Chicks & Bunnies

This post is very late but....Happy Belated Easter!!

For Easter this year I had my heart set on making Chick and Bunny cake pops that I had seen on Bakerella a year or so ago.  I decided I would do lemon cake for the Chicks and strawberry cake for the Bunnies...although the strawberry was good now that I think about it carrot cake would have been a good idea too for the Bunnies.

I was excited for how the Chicks turned out, they were a lot easier than the Bunnies, which turned out looking like scary aliens.  I wasn't able to find the pastel confetti sprinkles I needed for the eyes so I used rainbow candy coated sprinkles instead and they might have been too big and beady for eyes.  Another problem I had was with my edible pens, I have not been able to find pens that actually write on candy coating.  Does anyone have any suggestions on edible pens that actually work?

Cake Pop version of a Peep

 Next year I'll try making Peep Sushi that a friend of mine pointed out.

Cakepop Solution

To say that my husband is handy is an understatement.  There hasn't been anything I've asked him to make me that he couldn't make.  Recently I asked him to help me make a birthday present for a friend who loves to make cakepops; my idea was to make her a set of cakepop holders out of wood that she could use over and over again instead of buying styrofoam. Well the wood idea didn't turn out so great, instead he had the idea to make them out of metal, that is his profession after all.  He took some measurements and came back with this perfect creation that turned out much better than I had even imagined!!

Freshly Made

Inside plate with holes so they don't tip over

A little color

30 perfectly displayed cakepops

  
The best part was he made the cakepop holder into two pieces that fit perfectly into a Cupcake Courier.  Now there is no worrying about the cakepops tipping over as they're taken to a party.  They hold 15 cakepops each and weigh just under 5 lbs, so you'll also get a workout carrying them around. He also made me my own set that I'm so excited to use.