Cake Pops-What Nana’s Cooking Up This Monday

Have you ever heard of cake pops? I hadn’t until I saw them on a friend’s Facebook page. I did a little research and this weekend Rachel and I attempted to make them (with attempted being the key word).

This is what they are supposed to look like.

These are from Cakebots web site.

or this….

You can read about cake pops at Bakerella.com

Ours did not look like this when we finished. They resembled large, pink meatballs. I would show you what they looked like but just because they weren’t pretty didn’t mean they didn’t taste good.

I know what we did wrong. The trick is in the icing. After we attempted to make ours I found a video that was helpful so I uploaded it for you. We are going to try again later in the week. Maybe I’ll show you how those turn out. Your children or grandchildren will love helping you make these whether they look like the ones above or not!

How to make a cake pop

Bake and cool one 13×9 cake, according to package directions. After cake has cooled smash cake and mix in 1 can of frosting. Then refrigerate mixture for 15 minutes

  • Remove mixture from fridge and form into balls. (butter your hands first) After forming all balls insert a sucker stick into each ball. Then refrigerate again for another 15 minutes

  • While cake pops are in the fridge melt your candy melts or chocolate bark. Use candy melts since they come in several colors. (This is where we messed up. We will use candy melts next time. Our icing wasn’t runny enough)

  • Remove cake pops from fridge. Dip the cake part into the melted chocolate.

  • After the cake ball is covered insert the stick into a styrofoam block to allow the chocolate coating to harden.

  • After the chocolate has set ENJOY!

    • Sounds easy, doesn’t it? That’s what I thought too. I strongly recommend watching the video BEFORE you make them!

     

     

     

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    3 Comments

    1. I was looking around on google and i came to this site and i thought these were so cute, and im gonna try em.

    2. Hey there Nana! Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I already follow you on FB, although truthfully, I don’t check facebook that much anymore! My time is limited. These cake pops are super-cute! Maybe the kids and I will try them sometime soon. We have so many other projects going on. Maybe we’ll make these for my son’s birthday! It’s coming up soon!!! Thanks for sharing,
      Michelle

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