Halloween Cake Pops
Servings: 50
Calories: 173kcal
Halloween Cake Pops decorated like Jack OLanterns make a great homemade treat for those special Trick-or-Treaters.
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Ingredients
Chocolate cake Ingredients
- ¾ cup Cocoa
- 1 cup boiling water
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons butter softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup milk
- ¼ cup sour cream
Buttercream Frosting Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter
- 3 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 cups icing sugar
- 5-6 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 cups orange candy melts for decorating
- ¼ cup confectioners sugar for decorating
- green food colouring gel for decorating
- black food colouring gel or black food writer for decorating
Instructions
Chocolate Cake Method
- Heat oven to 350ºF. Grease and flour 9 x 13 inch cake pan
- Mix cocoa with boiling water in small bowl, stir until smooth. Set aside to cool.
- Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Gradually add cocoa mixture, beating well.
- In separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda and salt.
- Add flour mixture, alternately with milk and sour cream, into butter mix, until well blended.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake 30-40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool.
Buttercream Frosting method
- Using paddle beater, whip butter until fluffy
- Add in the icing sugar
- Add in the cream, for cake pops I keep the icing fairly firm.
- Continue to mix until fluffy and thoroughly combined.
Notes
Steps for decorating and assembling cake pops in post.
Nutrition
Calories: 173kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 110mg | Potassium: 37mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 220IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg