Homemade Cake Pops Recipe: My cake balls recipe is a lot like this one for cake pops. These cake pops look beautiful in addition to tasting amazing! Rich buttercream frosting is combined with moist and crumbly cake, which is then covered in a sweet chocolate covering.
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These homemade cake pops are the ideal dessert for holidays, dinner parties, baby showers, bridal showers, and birthday celebrations. You could even package them separately and distribute them as party treats to your guests!
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Homemade Cake Pops Recipe
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Ingredients
- 15 ounce box white cake mix , cook according to package directions in a 9×13″ pan
- 10 ounce package dark chocolate melting wafers
- 10 ounce package white chocolate melting wafers. ,I prefer Ghira delli
Buttercream Frosting
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- 1 stick salted butter , softened
- 2-2 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 Tablespoon heavy cream or milk
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Instructions
Make Buttercream Frosting
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- Beat the butter in a medium-sized basin. A cup of powdered sugar should be added. Stir until well blended. A bit at a time, add the extra powdered sugar and vanilla. To achieve a rich and creamy frosting, incorporate one tablespoon of heavy cream or milk. It ought to make a point.
Make Cake Pops
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- Make sure the cake has cooled slightly before crushing it into fine crumbs in a big bowl. Top the cake with two spoonfuls of buttercream frosting. Using a spoon or your hands, combine. Add frosting to the cake little by little until it comes together when squeezed. It shouldn’t be overly crumbly or it won’t stay together.
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- Scoop the cake mixture using a medium cookie scoop or a cake pop press. Form into a ball, then transfer to a platter. Continue until all of the cake mixture is rolled into spheres. Give balls ten minutes or so to freeze.
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Notes
- Frosting: You can also use 8 ounces of frosting from the store (half of a 16 ounce can) to make it easier, I just prefer the homemade buttercream.
Tips:
- Make sure that you’re only working with about five cake pops at a time. Leave the rest in the freezer so that they don’t soften too much while you work on the others.
- After dipping the stick in melted chocolate, let it dry first before sticking into the cake ball. It’s easier to work with this way and is less likely to fall off when dipping the whole cake pop into melted chocolate.
- Discard any brown edges of the cake before crumbling.
Nutrition
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- Calories: 110 kcal
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Protein: 1g
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Cholesterol: 9 mg
- Sodium: 36mg
- ugar: 15g
- Vitamin A: 101 IU
- Calcium: 1mg
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FAQs AND Questions
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How do you make cake pops stay together?
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- It’s all about the frosting! When you mix the frosting in with the cake, the mixture should hold together when squeezed. If the mixture is crumbly, that means it needs more frosting. Make sure to only add in a little at a time so that the cake doesn’t get too soggy. If you have a very moist cake, you may not need much frosting at all.
Why are my cake pops cracking?
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- If the chocolate coating has cracked, it’s likely due to the difference in temperature between the cake balls and the melted coating chocolate. Don’t freeze the balls for longer than instructed, or else the super cold cake combined with the warm melted chocolate could cause cracking.
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- The type of chocolate you use can also contribute to whether or not the cake pops crack. Using melted chocolate chips may cause cracking, so I’d suggest using chocolate melting wafers instead. They have a thicker texture once hardened and a smooth finish, which result in a more sturdy exterior.
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