Valentine's Day Cake Pops
These moist not to sweet cake pops are perfect for your Valentine's Day party or perfect to give as gift for Valentine's Day.
Equipment
- 1 stand mixer You can curmble cake with hands
Ingredients
Simple Syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
Cake Pops
- 1 box cake mix
- applesauce The amount may vary depending on the brand of box cake mix you are using. The apple sauce replaces the oil in the box mix.
- eggs Use the amount of eggs directed on the box.
- 3/4 cup simple syrup The amount simple syrup also varies. Add small amounts until the crumbled cake starts to form a dough.
- 1 bag chocolate (Candy Melts)
- 1 tbsp Coconut Oil This is used to thin the candy melt.
- Valentine's Day sprinkles
- cake pop sticks
Instructions
Prepare cake
- Prepare and bake the cake as direct on the cake box. Remember to substitute the apple sauce for the oil.
Simple Syrup
- In a small pot combine sugar, water, and vanilla extract. Simmer until sugar is dissloved then let cool.
Make Cake Pop Dough
- Once cake is cooled, crumble cake using stand mixer with paddle attachment.
- Slowly drizzle the simple syrup in batches in to the crumbled cake.
- Keep adding simple syrup until the cake is forms a dough. You will know done the cake pop dough starts to stick to the paddle attachment.
Assemble Cake Pops for Dipping
- Using a tablespoon measuring spoon, scoop cake dough and rolled into cake balls. You should get 20-24 cake balls.
- In a small jar/bowl melt chocolate (candy melts) in the microwave at 30 percent power in 2 minute increments until chocolate (candy melts) are melted.
- Dip one stick at time in the chocolate (candy melt) and slightly press into cake balls. Allow the chocolate time to harden before dipping entire cake ball. You can speed up the process by placing the cake balls with sticks in the refrigerator. Please note this may cause the chocolate on the cake pops to crack later.
- Dipping the cake balls with sticks
- Remelt the chocolate if needed then add 1 tbsp of coconut oil. Mix until the the coconut oil is totally mixed into the chocolate.
- Next, dip each cake pop into the chocolate/coconut oil mixture. Remove excess chocolate by tap tapping your hand while holding the cake pop not the cake pop stick. Tapping the stick may cause the cake ball to fall off into the chocolate.
Decorating the Cake Pops
- After shaking off access chocolate, add sprinkles of choice
- Once the chocolate has harden on the cake pops add additional designs with melted chocolate.
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