Cake Pops

My sister is having her first baby girl and I am going to make "Cake Pops" for her baby shower

(or purchase, whichever turns out better!).

My daughter and her girl friend and myself decided to make them today. I recently reviewed a few blogs and I purchased the Cake Pops book from Bakerella. I know I won't be able to make the intricate and beautiful Cake Pops that Bakerella has in her book (I'm not the best at decorating cakes, etc.) but I thought, maybe something simple and I wanted to find out how they taste too!

We decided that we would take the easy route for our first try and I purchased a boxed cake, can of chocolate frosting, white and pink chocolate melts, lollipop sticks, decorative frosting and gel frosting for decorating, and a styrofoam block.

The steps were pretty easy and a lot of fun and really, really messy (so a lot of fun for kids)!

1) Bake chocolate cake (follow directions) and let cool. I bought devils food chocolate cake.

2) Put cake in bowl and completely crumble with, yes, your hands!

3) Mix 1/2 of the chocolate frosting in with cake (again, with your hands) and turn into a large, round ball.

4) Roll into 30-40 1 inch balls and set on Pam sprayed tin foil.

5) Melt a bag of chocolate frosting melts (follow bag directions, so you don't burn frosting).

6) Dip your lollipop sticks in the frosting to act as "glue" and push into 1 inch balls.

7) Let the sticks dry in the balls for about 5 -10 minutes.

8) Make sure chocolate melts are stirred and ready for dipping, then dip/roll the balls in the frosting melts and then set in styrofoam block.

9) Decorate with whatever you want to add to it, colored frosting, sprinkles, etc.

10) Put in fridge for 15 minutes and they are ready to eat!

Really, really messy & and a lot of fun, very sweet too!

I thought this was a great way to spend the day with kids who love to experiment and bake! I think for my sister's shower I will make them and decorate with just a light pink frosting and put them in tin pots, with styrofoam and put pink paper grass in them, so they look like spring bouquets. The Cake Pops are pretty sweet tasting with all of the frosting in them, so if you have a sweet tooth, you'll love them! Very moist too! There are many different cake options to choose from too, I may go with the red velvet cake and cream cheese frosting next time I try these. Just google Cake Pops to see the many options to choose from.

Have a Sprinkle Me Pink Day!