Place the cake and frosting into a stand mixer with a paddle attachment and blend until a thick “dough” forms.

Measure into a 1.5 tablespoon cookie scoop, roll, smooth, then shape into a crescent shape. Complete for all the dough. You should end up with 8 – 9 pops.

Place the dough into the fridge to firm up.

On your cookie sheet lined with wax paper, place a 2 inch disk of melted white candy for each cake pop. Place the tray into the freezer for 5 minutes to harden. Add a second layer of white candy to half of the disk and sprinkle it with the shredded coconut. Set the tray aside to allow for the candy to dry.

Remove your dough from the fridge and melt the red candy. Dip your lollipop sticks into the candy then into the back of the bird. Dip the pop and tap off the excess candy. Stand up to dry and harden.

When all the pops are done and dry, draw a rounded heart to make the face with the black food coloring pen.

Use a toothpick to add a dot of candy to attach the feet, beak, and wings. Use the tweezers to hold the little sprinkles. Use a second toothpick to add white candy eyes.

Put some white candy on the Cardinal's belly and place them on the snow disk.

Enjoy your winter birds!