Little Lamb Cake Balls

Celebrate Easter and spring with these darling lamb cake balls, excerpted from Sugarlicious.Recipes

Cake pops (cake and buttercream frosting)

Melting chocolate and candy melts


Supplies

Jordan almonds

black edible writer

shredded coconut

white candy melts

mini pretzel sticks

baking tray

wax paper

Idea

Tint the coconut pink, blue yellow or purple and use coordinating colors of candy melts and almonds.

Shortcut

Use store bought caked mix and frosting for the cake pops.

Instructions:

1. Follow a recipe for cake pops to bake your cake, prepare your cake balls and chill. 

2. Make 2 black dots for eyes with the edible writer on the Jordan almonds and set aside.

3. Pour coconut on a plate and set aside. Melt candy melts according to the instructions. For each lamb, break 2 pretzel sticks in half so each pretzel piece is about 1 3/4 inches long. Dip the ends of the 4 pretzel pieces in the melted candy melts; then insert them into the base of a chilled cake ball. For best results, return the cake ball to the freezer for 5 minutes to help set. Holding 2 of the pretzel legs, dip the cake ball in the melts and immediately roll in coconut. Stand the cake ball on the pretzel legs on a piece of wax paper.

4. Use a dab of melted candy melts to adhere the Jordan almond head to the lamb. Let dry.

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