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 HOW TO MAKE CAKE POPS


How to make homemade cake pops? Which recipes to choose ? How to decorate them ? How to make them successful? Follow this guide to make cake pops, an easy recipe made without a mold, perfect for any occasion.

What are Cake pops ?

The cake pops also called cake balls, are small balls of cake coated with chocolate and decorated with sprinkles.

They were invented by the very famous blogger Angie Dudley from the Bakerella blog and she highlighted during the Martha Stewart TV show.

Since then, these tiny, colorful cake pops are super trendy and totally irresistible.

These little sweet bites are a lot of fun, with an endless choice of decorations and can be twisted into any shape and for any occasion.

In Christmas tree, in bell for Easter, for a birth, a wedding, or using special molds for pop cakes, cupcakes or ice cream cones.

You don't have to be an advanced baker to make cake pop recipe at home! All you need is a sponge cake or leftover cake, some icing, candy melts and sugar decorations.


Watch how to make this recipe in vedio


Composition and substitutions

Sponge: If you have sponge cake left over from your layer cake, a box cake mix or just make my vanilla buttermilk cake recipe. It's quite moist and soft perfect for making pop cakes.

You can also replace the sponge cake with crumbled cookies like oreo cookies, biscoff cookies, etc.

Frosting: To bind the cake crumbs you can use all kinds of frostings. The one most often used is cream cheese (philadelphia), but it can be replaced by mascarpone cheese, buttercream or even spreads such as Nutella or biscoff spread.

Candy melts: These little chocolate pistols that come in all colors and are not really chocolate, are perfect to make cake pops!

You can replace the candy melts with any dark chocolate, white chocolate, or milk chocolate.

Sugar decorations: Sprinkles, edible glitter, chocolate vermicelli, sugar pearls, coconut, etc…


How to make homemade pop cake recipe

1 - Crumble the cake

  1. Place the cooled cake in a large bowl and cut into large pieces.
  2. Then crumble it with your fingertips until you get a very fine cake crumb.

2 - Add the Frosting

  1. Add the frosting in small amounts to the cake crumbs.
  2. And mix the cake and frosting with your hands until you have a smooth, even, slightly sticky batter.

3 - Shaping the cake balls

  1. Scoop a small amount of dough between your hands (you can use an ice cream scoop to make the same amount of dough into balls of the same size)
  2. Roll the dough between your hands to form round cake ball.
  3. Place them in a large flat dish or plate.
  4. Then place the cake balls in the fridge for at least 20 minutes or in the freezer for 10 minutes.

    4 - Fix the sticks

    1. Heat some candy melt in a double boiler or microwave according to the directions provided on your product.
    2. Dip the top of a a cake pop stick into the melted candy melt and immediately push it into the center of the cake balls.
    3. Smooth the candy melt around the stick with your finger before it hardens.

  5. 5 - Decoration

    1. Heat more candy melt and place it in a deep bowl or glass large enough to dip the cake pop inside.
    2. Dip the cake balls into the melted candy melt to cover it completely, then shake off the excess.
    3. Immediately add sprinkles and other sugar decorations before the candy melt cools.
    4. Then place your cake pop on a special cake pop stand and let cool completely.

  6. Tips for successful cake pops

    1. Crumble finely the cake which must be also completely cooled. The finer the crumbs, the more you will be able to make a smooth and round cake pop.
    2. Be careful with the amount of frosting, the batter should be soft enough to handle easily, if it lacks frosting you will have trouble rolling them.
    3. Let the preparation chill in the fridge to make it easier to shape the cake pops.
    4. The cake pops must be cold before inserting the lollipop sticks so that the chocolate freezes inside and the lollipop sticks stay well attached to the cake pop.
    5. Use a stand to put the cake pops on or a dummy (polystyrene base) or a cardboard box with holes pre-drilled

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