Cake Pops!

Samantha& Jessica's Cake pop recipe(makes about 14 DEPENDING on how much cake you use):

Ingredients:

Regular old cake from a box (any flavor)

1 tub of frosting (any kind)

14 straws

Vegitable oil (grab the whole container, no we won't use it all)

1 King sized /hershey bar (4.4 ounces)

OR

Magic shell chocolate

Step : 1

Make any flavor of cake- the easy way is from a box! Bake the cake using the directions, then get a bowl and smush away! I saved about half of the cake, so the measurements may be off if you want to make more than 14 pops. Get your hands dirty with cake until the cake crumbs are fine.

Step : 2

Add about two fairly large spoonfuls of frosting. Mix the frosting and the crumbs until they are sortof sticky. Then, make little round cake-crumb 1" balls. Cut the bendy part off the straws so they are log tubes. Set aside the cake crumb balls and the straws.

Step : 3

Melt the whole chocolate bar, and add about a teaspoon of vegetable oil, maybe a bit less to the chocolate. This will be used to make the hard shell around the cake pop. The vegitable oil makes a "magic shell" when combined with the chocolate, hence, the hard coating around the cake.

Step : 4

Take a straw, and dim about 1cm of it in the chocolate. Then, stick the straw in one of the balls. If you have styrofoam, stick the the pops in it. Otherwise, poke holes in an empty cereal box. Place the pops standing upright in the refridgerator, then wait until they are firm(this took about 1 hour).

Step : 5

Get a spoon to help glaze the pops. Fill the spoon with chocolate, and twist the pop on the spoon, covering it. Be careful, so the pop does not fall off the stick. Decorate with sprinkles and place in the fridge again. Wait until the shell has hardened(about 15minutes) and serve!

TIPS AND TRICKS:

WHEN BAKING THE CAKE: You can substitute apple sauce for vegitable oil.

WHEN MAKING THE FROSTING/ SHELL: If you don't want a chocolate crust, you can melt white chocolate, or add warm milk to the frosting to make a light drizzle. This won't turn into a shell, but it will semi- harden when frozen.

Learn how to make cake pops easily!

Ingredients

Cake mix
Frosting
Chocolate for melting - milk or dark, your choice; and some white for decorating purposes (white chocolate is optional)
White chocolate wafers (optional)
Sprinkles for decoration (you can decorate it with other things!)
Lollipop Sticks
Styrofoam block
Food coloring (optional)

Instructions

Bake a cake. It doesn't matter what type. Make the flavor that you enjoy most! (It does not matter what shape or size cake!)
Allow the cake to cool completely. After taking the cake out of the oven, be sure it is totally cool before you start transforming it into cake pops.
Using either your hands or a spoon, take the cooled cake out of the pan and place it into a large bowl. Mix to break down the cake into fine crumbs. You can either mix it with an electric mixer, or use your hands. Make sure that all there is left is crumbs!
Choose a flavor of frosting that you like. Add about half of it into the crumbs. Basically what you want is to form a doughy texture again. If you need to add more frosting, feel free to do so. Make sure it is all mixed and ensure that there is no part of the cake crumb mixture without frosting. (Try my buttercream frosting!)
Use a cookie scooper to scoop out little balls. (A spoon is ok!) Round them out with your hands; this is so they aren't as sticky. Make sure that each forms a little ball. You need them to be even when you are dipping them into chocolate.
Put each cake ball onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Then place in the freezer for 10 minutes or so to firm up.
Melt chocolate in a double boiler. The chocolate that you use to cover strawberries is recommended.You can also use crushed-up white chocolate wafers if you prefer, as the outer layer. (You can also use crushed-up white chocolate wafers if you prefer, as the outer layer.)
Dip the lollipop stick into melted chocolate then insert into the cake ball. Insert the stick into the little round balls a little less than halfway; just as far as it feels sturdy to hold is adequate.
Dip The cake ball into the melted chocolate. I know the picture shows the dipping without the stick, but don't do it that way.
Set aside to cool so that the chocolate hardens.
Once they have cooled down, dip each cake pop into the melted chocolate one more time. This is to ensure that they are fully covered. Be very careful at this point––you don't want the balls to break and fall into the chocolate. Gently tap them above the chocolate to remove any excess chocolate.
Use the Styrofoam block to stick the cake pops into and for display.
Keep on with this process until you are all the way finished. Then (if you want) melt some white chocolate. Put it into a plastic bag and cut a hole at the corner. Decorate each cake pop using the melted white chocolate in the way you want. This step is optional but provides a great opportunity to write a person's name, the name of a sports team and to draw images, patterns or symbols. (THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN USE FROSTING AND USE DIFFERENT CAKE TIPS IF YOU WANT! :) )
Use the Styrofoam block to stick the cake pops into and for display.
Refrigerate the cake pops. This is to make them stay firm and to keep them fresh until serving time.