Cake Pops

Cake pops have been around for a while, but went mostly undetected until Bakerella popularized them. Cake pops are a simple idea: take sugar and flour and a few other ingredients, and keep adding sugar until you have something cute and sweet. Simple step by step:

1. Bake a cake
2. Let it cool
3. Crumble it into a huge bowl (you'll need space)
4. Mix up your favorite frosting
5. Mix the crumbled cake and frosting together
6. Roll mixture into 1 inch balls
7. Pop in the refrigerator
8. Melt candy melts (microwave or stove top, and stir frequently)
9. When cake balls are cool, pull out of the refrigerator
10. Poke a skewer into each cake ball
11. Gently submerge cake ball in melted candy melts.
12. Pull out, stand upright (putting the skewers in Styrofoam works well)
13. When candy melts have hardened, decorate with extra candies (attach with frosting) or draw on with edible ink pens.
14. Let cake pops dry, then cover with plastic wrap
15. Serve to happy friends and family

 

If you like baking, this project is definitely worth trying! If you don't enjoy baking, you might want to get a baking friend to join you, as it can be difficult to shape the cake pops so that they look good and stay on the stick. If you want to add extra shapes, like ears, pinch the cake ball before you set it in the refrigerator. If you want more tips and instructions, I highly recommend Bakerella's book, Cake Pops.