Bunny cake

Ingredients

Brownies:

• 6 eggs
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup flour
• 10.6 oz chocolate
• 1 1/3 cups butter
• 2 pinches of salt

Decoration:

• 7 oz white chocolate
• 1/3 cup cream (30% fat)
• pink food coloring
• 3.5 oz grated coconut
• 5.3 oz Smarties
• 3 Mikado sticks

Materials

• 18 cm round cake pan
• Piping bag

Preparation

• White chocolate ganache:
  Heat the cream. Put the white chocolate, broken into pieces, in a bowl. Pour the hot cream over it and stir until smooth.
• Take 2 tbsp of this ganache and color it pale pink (it will be used to draw the ears and nose). Place both ganaches in the fridge for at least 4 hours.
  
• Brownie batter:
  Combine the eggs with the brown sugar, then add the flour.
• Melt the chocolate with the butter, and add it to the batter. Mix well. Split the batter in half.
  
• Pour the mixtures into 2 greased round cake pans of the same size (or bake them one at a time if you only have one pan).
  Bake for 20 minutes at 350°F (180°C). Let cool.
• Place one of the brownies on a serving platter. Cut the other as shown in the picture (or in the video below) to form 2 ears and a bow tie.
  
• Arrange these pieces with the whole brownie on a serving tray to form your rabbit.
• Spread some white chocolate ganache over the entire cake. It doesn't matter if it's not very smooth, as it will be covered later.
  
• Sprinkle the head and ears of the rabbit with grated coconut to create the fur. Stick it on the edges; it will hold well thanks to the ganache.
• Using a piping bag or a pastry syringe, draw the inner ears and the nose with the pink ganache.
  
• Break the Mikado sticks in half and place them under the nose to create the whiskers. Place 2 brown Smarties above it to make the eyes.
• Then, gradually stick the Smarties onto the bow tie, trying to follow a rainbow color pattern.
  
• And there you have it, your rabbit cake is ready!

Observations

Base Cake: You can use any cake you like, keeping in mind that a cake that is too fluffy won't be flat enough for decoration.
Ganache: You can make it with dark chocolate (using equal amounts of cream and chocolate) to create a brown rabbit. In this case, do not add grated coconut.
Decoration: Feel free to let your imagination run wild!
Storage: Since there is ganache on this cake, it is best to store it in the refrigerator for a maximum of 4 days. To serve, take it out 30 minutes before serving so that the brownie is nice and moist.

Questions

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