I love cake. No… I LOVE cake. Imagine my swooning delight when I saw the happy union of cake and lollipops! I have got to say that the research that went into this post was delicious! I loved every bit of it. From reading other fellow cake lover’s experiences to the many tasty batches I made in an effort to make them pretty AND scrumptious!
What you will need:
- Cake Mix
- Frosting
- Wax Paper
- Lollipop Sticks (I used Paper Straws that I happened to have on hand) – you can find the lollipop sticks in the cake decorating aisle of Walmart or Michaels
- Candy Melts – also in the cake decorating aisle
Bake the cake in a 9 X 13 pan as per directions. Crumble the cake into your mixing bowl.
Mix with a half of a tub of frosting. You can let it mix for a while-producing a creamy concoction, or leave it a little crumbly like I did.
Form it into balls by rolling it in your hands. Set them on wax paper. Pop a stick/straw into each one and put into the freezer for a half hour or so.
Dip your still frozen cake pops into melted candy melts. You can dip them into sprinkles or leave them in their naked goodness!
Tidbits I learned through all of my trial and error:
You might want to thin the candy melts so the coating doesn’t end up too thick. You can do this by adding Canola oil one teaspoon at a time.
Don’t make the balls too heavy! They tend to pop off the stick when you dip them. Use a fork to support them if you need to.
After you dip them, you can either put them right back down on the wax paper, or you can preserve their roundness by finding something to put the sticks into, like a piece of Styrofoam as I did in the picture.
Mine were varying degrees of lumpy… I have no idea how the cake shops get them so smooth. Maybe they have a machine. But mine were delicious even with the lumps and bumps. I guarantee you that none of my taste-testing neighbors were thinking about the symmetry as they took their first bite!
JDaniel4's Mom says
Yum! These look great!
Mags says
I’ve had these on my “to-make” list for months now. They always look so yummy!
Natalie says
They were so good, and so easy! I was thinking that if I drizzled them with chocolate that would camouflage the lumpy factor! AND I was thinking that little crushed up bits of candy bar or cookies would be good in them… like do a chocolate cake & frosting and put crushed up mint cookies in them. Dip them in chocolate and drizzle with melted mint chips. YUM!!
Mandy says
How fantastic! I have been dying to try and make these! Thanks for making it look easy!
Natalie says
You should make some! Add them to your mad cupcake skills, Mandy! 🙂
Sarah Wichmer says
You need a little more frosting than half a tub….maybe 3/5 or 3/4. THey will be a little wetter and stick better for you…then when you roll them or mold them into shapes like Bakerella does, they’ll stay. Cake balls/pops do take a bit of trial and error to make them look pretty but the good thing is that they ALWAYS taste good!
Natalie says
You know, I did a couple of different variations, one of those w/ more frosting-and it was an all around thumbs down from the people that tried them. They said it lost some of the good “cake taste”. It kind of turned into grainy frosting, if that makes any sense. However, like in everything people’s tastes differ. I just love “cake” anything so they all tasted good to me! 🙂 Did you use the candy melts, or did you go with regular melted chocolate or white chocolate? I noticed people preferred one or the other on this option too. 🙂
Amy {The Idea Room} says
I love cake pops. Believe it or not…I have never dared to give these a try! Yours turned out great!
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