Strawberry Shortcake Easter Bunny Parfait Recipe
Layers of fresh strawberries, angel food cake, strawberry glaze, and cream cheese whipped cream topped with a cake and marshmallow bunny!
Ingredients
Strawberry Glaze
- 1 pint fresh strawberries
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp strawberry flavored jello
Cream Cheese Whipped Cream
- 6 ounces heavy whipping cream
- 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- ⅓ cup powdered sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Strawberry Shortcake Parfait Layers
- 1 pint fresh strawberries, sliced into rounds Reserve 4 whole strawberries for garnish
- 1 angel food cake, cubed
- strawberry glaze
- cream cheese whipped cream
- bunny toppers
Bunny Toppers
- 4 Hostess Snowballs Bunny Body
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar in plastic bag Optional for Bunny Body
- 2 s'more sized marshmallows, cut into strips Bunny Ears
- 2 tbsp pink sanding sugar Bunny Ears
- 8 toothpicks Bunny Ear Holders
- 4 pink pearl candies Bunny Nose
- 8 chocolate chips Bunny Eyes
- 2 regular marshmallows, cut in half Bunny Paws
- 4 whole strawberries Garnish
Instructions
Strawberry Glaze
- Rinse, drain, decap, and roughly cut strawberries.
- In a medium saucepan over medium to medium-high heat, combine the strawberries, sugar, and vanilla. Macerate berries with wooden spoon to release juices. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring frequently until mixture thickens.
- Add strawberry jello to mixture. Place strawberry glaze in jar and place in refrigerator until ready to use. Make sure glaze is completely chilled before use.
Cream Cheese Whipped Cream
- Beat heavy cream with sugar and vanilla until soft peaks form. Do not overmix.
- In a separate bowl, cream the cream cheese until smooth and fluffy.
- With a rubber scraper, fold the cream cheese into the whipped cream until well combined.
- Place cream cheese whipped cream mixture into a piping bag and store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
Strawberry Shortcake Parfait Layers
- To layer your parfait, use 18 ounce glasses and place a dollop of strawberry glaze in the bottom of each followed by a layer of fresh strawberries tucked around the outer edge of the glasses.
- Next, add a layer of cubed angel food cake and add more fresh strawberries to the outer perimeter of the glasses.
- Top angel food cake with piped cream cheese whipped cream, strawberry glaze, and more fresh strawberries. Continue layers until top of glass is reached and the top of glass is level. Do not overfill.
- Unwrap your pink Hostess Snowballs and shake in bag of powdered sugar to create a white sheen if desired. Place Snowball on top of completed and level parfait.
- Follow bunny topper instructions.
Bunny Topper
- With kitchen shears, cut s'more marshmallows into strips to create 8 bunny ears. Dip sticky side of marshmallow strips into pink sanding sugar to create the inner portion of the ear. Attach ears to Snowball using edible toothpicks (found on Amazon) or other safe option.
- Push chocolate chips into place to create eyes and attach the candy pearl nose using a small amount of cream cheese whipped cream.
- Cut regular sized marshmallows in half and gently stuff into front of glass to create bunny paws.
- Place strawberry garnish on glass. Cut a vertical slit into whole strawberries without completely cutting in half and slide strawberry into center of glass between the bunny marshmallow "paws".
Notes
I highly recommend making the strawberry glaze and cream cheese whipped cream the night before and allow them to chill in the refrigerator overnight. The parfaits taste best chilled and assembly will be much easier when working with chilled ingredients.