Hey, guys, it's Desiree.
Today, I'm going to show you how to make cake pops.
Now, this is one of our most searched recipes on wilton.com
and there's so many different things
you can do with cake pops, lots of different flavors,
colors, and decorating ideas out there.
But first, you have to start with your cake.
So I'm going to show you real quickly
how to go through our recipe.
You're going to start off with just a regular box of cake mix.
I already had that open and sitting in my bowl.
And we're going to doctor this up a little bit.
It's a little different from the instructions
you'd find on the back of the box,
so make sure that you follow the recipe
that we've posted down below.
One of the things we're going to add
is a packet of instant pudding mix.
This is going to help the cake be more dense, which
is going to help the cake pop hold up better when you're
shaping them into a ball.
Next, I'm going to add 4 eggs.
Finally, we're going to add a 1/3 cup of vegetable oil
and 1 cup of water, and then you're
going to stir this all together.
Once your cake mix is ready, you can pour this into two 8-inch
round pans or a 13-by-9 sheet pan--
really doesn't matter because we're just going
to crumble this up anyway.
And I already baked a cake earlier.
I used a sheet cake, and I just dumped it in this bowl.
The recipe actually calls for half this amount of cake,
so I'm just going to pick up that half
and set it aside for later use.
You could put this in an airtight container
and store it in the freezer for about four to six weeks.
Now I'm going to take half a cup of buttercream icing
and add this to my cake.
Now it's time to get messy.
You're just going to take your hands
and dig right into that cake and icing.
Mix it all together until it's good and mushy.
Now we're ready to go rolling in make some cake pops.
You can make these in three different sizes, just
really depends on how big you want your cake pops to be.
But I'm going to measure these out by the tablespoon.
So we'll start off just doing basic 1 tablespoon.
And then one tip for when you're shaping these--
I got this from our decorating room
when I was chatting with them the other day.
Cup your hands as you roll this, and that'll
help it keep more of a ball shape.
This is about your standard size cake pop.
It was about a tablespoon.
You can make these any size you want.
But if you're making a whole bunch,
you're going to want them to be relatively the same size, so it
is helpful to measure these out by the tablespoon.
So I'm going to do one that's 2 tablespoons worth.
And now we're going for this mega cake pop, which
is going to have 3 tablespoons.
Now we're going to prepare our cake pops so that they're
ready to be dipped.
I'm going to first take a lollipop stick,
and just kind of carve out in the center of one of your
pops a little opening.
That'll do.
Don't go too far into the cake pop.
Take a little bit of candy on the end of your stick,
and put that in the middle.
Another thing you could do is put a little bit of Candy Melts
into a decorating bag, cut the very end of the tip off,
and then use that to fill the holes in your cake pops.
I'm going to put these in the refrigerator for just five
minutes.
It's going to help the candy completely firm up and also
help the cake pop become a bit more condensed.
You don't want to leave these in the fridge for more than five
minutes because when you bring them back out, as they
start to come to room temperature,
the cake pop is going to expand.
And when that happens, you risk cracking your candy
if they've become too cold and then start to become too warm.
While the cake pops are chilling,
I'm going to make sure my Candy Melts are the right consistency
for dipping.
If we take a look at this, we can see they're pretty thick,
so I'm going to thin them out just a little bit using this EZ
Thin.
It makes things a lot easier.
And remember to just add a little bit of this at a time
because if you make your Candy Melts too thin,
you're going to have issues with your cake
pop being coated correctly.
We get a lot of questions about where can I find EZ Thin?
We'll leave a link down below for you,
or you can also check your local craft store.
If you're not able to get your hands on some EZ Thin,
you could use vegetable shortening.
That would work.
Again, just make sure you're doing a little bit at a time
because once you get it too thin,
it's difficult to come back from that.
People have also asked if they can use vegetable oil.
You could, but it is harder to control since it is a liquid.
Definitely recommend using vegetable shortening.
I'm going to take my cake pop--
get the spatula out of the way.
And I like to tilt this so that it's a little deeper.
I'm just going to take my cake pop, make sure it's good
and coated.
There we go.
And then let some of the excess drip off of your pop.
And then, I'm going to place this in a pop stand
stick end down because if I let this sit back
on the parchment with that candy,
it's going to pool around the base of my cake pop,
and it's not going to have that nice ball shape.
Once you're feeling pretty comfortable
with the basic color dipping, you
can move on to more fancy things,
like doing multi colors or designs.
So I'm going to show you a cool marble
technique that you can use.
And I'm going to start off by actually coloring
this white Candy Melts here.
I'm just going to put a little bit into these bowls.
I'm going to use our Candy Colors to change these up
a bit.
It's very important that you use the Candy Colors
because if you use our regular icing colors,
they're water-based, and they're going
to cause your Candy Melts to seize,
and then they'll be no good.
And you can see already that little dab goes a long way.
I'm going to pour each of these into a decorating bag
because I want to get a nice, fine line when I'm drizzling
this over my white candy.
Just cut the very end off, and then drizzle across the white.
Do the same thing with the blue, and go the opposite direction
this time.
OK, now we're going to try our marbling technique.
And there you have it.
I love the marble effect these have.
You can use any color combination you want.
Nice way to add a subtle pop of color.
Go ahead and leave me a question below if you have it,
or share with me some of your ideas or things
you'd like to see for cake pops or any other sweet treat.
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I'm Desiree.
Thanks for watching.
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