Cake Pops

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Cake Pops

Serves 25

Ingredients

  • 400g Candy Melts (or cooking chocolate)
  • 25 Lollipop sticks

Buttercream

  • 100g Unsalted Butter
  • 200g Icing Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Cake

  • 120g Unsalted Butter
  • 150g Caster Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Large Free-range Eggs
  • 180g Self-Raising Flour
  • 4 tablespoons Milk

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to Gas Mark 4 / 180°C and grease a 9"/23cm square cake tin
2. Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy
3. Beat the eggs together with the vanilla in a jug, then add to the mixture a little at a time, mixing well between each addition
4. Add in the milk and a couple of tablespoons of the flour and beat
5. Finally, on a slow speed, add in the remaining flour and mix until combined.
6. Pour into the prepared tin, and bake for 35 mins, or until a skewer comes out clean. Leave to fully cool on a cooling rack
7. Meanwhile, prepare your buttercream by beating the butter until it is soft and pale
8. Carefully add in the icing sugar a bit at a time, then add the vanilla and beat on high speed until the mixture is pale and fluffy.
9. Once the cake is cooled, break into pieces then crumble into small crumbs. You can do this in a food processor if you prefer
10. Adding the buttercream, one heaped tablespoon at a time, mix with the cake crumbs until it forms a kind of dough. You want the mixture to be pliable, but not sloppy or sticky. Refrigerate the mixture for 30 mins
11. Using a teaspoon or a meatballer, form the dough into balls and place on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper. Place in the fridge for 10-15 mins
12. Melt the candy melts over a double boiler, or in the microwave on medium in 30 second intervals until just melted. Do not overheat. You can add a tablespoon of vegetable oil here to make the candy more silky and fluid
13. Take one of the lollipop sticks and dip about 2cm into the candy. Insert the stick into the top centre of a cake ball about halfway through. Place back on the baking tray, stick up, for a few minutes to set
14. It is better to have the melted candy in a deep narrow bowl so you don't have to tilt it. Holding the stick, dip the cake ball under the surface of the candy and twirl gently to cover. Ensure the candy coats right to the top of the stick to secure the pop in place. Gently tap the stick on the edge of the bowl to settle the surface and remove any excess
15. You can either sprinkle with decorations while the candy is still wet, or leave in a cake pop stand to dry completely before further decoration
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