Bunny Cake

butter making sure to let the butter incorporate before you add the next piece. Once all the butter is incorporated go ahead and add the vanilla extract. You can transfer it to a piping bag or to a ziplock bag to store in the freezer.
For the Decoration
Crumb coat your cake and chill until the frosting is set. Its easier to work on a firm stable surface. You can pop the cake to chill in the fridge at any point if things feel too soft. Divide your Swiss buttercream into several batches. Color one green and then create three shades of blue by using different amounts of the same food coloring. 
Add the green buttercream on bottom then the blue shades from light to most saturated. Smooth the buttercream and chill the cake. 
When painting with buttercream you generally go from back to front so its best to work on the grass in the distance first. Use a light shade
of green for this part. Apply with a small palette knife dragging the buttercream up to create the grass.
Now its time for those bunnies first. Use a palette knife to make the ears and body add buttercream and give it a rough smooth Use light pink for the inside of the ears and if you have a floppy ear just apply some more of the brown buttercream on top. You can smooth the fur out with a filbert brush and some gentle strokes. Apply the eyes and other details for the face with small round brushes. Continue adding the parts of the bunnies that have some relief like the arms and legs.
palette knife can also easily paint in some colored Easter eggs. Focus your attention to the top as the bottom will be obscured by grass. Use a more vivid green and deeper stroked from your knife to paint grass in the foreground I popped in some yellow flowers with a flick of my knife. Pale in the background and more saturated in front. As you work toward the front a petal tip can be used to create some more three dimensional flowers. I used a warmer orange for the centers as well. Finish the foreground with another later of grass and a few more flowers in the very front. The cake can be chilled now or served.