Cake Pops

Since K is a bit over-the-top in all she does, we decided her birthday party should be no different. Normal birthday cake? No way! Too boring. We need something fancier. Cake Pops. Perfect.

In cyberworld, I headed on over to Bakerella for sweet inspiration and fun baking ideas.Then I turned her Red Velvet Cake Balls into my princess' Pink Cake Pops. Here's how:

First, you need a box of chocolate cake mix, 1 can cream cheese frosting, 

1 pkg white chocolate melts, & red food coloring

Bake  the cake according to the pkg directions for a 13x9 cake.

After the cake has cooled completely, crumble it into a large bowl.

mix cake crumbles thoroughly with the cream cheese frosting.

Roll mix into quarter-sized balls and lay on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper

This should make 45-50 cake balls.

Chill for several hours.

----several hours later----

Melt the white chocolate in microwave per pkg directions

add 1-2 drops red food coloring to desired shade of pink or red & mix

roll the cake balls in the chocolate to coat 

return to the parchment lined cookie sheet.

Refrigerate to firm, adding lollipop sticks about halfway through.

I actually only make half the cake pops and then I turned the other half of the 13x9 chocolate cake into individual slices of cake.