These cake-pops will be the hit of the Christmas parties this year! They are cute, stylish and totally delectable as they are made from a brandy-buttercream fruitcake mixture… totally divine!

Ingredients

• Pre-made fruitcake
• Buttercream
• Brandy
• Dark chocolate (meltable)
• Cooken (Vegetable fat)
• Paddle pop sticks
• Thick piece of polystyrene
• Ready rolled fondant icing, food colouring, cachous and lollies for decorating

Method

1. Take the pre-made fruitcake and combine it with the buttercream by mashing them together in a large mixing bowl.
2. When the mixture is a good, rich and sticky consistency, pour a little brandy into the bowl and mix thoroughly.
3. Roll the mixture into small balls (about the size of a decent rum-ball) and pop them in the freezer on a lined tray for 20 minutes.
4. While they are hardening in the freezer, melt some dark chocolate in the microwave with some cooken to make sure the chocolate smooth to the right consistency.
5. Using some paddlepop sticks, stick them into the firm cake-ball and dip into the melted chocolate.
6. Stand them in the polystyrene
7. Use lollies, cachous and colourful fondant icing mixture to decorate the balls.
8. Leave to stand for one hour and enjoy!