How to Make Cake Pops
Learn how to make cake pops with the perfect texture. Use leftover cake and frosting of any flavor to make fun pops.
Servings 24
Ingredients
- cake with a soft icing (at least two cups)
- white melting chocolate or chocolate chips (exact amount depends on the amount of cake you have)
- coconut oil (about 1 teaspoon per one cup of chocolate)
- cake pop sticks
- sprinkles (if desired)
Instructions
- Scrape the icing off of the cake with a spatula and place it in a mixing bowl.
- Put the cake (in pieces) into another mixing bowl. Break it up into crumbs with a spatula or with your hands.
- Once the cake is broken up, add the icing. Add small amounts at a time until the cake easily sticks together like a dough, but isn’t super sticky.
- Roll the cake dough into balls and place on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper.
- If you want to avoid flat sides of your cake pops, put the sticks in immediately and place right side up in a cup or something with holes that can hold the sticks upright and have enough space in between the pops that they aren’t touching.
- Place in freezer for approximately an hour.
- Melt chocolate and coconut oil (or small amount of shortening) in microwave at 30 second intervals, stirring well in between each interval.
- Once chocolate is fully melted and smooth, take cake pops out of the freezer and pour chocolate onto the cake pops spoonfuls at a time until fully covered. Hold the cake pop over a bowl until excess chocolate has dripped off. OR you can dip the cake ball into a small bowl of chocolate, then pull up and let the excess chocolate drip off.
- Sprinkle tops with sprinkles if you like, then place the pops in a cake pop stand or lay them flat on the parchment paper. Leave to set for 15-30 minutes.