Six-Step Picstructions – Cake Pops

Confession: I am one of the biggest anti-kitchen people I know. If someone asks me about my cooking habits, my usual reply is “I burn water,” and that’s where the conversation ends from my side. I don’t know what it is, I just don’t enjoy cooking, and my small successes in the kitchen are not enough to turn it around.

HOWEVER – when it came to my birthday, I decided I needed to give baking a chance. I hate baking just a tad less than I hate cooking, because baking requires precise measurements and instructions, while many people cook by instinct, something that gives me massive anxiety.

From the millions of ideas I had pinned to my Mermaid Party Pinterest board, I really really wanted to make some pretty cake pops! So here are the ingredients and Six-Step Picstructions –

Ingredients/Materials:

Cake Mix + required eggs, oil/butter & water (or just bake a cake from scratch if you’re up for it!)
Frosting
Cake pop sticks
Candy Melts
Canola Oil
Styrofoam base

Six-Step Picstructions:

1. Bake a cake, let it cool down. I made blue velvet to match the theme of the party.

2. Once the cake is cold, you can scrape off the crust to ensure the color stays intact.

3. Shred the cake to small crums, and mix in with frosting until it reaches a clumping/molding consistency.

4. Make golf-sized balls, place in pan, and refrigerate for roughly 1 hour. While the cake balls get cold, cook the candy melts (vapor), and add canola oil as necessary to thin out the frosting.

5. Dip the stick in the frosting and then stick it in the cake ball. Dip the cake ball and let the excess frosting drip.

6. Decorate with sprinkles, piping, or ribbons, to your taste. Place in styrofoam base while they dry.

This YouTube video tutorial from Joy of Baking is very helpful to follow along.

These cake pops were delicious, which is awesome considering cake mix is $1.30, and what I really loved was the color contrast of these blue velvet against the purple frosting. Take a bite 😉