cake pops – Health & Happiness

INGREDIENTS

1 freshly baked cake from this recipe (Preppy Kitchen’s Hot Milk Cake) or any box cake mix, if desired
1 package almond bark
toppings (sprinkles, etc.)

INSTRUCTIONS

Bake this recipe (Preppy Kitchen’s Hot Milk Cake) as instructed. Do not add powdered sugar topping.
While still hot, put the insides of the cake into the stand mixer, leaving the very edges that are crispy and brown in pan to snack on later. The tasty edges are the best part anyway!
Mix the cake at a low speed until the desired texture is reached.
Using a small cookie scoop, form dough into balls and place on a lined baking sheet.
Once all dough balls are formed, allow to cool completely.
Place cooled cake balls into the fridge while melting your almond bark and gathering toppings.
If you have a plastic fork available, remove all but the center tine. This will be used to spear each cake ball for dipping.
In a ceramic mug, melt a few almond bark squares at a time in the microwave. Start off with 30 seconds before stirring, and follow up every 10 seconds of microwave time between stirs until the almond bark is melted.
Using the single tine on your plastic fork, spear your cold cake ball and dip into melted almond bark to completely cover. Allow excess to drip back into the cup and then place covered cake ball onto prepared baking sheet.
Dip the tine back into the almond bark and place a small amount to cover the hole left behind by the fork’s tine. Swirl remaining almond bark on tine to decorate as desired.
Immediately use your sprinkles or other toppings to decorate your cake ball as the almond bark will harden quickly.
Continue to repeat process until all cake balls are covered.
Place covered cake balls into fridge to completely set.
Enjoy!

NOTES

I do not use a popsicle stick as with traditional cake pops. We just pop them in our mouths! Just a reminder to make sure that you allow excess almond bark to drip off of cake pops while coating to ensure that the coating is thin or it will be a struggle to eat them. Feel free to use a box cake, if desired. Do note that you may have to use a few spoons full of a complimentary cake icing into batter when using some boxed mixes as they tend to be drier than the homemade cake recommended above. Either way, they will be delicious, I’m sure!