Cake pops - are they as easy to make as the commercial makes it seem?

[Anonymous]

I keep seeing commercials for those cake pops (like a lollipop, but it's a small round ball of cake instead). They look delicious and so decorative. It seems really easy to do (pour batter, bake, pop out, and decorate). Is it too good to be true? Has anybody ordered and/or attempted to make them?

[Anonymous]

I've looked at recipes and I don't it's hard. And I don't think you need the Magic Cake Pop Pan or whatever they are hyping. It looks like you just mix cake crumbs and frosting and stick it on a lollipop stick and then just dunk it in baker's chocolate.

[Anonymous]

1. Bake a 13x9 inch cake. Let it cool.
2. Crumble the cake into a large bowl - make the pieces as fine as you can.
3. Mix in 3/4 can of premade frosting. If you use too much, the becomes goopy and unworkable. The remainder 1/4 of the can isn't used.
4. Roll mixture into balls.
5. Refrigerate for 2 or so hours or freeze for 15 minutes.
6. Melt candy pieces (I use Wilton and I only melt one bag at a time because it's easier to work with.
I use the microwave on high and stir after each minute.
7. Dip the stick into the melted candy.
8. Stick the stick into the cake ball.
9. Dip the cake ball into the melted candy and then decorate as you desire. It's best to take only a couple of cake balls out of

In addition to the cake mix/ingredients, frosting, candy pieces and sticks, you will also need a styrofoam board to put the decorated cake balls in. It's best to take only a couple of cake balls out of the refrigerator at a time because they are hard to work with if they get too soft. Easy to do, but decorating is time consuming.

[Anonymous]

"3. Mix in 3/4 can of premade frosting. If you use too much, the becomes goopy and unworkable. The remainder 1/4 of the can isn't used."


Canned frosting is gross.

[Anonymous]

Bakerella.com for ideas

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've looked at recipes and I don't it's hard. And I don't think you need the Magic Cake Pop Pan or whatever they are hyping. It looks like you just mix cake crumbs and frosting and stick it on a lollipop stick and then just dunk it in baker's chocolate.

much better to use the cake pan-i use my own cake recipe in them, cream cheese based cakes work well and then dip into candy chocolate

[Anonymous]

They are easy "in theory" but I found it pretty tedious work after the fifth or so. They do take practice, so bake a few and practice, practice, practice.
As cute as they are they are just too time consuming for me, especially if you are doing the very decorated ones, with little faces and such.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"3. Mix in 3/4 can of premade frosting. If you use too much, the becomes goopy and unworkable. The remainder 1/4 of the can isn't used."


Canned frosting is gross.

agreed!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"3. Mix in 3/4 can of premade frosting. If you use too much, the becomes goopy and unworkable. The remainder 1/4 of the can isn't used."
Canned frosting is gross.

agreed!!!

You can use cream cheese sweetened with vanilla and sugar instead (basically, a cream cheese frosting).