All-purpose flour
209 g
Amazon Grocery all-purpose flour, 2 lb
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Desserts
Cake pops.
Vanilla cake and buttercream rolled into small balls and dipped in candy coating.
- Makes
- 50 small cake pops
- Hands-on
- 1 hour
- Total time
- About 7 hours including cooling and setting
- Effort
- Project
GET WHAT YOU NEED
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For 50 small cake pops.
All-purpose flour
209 g
Baking powder
1/2 tsp
Baking soda
1/4 tsp
Salt
1/2 tsp
Unsalted butter
212 g, softened, divided; extra for pan
Granulated sugar
200 g
Large egg
1
Vanilla extract
3 tsp, divided
Whole milk
240 ml plus 2–3 tsp
Powdered sugar
210 g
Candy melts
678 g
Amounts are what the recipe uses, not package sizes. Compare quantities and product details before buying.
KEEP IT SIMPLE
Tools & supplies
9-inch springform pan
Bake cake.
Electric mixer and bowls
Mix cake and frosting.
Tray and parchment
Chill cake balls.
40 lollipop sticks
Hold cake pops.
50 lollipop sticks
Dip in coating.
Cake pop stand
Hold upright while coating sets.
STEP BY STEP
Make it
Mix cake
Heat oven to 350°F; grease pan. Whisk flour, leaveners and salt. Beat 113 g butter with sugar; add egg and 2 tsp vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients and 240 ml milk.
Bake
Bake 30–36 minutes until a tester comes out clean. Cool completely.
Make frosting
Beat remaining 99 g butter with powdered sugar, remaining vanilla and 2–3 tsp milk until fluffy.
Shape
Mix crumbled cake into frosting. Divide into 50 equal portions and roll into balls; refrigerate 2 hours.
Dip
Melt coating in 20-second microwave bursts. Dip stick tips, insert halfway into balls, then coat each ball completely.
Set
Stand upright to set, up to one hour. Keep finished pops refrigerated.
Good to know
- Work with a few cold balls at a time.
- Keep moisture out of melted coating.
- Divide the whole mixture into 50 portions; exact weight depends on moisture lost during baking.
SAVE THE MAKING
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Finished cake pops
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Sources & further reading
Independent instructions informed by the sources below. No affiliation or endorsement is implied. These instructions have not been kitchen- or workshop-tested by DIBuyIt.
- Sally’s Baking: Homemade Cake Pops — Ingredient quantities and preparation method.