I had read somewhere along the line that the cake pops were cake, mixed with frosting, then dipped in candy melts. So, first I prepared 2 cakes, one chocolate and one yellow.
This might be the right time to mention that I ALWAYS do homemade cakes. And Frosting. I have rarely used jarred frosting in a pinch, and I do keep a couple cake mixes on hand for when my husband is feeling domestic, but overall, my homemade cake and frosting recipes are so good, I just can't bear to use a box mix.
So, I made the cakes (recipes to come another time). I let them cool overnight. I prepared my frosting the next morning, then I crumbled up the cakes...
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Placed them in my wonderful mixer...
and added my frosting a little at a time until the cake started sticking to itself.
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I let the mixture cool in the fridge for about 4 hours. Then I rolled the cake into balls, stuck in the sticks, and put them back into the fridge for a couple hours (next time, I'll freeze them).
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I melted the candy melts in the microwave, then dipped the cake pops in them...
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Then I put on sprinkles and colored sparkles.
I wanted them to dry all nice and round, so I punched holes in a shoebox, and dried them right side up. I didn't take a picture of that, and it might have had something to do with the fact that my counter was covered in sprinkles and sparkles...seriously, they were everywhere, I need to work on my application technique.
The finished product...
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They were a hit at the party, I got rave reviews. I even took the leftovers to work the next night, also to rave reviews. One of the parents at work even decided to help himself...(okay, that was a little weird, and we had to hide them after that.)
It was a relatively easy process, but it was time consuming. However, I enjoyed every minute of it!
