Description
Sweet Easter cake pops bring whimsical springtime charm to festive celebrations. Pastel-colored chocolate-dipped treats with sprinkled decorations delight guests and create memorable moments you’ll treasure.
Ingredients
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Cake Ingredients:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Cake Pop Binding Ingredient:
- 1/4 cup cream cheese frosting, whipped
Decorating Ingredients:
- 14 ounces (396 grams) white candy melts
- Pink sanding sugar
- Mini marshmallows (pink and white)
- Edible ink marker
Instructions
- Meticulously craft the cake foundation by warming the oven to 350°F and preparing a parchment-lined cake pan.
- Cream butter with sugar until the mixture transforms into a light, airy texture, incorporating vanilla and eggs methodically.
- Carefully fold dry ingredients into the wet mixture, ensuring smooth, consistent integration without overmixing.
- Bake the cake for approximately 25 minutes, verifying doneness with a toothpick test, then allow a thorough cooling period.
- Pulverize the cooled cake into delicate crumbs using a food processor or manual technique.
- Incorporate cream cheese frosting, blending until the mixture achieves a cohesive, moldable consistency.
- Sculpt the mixture into uniform spherical shapes, crafting distinctive bunny ear extensions with precision.
- Rapidly chill the formed cake pop structures in the freezer to stabilize their shape.
- Gently melt white candy coating, maintaining a smooth, consistent temperature during the dipping process.
- Strategically insert lollipop sticks into each cake pop, creating a secure base for coating.
- Submerge each pop completely in the melted coating, allowing excess to elegantly drip away.
- Embellish the bunny pops with delicate details: pink sanding sugar on ears, piped chocolate feet, and marshmallow accents.
- Apply edible ink facial features, creating charming bunny expressions.
- Allow the decorated cake pops to solidify completely before presenting these whimsical Easter treats.
Notes
- Chill the cake completely before crumbling to ensure easier handling and prevent crumbly texture.
- Use room temperature cream cheese frosting for smoother binding of cake crumbs.
- Adjust cake pop consistency by adding frosting gradually to prevent over-moistening.
- Maintain consistent cake pop size by using a cookie scoop for uniform shapes.
- Work in a cool kitchen environment to prevent chocolate coating from melting quickly.
- Keep candy melts at perfect dripping consistency by reheating briefly if they start to thicken.
- For gluten-free version, substitute regular flour with gluten-free all-purpose flour blend.
- Create dairy-free alternative using coconut cream frosting and dairy-free candy melts.
- Experiment with natural food coloring for pastel-colored chocolate coatings.
- Store cake pops in refrigerator for up to 3 days in an airtight container.
- Prep Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 75 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg