Happy Easter everyone!
Every week I try to send my husband into work with some type
of baked good, this week was no exception. I’ve made cake pops before, but
they’re usually pretty simple, I figured that I had mastered the art of normal
cake pops, and thought I’d give these Easter themed treats a try.
What do you
think? The recipe for regular cake pops follows, and the instructions for these
Easter cuties are at the end of the post. J
Ingredients:
Whatever brand/ flavor you would like + ingredients for the
mix
Can of frosting
Cardboard lollipop sticks
Styrofoam block
Lots and lots of patience
Step 1:
Bake and cool cake according to directions on box
Crumble cake in a bowl and mix in ¾ of a can of frosting.
The consistency should be close to play dough.
Step two:
Form into bite sized balls, mini ice cream scoops work
really well for portion size. Put into freezer to solidify (about 30 minutes)
One box of cake makes around 48 balls.
Step three:
Melt a few candy melts in a microwave safe bowl (make sure
the bowl is deep enough to dip a ball into without it hitting the bottom 15
seconds at a time stirring a few times till they’re melted. Or whatever your
instructions say. Dip the very tip of a lollipop stick into the melted
chocolate and insert into one of your cake balls, don’t poke all the way
through, it makes it difficult to cover them in chocolate when the time comes.
If the chocolate becomes too stiff to work with, remelt in the microwave.
Put all the balls back in the fridge to solidify for a few
minutes.
Step 4:
If you haven’t melted your whole bag of candy, now would be
a good time. Mix in 1 – 2 tsp. vegetable oil into your chocolate, it helps to
make the coating smoother.
Working with one or two lollipops at a time dip the ball
into the chocolate and tap on the edge of the bowl till most of the excess
comes off. Stand upright into the styrofoam block to set. You should add your
sprinkles now.
I melted my chocolate in a double boiler because I don't own a microwave. D:
Keep going until all of your cake pops are covered. When the
chocolate is set, you can put them into small treat bags and tie with a ribbon
for individual treats, or just serve them stuck into a covered styrofoam block.
Easter cake pop instructions
Ingredients:
Whatever brand/ flavor you would like + ingredients for the
mix
Can of frosting
Sprinkles hearts and flowers
White and yellow candy melts
Black food writer pen
Cardboard lollipop sticks
Styrofoam block
Follow the instruction for basic cake pops, but shape your
cake balls into chick/egg shapes.
Cover them in Candy melts just as you would for basic pops,
except don’t add your sprinkles. Once the pops are set “glue” sprinkles in
place using small amounts of melting chocolate. It works best in a squeeze
bottle, many roads lead to roam however, I managed not to mess up too badly
just putting them in place while the chocolate was still wet.
Warning: I put my pops in the fridge to solidify faster, don't do that...some of mine cracked. :(
There you go!! Happy Easter! - Alise
Be sure to check out Lyne’s blog for other great party
ideas.
