Hey friends! Remember I talked about making birthday cake pops on Monday? I hadn’t made cake pops in quite some time and forgot what kind of work goes into them, so I decided that I would re-do a post I did over 3 years ago (before I even had a fancy camera!).
Hopefully this solves some of the mysteries behind how to make cake pops. And how to keep cake pops on the stick! (<-the struggle is real.)
Cake pops are a labor of love for sure, but they go over really really well. They look adorable, they are different than the usual cake, and they give the party a fancy feeling. I’ve made them for Christmas, birthdays and was even commissioned to make them for a baby gender reveal party!
Plus with the whole baking is therapy thing, these give me a fix…I mean I might not bake anything else for another few weeks. 
How To Make Cake Pops
1. Bake a cake. (I use a box mix—no judging.)
2. Let it cool (at least 1 hour).
3. Crumble the cake. If you wish, you can discard any parts that are especially brown and tough. This makes for a smoother cake ball, but I usually keep all of the cake.
4. Add frosting to the cake mixture little by little until you are able to form balls the consistency of cookie dough balls. I used half a container of frosting for one cake.
5. Roll your balls. Make sure they aren’t too big (see tips below for keeping cake pops on the stick).
6. Put in the fridge for an hour. The cold will help the candy coating solidify faster. (Freezing them works, but you run the risk of cracking them when putting the sticks in or the coating solidifying too fast.)
7. Put a cake pop stick in each cake pop. I tend to push the stick almost all the way through.
8. Follow the instructions on your candy melts to melt them. Use a spoon to pour the melted candy over each cake pop, decorating with sprinkles as you go.
How to Keep Cake Pops on the Stick
1. Make sure the balls aren’t too big. (giggle) The bigger they are, the more likely they are to fall off. Science.
2. You need the proper ratio of frosting to cake. The ratio that has worked for me is one cake box to 1/2 a tub of frosting. Very scientific. Basically, you should add the frosting little by little until you have enough to form cookie dough-like balls.
3. When putting the candy coating on the outside, don’t dip it. I’ve found dipping the pops gets more of the coating on the pop and therefore makes it heavier and very susceptible to tipping. Instead drizzle the topping on the pop.
4. Keep twirling. Keep twirling the pop because it’s inevitable that the candy topping will drip, so you might as well be prepared for it.
5. Make sure you have some sort of holder and/or way transport the pops. Back in the day I used coffee cups, but I recently found a cardboard holder for cake pops at WalMart.
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Sure wish I had one of these awesome cakes pops for a treat right now. Hope you are having a great day and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
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