Cake Pops :)

I've made Cake Pops once before...actually they were more Brownie pops, and they were big, too sweet, and just too much to handle!

Over Christmas I bought a few Cake Pop molds and I figured "What the hay, I'll make some with the frozen cake leftovers I have in the freezer!"...so that's what I've done! They actually didn't turn out that badly either :) Yay me!

Here's how I did them, start to finish...

Start by making a simple cream cheese icing (or whatever icing you would like)
1 pkg Cream Cheese (softened)
1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
1/4 cup Butter (softened)
1 cup Icing Sugar

Next grab your frozen cake and crumble it to...well crumbs! This will get messy so make sure you have a cloth or do it near the sink so you can wash your hands after.

Grab 1 cup of the icing that you made (just rough it, I added a little bit more) and add it into the cake crumbs, mixing it so it's a big sticky mess!

Grease your cake pop mold. I used Pam, it was the easiest thing that I had around.

Fill both sides of the mold with the cake mixture. Don't add too much (that was my mistake), but also make sure you have enough in each side that when you push it together that they will stick and make one solid cake pop.

Push the 2 sides together, and clamp it shut. Put it in the freezer for a few hours (or in my case overnight), to let the cake push together. Working with it frozen is easier too.

Once you have it out of the freezer, pull the top off gently. You will notice that there will be some extra cake that pushed out when they formed. Gently push in the cake pop sticks and remove the cake pops from the mold. Take off the extra cake to make it round (or the proper shape of whatever mold you are using).

Melt Candy Wafers(Melts), or Chocolate Wafers in a small bowl 30 seconds at a time, stirring, until done. Dip the Cake Pops into the Chocolate, covering all of it. Place in Cake Pop rack (or in my case a cardboard box) to let dry (10 minutes).

Then grab a second colour Wafer/Chocolate and decorate as you please OR just leave as is and serve.

I had some fun with the decorating part!

Hope you enjoy your Cake Pop making :)

Please feel free to comment...suggestions, ideas, anything :)