Cake Pops - Valentine's Day Edition

  • January 27, 2025
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Ingredients: Decorative Additions:
  • Food coloring (red)
  • Sprinkles (red, white, pink)
For the cake:
  • 100 g butter
  • 100 g brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 100 g all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
For the buttercream:
  • 75 g butter
  • 150 g icing sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 200 g chocolate, melted, to dip (milk chocolate or white)
Recipe:
  1. Follow steps 1 - 10 as outlined in the recipe for cake pops.
  2. Take one of the cake and flatten it out a little bit, then pinch the bottom part into a "V" shape.
  3. Use one of your fingers to make a little indent on the top and round out both sides of the heart shape.
  4. Transfer each heart-shaped cake mixture back onto the lined tray or plate, and put them in the fridge.
  5. Push a lollipop stick into each heart-shaped cake mixture back, and put them into the fridge for an hour to set.
  6. In the meantime, set aside a bowl of sprinkles.
  7. To make white heart-shaped cake pops, melt the white chocolate in the microwave, and stir at 10-second intervals until smooth.
  8. Take each of the chilled cake pops and dip into the chocolate, allowing it to drip off a little over the bowl.
  9. To make pink heart-shaped cake pops follow steps 7-8 with a drop of red food coloring added to the white chocolate.
  10. To make brown heart-shaped cake pops follow steps 7-8 with milk chocolate.
  11. Dip into the sprinkles, then stand upright in a styrofoam block at room temperature for a minimum of an hour, or in the fridge for a minimum of 30 mins before serving.