I absolutely love cakepops but have never had the chance to try and make them. They always looked so complicated and after hearing other people's horror stories about making them I avoided them as long as I could...until tonight. I recently purchased a cake pop book which has so many ideas I couldn't wait to try one of them.
(book courtesy of Amazon.com)
I started by making a box cake (the cookbook recommended a box cake) and after letting cool I cut it in fours and started crumbling the cake. The easiest way is to rub the pieces together and then breaking up the rest by hand.
I then mixed 3/4 of a can of frosting with the cake crumbs to get a moist mixture. It is easiest when using the back of a spoon to make sure the frosting and crumbs are completely mixed.
Looks like mush but tastes incredible!
The book instructs you to then make 48 balls and refrigerate for several hours but I refrigerated the mixture first then made the balls. I would like to say this was due to my knowledge of cakeball making but it was just by chance I read the directions wrong. I found that the refrigerated mixture did not stick to your hands as much as the non-refrigerated mixture.
I put the cakeballs back in the refrigerator while I got all the dipping supplies out. I also melted the peanut butter coating and got ready to dip, dip, dip! Although I worked on these all evening I have not completed the finished product but will give you a preview of the plain cakepops that were my trial run and will ultimately make someone at work very happy tomorrow.
(these are the ones that didn't end up in my husband stomach)
These are very simple and were my practice pops - I hope to share with you the finished product later this week. I have high hopes that it won't just be a cake pop but will look similar to one of the creatures featured in the book above. Cake pups and bridal shower favors to follow!
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