverting pan to remove cake. allow cake to completely cool on wire rack, 3 to 4 hours.
• beat vegetable shortening, 1/2 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons milk, and 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract in a bowl until frosting is smooth and creamy.
• pack the frosting into a heavy resealable plastic bag; force the frosting into one corner of the bag. clip a small corner off the plastic bag, seal the bag, and pipe the frosting the cooled cake in desired pattern.