Cake Pops Picture and recipe courtesy of Bakerella
Cake pops are bite-size balls made of crumbled cake mixed with icing and covered in chocolate. They are easy to make and are the perfect treat for party favours and gifts.
Ingredients:
Shop bought cake mix
Baking tin
Large mixing bowl
2 cups ready-made or plastic icing
Large metal spoon
Wax paper
2 baking trays
Plastic wrap
1300g chocolate
Deep plastic microwave safe bowl
48 paper lollipop sticks
Styrofoam block
Method:
Bake the cake as directed on the box, let it cool completely.
Crumble the cooled cake into the mixing bowl
Add three-quarters of the volume of plastic icing into the crumbled cake and mix thoroughly until combined
Roll the mixture into 3.5cm balls, place each ball onto the waxed paper covered baking tray
Cover the balls with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours
Place the chocolate into the deep plastic bowl and gradually melt it in the microwave, stirring regularly
Take a few cake balls out of the fridge at a time
Dip about 1.5 cm of one end of a lollipop stick into the chocolate then insert that end into a cake ball.
Holding the lollipop stick with the cake ball attached, dip the entire cake ball into the melted chocolate.
Place the finished cake pop, lollipop stick side down into the Styrofoam block
