Cake Pops

This is very easy and simple recipe to make cake pops. You can even use leftover cake or cupcake and frosting to make it. I am making these especially for coming Valentine’s Day but you can change the flavor, shape or colors and “go bananas” with the possibilities. Cake pops are an amazing treat for any occasion birthday parties, anniversary parties or just special weekend dessert needs. Try it.

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups red velvet cake or any other cake
  • 4-6 tbsp cream cheese frosting or any other frosting
  • 12 oz Red colored candy melts
  • 12 oz White colored candy melts
  • Cake pop sticks
cake pops

Directions:

1. In a big glass bowl, add cake and mash it to make crumb like mixture.

2. Add frosting to the mixture 1 tbsp at a time to adjust the consistency so that the dough holds together but is not too soft.

3. Take a baking tray, line it with parchment paper and spread the dough on the tray.

4.Keep the dough ¾ inch thick at least so the cake pop stick can hold the cake together later.

5.With the help of a cookie cutter cut dough in the desired shape. Make balls of the remaining dough. Try to make edges of the cake dough clean so there are no crumbs.

6. Arrange all the cake dough on the tray and put it in the refrigerator for 20 mins. Don not refrigerate any longer otherwise it will thicken the melted chocolate too fast later.

7. Meanwhile, melt the red and white candy melts in a microwave at 30 second intervals and put them in a glass separately, where it is easy to dip the cake pops.

8. Take the tray out of the  refrigerator.

9. Take one cake pop stick and dip in the melted candy, put it inside the cake dough deep enough to hold everything together and then dip the cake pop in the melted candy and wait till the excess candy is dripped off.

10. If the melted candy thickens, put it in the microwave for 15-30 seconds to melt it again.

11. Arrange them on the tray and put in the refrigerator for 10  mins.

12. Put small amounts of remaining red and white candy melt in separate plastic bags and cut their tips a little. Then, decorate the cake pops.

13. Enjoy.