Not Your Average Cake Pops Recipes

EASY HOMEMADE CAKE POPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350℉. Spray sheet cake pan or baking sheet with nonstick spray.
• In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water and oil. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer for 2 minutes. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely. Divide cake in half and freeze one half for future use.
• Using your hands, crumble up the cake until no large pieces remain.
• Add frosting, mixing with fingers until well combined.
• Form into cake balls and chill until set, about 2 hours.Small cake pops: 1 tablespoon-sized cake balls (each about 1 1/4 inch diameter) makes about 48 cake pops.Medium cake pops: 2 tablespoons-sized cake balls (each about 1 1/2 inch diameter) makes about 24 cake pops.Large cake pops: 3 tablespoons-sized cake balls (each about 1 3/4 inch diameter) makes about 16 cake pops.
• While cake balls are setting, melt Candy Melts candy according to package instructions.
• Dip the tip of each lollipop stick into melted candy, then into set cake balls. Repeat with all cake balls, then let chill again until set, about 10 minutes. Reserve remaining melted candy.
• Dip the cake balls, one at a time, into remaining melted candy. Tap lightly to remove excess. If needed, you can reheat the candy with some EZ Thin Dipping Aid to thin it out for easier dipping.
• Immediately cover with sprinkles or topping of choice, then transfer to craft foam. Repeat with remaining cake pops. Chill until set, about 10 to 15 minutes.

NOT YOUR AVERAGE CAKE POPS

Steps:

• 1. Bake cake according to box directions. If you are a cake decorator you can save the cake scraps from leveling your cakes to use for pops.
• 2. Use food processor to pulse cake into crumbs. Place in bowl and set aside.
• 3. In sauce pan combine chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk and over low heat stir till chocolate is melted. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Let cool about 5 minutes.
• 4. You will not need to use all the ganache, but you can store the remainder in the freezer for your next use, or it is nice to add to a hot cup of coffee! This is not the typical way of making ganache however this remains stable longer at room temp that is why I use sweeten condensed milk rather than heavy cream.
• 5. Add half of the chocolate mixture to your cake crumbs and stir to blend, you will have to add a bit more just till the cake crumbs form into a thick dough.
• 6. Using a small scoop 1 inch size, scoop the cake mixture onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. The next step if fun for kids to do. You want to roll the balls of cake mixture into nice even balls and set on parchment lined cookie sheet and refrigerate for 30 to 45 minutes.
• 7. When cake balls are chilled, melt a small amount of the vanilla candy coating mix. Dip the end of a lollipop stick about 1/2 inch into the candy coating and insert the stick into the cake ball on the flat side that was resting on the cookie sheet. Do this to each of the cake balls.
• 8. Melt remaining coating mixture over a double boiler, if you microwave it be very careful not to burn it, stop and stir ever 20 seconds. You don't want the topping to get real hot. Now dip your pop into the the melted coating and tap off gently the excess coating mixture. Place upright on styrofoam and let dry. Drizzle some of the chocolate coating to decorate the pops. Store in air tight container in the fridge. Remove about 20 minutes before serving, but they taste good even served cold!
• 9. I will be doing a how to video in the near future on making them. Will post a link when it is done.