My cake pop inspirations have all came from a wonderful blogger named
bakerella. I randomly came across her blog last year and when I first saw her blog it was love at first site. Her and I are a lot a like. Were both blonde, we both have kidney problems (she just got her 2nd kidney transplant) and mostly We both LOVE to bake. However, she is like 10 times better than me..and I'm ok with that. For now.
I love her so much I even bought her book on
cake pops. The book has been much more helpful in my cake pops because it gives way more indepth advice on how to make them and different tips to try if they are not working out for you.
So, here is how I make them and my tricks/tips, however I still advise you to check out bakerella because she after all is the official cake pop queen!!!
Items you need:
-Box of cake (that's right...you don't need to make a homeade one for these to taste great!)
-Can of frosting
-2 bags of candy melts ( I find these at michaels, here is an example of
them. I try to buy them when they are on sale otherwise, they are about $2.99/bag at michaels
-bag of lolipop sticks ( I also find these at michaels)
-any sprinkles or anything else you want to put on your cake pops
1. Bake the cake per the directions on the box
2. Once the cake is done baking, allow to cool. (0vernight is best)
3. Crumble the cake up into little pieces
4. Add a little less than 1/2 the can of frosting and mix it all up.
5. Roll them into small balls and put them on a cookie sheet
6. Put them in the freezer for 15-20 min or so to get them kind of hard
7. Melt the candy melts
8. Dip the tip of the lolipop stick in the melted candy and then stick it in one of the balls.
9. Then, dip the stick with the ball into the candy just once
10. Tap the stick to get the excess candy off of it and to make it smooth. Bakerella shows some great pictures of these on her website and book. I can NEVER get mine as smooth as she does for some reason.
11. Sprinkles sprinkles or just leave them how they are and stick them into styrofoam to let them dry!
Seems easy, right?! I love when people tell me they are going to make these for the first time. Then, they come back to me and are so frusterated and don't understand how I do it. Trust me, folks, it took practice!!! My first few batches were complete flops and I was ready to be done with them forever. Make sure you have plenty of time and your kids are not running around...you will need to devote your undivided attention into these things to make them successful:)
The 2nd post will include pictures of my creations!
Turkey Pops for Thanksgiving favors!
Multi Colored cake pops for Nolans friends at daycare
Christmas pops for Christmas!
Baptism cake pops for my nieces baptism
