What Is A Cake Pop

"Learn how to make cake pops the easy way. Who needs Starbucks cake pops when yous can make and decorate cake pops at home! Easy tips for the perfect block pops"

Spotter me make these cake pops from outset to finish!

I thought I HATED cake pops. I made them for a baby shower a few years ago and they were a pain in the butt cheeks with all that freezing and refreezing, dipping, twirling, decorating, and oh that texture!! Ewww!!

It was soggy, grainy, and tasted similar someone had chewed information technology up already. My hubby sat quietly, ate the whole matter and calmly said: "you don't take to brand these again please".

I seriously did not meet what all the cake popular hype was about, but I kept getting requests to "PLEASE DO A CAKE Popular TUTORIAL!". I tin't permit my babies (yous) down so I got back in the kitchen to effigy these things out. Something had to give!

I discovered that I LOVED cake pops. Hither's what I learned:

Go Like shooting fish in a barrel On The Frosting: What a lot of folks failed to mention in the cake pop tutorials that I was following was to Just ADD A LITTLE BIT OF FROSTING. That is super important!! Nearly cakes are already moist. Too much frosting and it's ruined in my opinion, not unless you add more cake.
Use Your Hands To Mix: It really helps to mix it up with your hands and then that you tin can get the feel of it. When I used a spoon to mix it upward, information technology looked as if I wasn't putting in plenty frosting merely information technology turned out that it was manner too much when I went to make a ball. The cake should still be a bit crumbly even when the frosting is mixed in.
Mini Ice Cream/Cookie Scoop Works Great: Use a mini ice cream scoop to scoop out the "dough" so that yous will take equal portions.
No Demand To Go on Refreezing- I only placed these in the freezer once. Twice if you plan on bagging them or you lot want to speed upwardly the last setting fourth dimension.
Use A Deep, Narrow Cup For Dipping:The melted chocolate/processed blanket should be deep enough to submerge the cake ball completely to avert having to twirl information technology effectually.
Box Cake Is Just Fine– If you're non against the ingredients, go far piece of cake for yourself and merely buy a box cake and brand some homemade frosting. No 1 will know.
Use A Styrofoam Holder- A block of Styrofoam makes a really not bad holder to stick the cake pops in while they are drying and information technology's cheap.

These block pops are what I consider block popular perfection!!! They are the all-time cake pops I've ever had. No demand to proceed refreezing and double dipping! The texture is fluffy AND moist and information technology was nowhere well-nigh as messy and time consuming as my first attempt at making cake pops.

Such a cute little homemade gift don't ya recall?

Now if you lot're looking for a tutorial on how to decorate cake pops…ugh, I'one thousand not the girl for the job!! Sprinkles is every bit good as it gets over here : )

Even without fancy ornamentation, these cake pops tin all the same make a pretty cute, inexpensive and festive gift thought! Let your imagination run wild!

Block Pop FAQS

Tin I make these the solar day earlier? Yous sure can! Merely I'd use processed melts instead of chocolate. That fashion you can shop them on the counter and non have to worry about the chocolate melting and smearing on the bag. Plus processed melts come up in so many fun colors!

HELPFUL CAKE POP MAKING SUPPLIES

Give these cake pops a try and let me know what ya think! I can't look to brand these over again!

How To Make Cake Pops <g class="gr_ gr_147 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Punctuation multiReplace" id="147" data-gr-id="147">....</g>EASILY!!!

Fluffy, moist piddling cake pops! Yum! And then like shooting fish in a barrel and pretty quick to make!

Prep Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour

Servings 13

Calories

▢ Chocolate Cake prepared (I used 1/2 of a 9x13 devils food box cake)
▢ Chocolate Frosting amount depends on moistness of block. I used two large spoonfuls. Encounter video
▢ two boxes Premium white chocolate I used Baker's brand *update* I at present use candy melts
▢ cake popular sticks
▢ sprinkles

Add cake to a large bowl.
Crumble until information technology resembles fine crumbs
Add together in frosting a little bit at a time until cake is moist and can hold a brawl shape, yet still slightly crumbly.
Use your hands to incorporate the frosting into the cake crumbs.
Use a mini ice foam scoop and scoop out two balls of cake mixture.
Roll the mixture into a tight ball and identify on a plate.
Repeat until all the cake mixture has been rolled into balls.
Melt 2-4 ounces of white chocolate in the microwave.
Dip the tip of the cake popular sticks into the white chocolate and insert into the block balls nigh one-half-way.
Freeze for about 20 minutes.
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Melt the remaining chocolate in a big cup. Brand sure you lot have plenty chocolate to completely submerge the cake ball.
Remove cake assurance from freezer.
Dip cake balls carefully into the chocolate until covered.
Let the backlog chocolate baste off. Swirl and tap gently if needed.
Add together the sprinkles while the chocolate is nonetheless wet. It will harden quickly.
Stick the busy cake pop into a styrofoam block to finish setting.
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Cover with a clear care for bag & ribbon for souvenir giving, if desired.
Shop in a cool expanse in a single layer, in an airtight container.
Enjoy!

~TIPS~
Desire to utilise food coloring? I'd suggest using the candy melts instead of white chocolate for the coating. I wasn't impressed with how the white chocolate took the food coloring. It made the chocolate thicker.I purchased all of my ingredients including the cake pop sticks and sprinkles at Target. The styrofoam I had already, but you can get a block of styrofoam at crafts stores or Walmart.
The recipe (using but 1/2 of a 9 Ten 13 cake) makes about xiii medium sized cake balls.
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You can also use homemade cake and homemade frosting simply I seriously can't tell the difference in sense of taste.