How to Make Birthday Cake Pops

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Last Updated: October 10, 2022

Cake pops or balls are a great and unique way to indulge cakes without having to modify a recipe. Petite in size, they can be enjoyed by kids and adults for any occasion.

Makes 48 cake balls.

Ingredients

Your favorite cake recipe
¼ to ½ cup icing
1 bag (24 ounces) white chocolate melts
½ cup rainbow sprinkles

Part 1

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Creating the Cake Mixture

Follow the specific recipe you are using, including ingredient amounts, utensils and baking dishes, steps or instructions, oven temperatures, and baking times.
Using a damp knife, cut the cake in sections or quarters. This allows the insides of the cake to cool down faster, rather than having the cake cool down from the outside in.
When the cake pieces has reached room temperature or warm to handle, use your hands to crumble the cake in a large mixing bowl. You will want to break down any chunks, especially any hard corners.
Start off with 1/4 cup of icing in the bowl. Use a wooden spoon to thoroughly incorporate the cake crumbs and icing together until you achieve a consistency of dough, as if you're making cookie dough. Add additional icing, if needed.
Having the mixture chilled makes it easier for you to roll it into balls. Refrigerate until firm, or about one hour.

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Part 2

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Making the Cake Balls

Use a cookie dough scooper to help you make even ball amounts, about 1 tablespoon (15 grams). To avoid multitasking, scoop the entire mixture and place the balls onto a flat surface (such as a baking sheet or counter top), lined with parchment paper.
Use both palms of your hands and circle each ball in a circular motion, to allow any flat surfaces become evenly round.
For the best results, it's recommended to refrigerate the cake balls for at least two hours. By doing this, any coating won't affect the prepared cake when dipping.

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Dipping the Cake Balls

You can either use a microwave-safe bowl or create a double boiler. Stir the chocolate to make sure everything is melted evenly.
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Insert sticks into the cake balls. Prick them in the center, just enough to pick them up from the parchment paper and hold.
- If you're wanting to present the cake balls on a stick, it's recommended to use lollipop sticks, which can be found in specialty baking aisles. Dip about 1/2 inch (1.27 cm) of the stick into the melted chocolate prior to inserting them into the cake balls.
- If you're wanting to present the cake balls in decorative individual wrappers, poke them with toothpicks.
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Dip the cake balls. While holding the lollipop stick or toothpick, submerge the cake ball into the melted chocolate. When lifting it back up, gently lift them in a swirling motion or give them a gentle shake.
- If you are using toothpicks, remove them from the balls. Add a very small amount of extra melted chocolate to cover the holes. You can use the back of a spoon to evenly spread out any extra coating as well.
Place the chocolate covered cake ball in the same place on the waxed paper. Pick up the next one and repeat the dipping until everything is covered.

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Decorating the Cake Balls

You can create even zig-zag lines by moving your arm back and forth in a uniform way across the entire sheet of cake balls.
To decorate the cake pops, you can either sprinkle by hand or dip them in the sprinkles while the chocolate is still in a liquid state, if you're not drizzling chocolate on top.
To ensure a hard coating and for any topping to appear more uniform, place the cake balls in the freezer or refrigerator for about an hour or two.
Now enjoy and serve your yummy cake pops!

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How do I prevent the cake pops from falling while dipping?

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Make the cake pops smaller, and use slightly thin frosting.

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How long do the cake balls need to be refrigerated?

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For best results, usually for about 2 hours.

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I don't know how to make a plain cake. What should I do?

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Buy a boxed cake mix, or check out how to Bake a Cake.

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You could also use cookie cutters to shape your cake pop.

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These can also be created into small bars. Instead of rolling them into round balls, mold them into squares before any dipping.

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Don't make your cake pops too big, or they'll fall apart while coating.

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