Festive Cake Pops

As Christmas time is coming around I thought I should make a fun treat with festive colors. I love the Starbucks cake pops but it is so much more expensive to buy there than to make at home. These cake pops are simple, delicious, and fully customizable whether you use a store bought cake and icing or make it homemade.

Ingredients -

-1 2/3 cups all purpose flour

-1/4 teaspoon baking soda

-1/2 teaspoon baking powder

-1/2 teaspoon salt

-1 cup whole milk whole milk

-7 tablespoons unsalted butter

-1 cup granulated sugar

-3 teaspoons vanilla

-1 egg

-1 3/4 cups powder sugar

-White chocolate candy melts

-sprinkles

-cake pop sticks

Tools -

-oven (to bake the cake)

-fridge/freezer (to chill the cake pops)

-Microwave safe bowl (to melt the chocolate)

-11x7 cake pan (to bake the cake in)

-whisk (to mix the ingredients)

-stand mixer (to mix the ingredients)

-toothpick (to check the cake)

-parchment paper (to let cake pops rest)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and grease an 11x7 cake pan.

2. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.

3. In a stand mixer with a paddle or whisk attachment, beat butter and sugar together until creamed - about 2 minutes.

4. Add egg and vanilla extract and beat on high speed until combined. Scrape down the bottom and sides of the bowl if needed.

5. With mixer on low speed, add dry ingredients and milk to wet ingredients.

6. Pour batter into a greased pan and bake for 30-36 minutes and until a toothpick comes out clean.

7. Let the cake cool completely in the pan set on a wire rack.

1. With a stand mixer and paddle attachment, beat butter on medium speed until creamy - about two minutes.

2. Add powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract with the mixer running on low.

3. Increase to a high speed and beat for 3 minutes.

1. Crumble cooled cake into a bowl on top of the frosting and make sure there are no large lumps.

2. Turn the mixture on low and beat frosting and cake crumbs together.

3. Measure 1 tablespoon of cake mixture and roll into a ball.

4. Place balls on a lined baking sheet and either refrigerate for at least 2 hours or freeze for at least 1 hour.

5. Re-roll the chilled balls to smooth out.

1. Melt chocolate in a two cup liquid measuring cup in the microwave.

2. Take 2-3 cake balls from the fridge at a time.

3. Dip a stick about 1/2 inch into the coating and insert into the center of the cake ball, only pushing halfway through.

4. Dip cake pop into coating making sure it covers the base where the stick is.

You can decorate these cake pops with whatever you want. Some things you can use are sprinkles, chocolate chips, m&ms, etc. The coating hardens fast so make sure you do everything quickly.