Multi coloured Easter bunny cake pops rolled in desiccated coconut displayed in dark green vase with sugar Easter eggs in background

Easter Cake Pops

Prep time
45 minutes
Serves
20
Difficulty
Medium

An Easter must, every bunny is sure to love these cake pops, especially the sweet-tooth scoffer! Madeira cake is transformed into sweet and tasty bunny pops courtesy of buttercream, dipping chocolates and desiccated coconut. Easter made by you, loved by all.

 

 

 

Ingredients

  • 600g store bought Madeira cake
  • 300g buttercream
  • 250g white chocolate
  • Various coloured food dyes 
  • 1 cup desiccated coconut
  • White fondant
  • Small sugar flowers (approx. 60)
  • Cake pop sticks or paper straws
     
Method
1
Mix broken up Madeira cake with buttercream with mixer to bind.
2
Roll around 20 cake pops out of mixture (around 4cm in diameter), mould so the balls are tightly packed.
3

Put the balls into the freezer to set for about 30 minutes.

4

Push a cake pop stick or paper straw into each cake pop and place in a foam stand.

5

Melt the white chocolate in the microwave, or over a low heat on stove (do not burn).

6

Divide melted chocolate into four bowls prepared with colour and mix with a metal teaspoon to combine. Add more colour if required.

7

Dip the cake pops in chocolate and then into dusting of desiccated coconut.

8

Shape white fondant into 40 x small bunny ears and then decorate cake pops with bunny ears.

 
9

Decorate with sugar flowers so the edge of the ears meeting the cake pop is covered.