Baby Blue Cake Pops
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Recipe type: Dessert
Makes: 50 cake pops
 
Homemade cake pops (no cake mix!) are perfect for a special occasion.
Ingredients
  • 1 Baby Blue Cake
  • 1 batch Baby Blue Buttercream
  • ~50 6-inch lollipop sticks
  • 32 ounces white chocolate, roughly chopped
  • ½ cup blue sprinkles
Instructions
  1. Line a baking sheet with wax paper and set aside
  2. Break cake into pieces and place in a large bowl; crumble cake into small crumbs with fingers
  3. Add buttercream to cake and mix with a spoon until all cake crumbs are coated
  4. Use a medium cookie dough scoop or large spoon to scoop balls of dough onto wax paper
  5. Use your hands to roll the cake scoops into balls
  6. Cover with another sheet of wax paper and place in freezer for at least two hours
  7. Prepare another baking sheet with wax paper for finished pops
  8. Once cake balls are frozen, you can make them into pops
  9. Put white chocolate in a heat-safe bowl and place in over a pot of simmering water; stir chocolate constantly
  10. until melted (you can also melt the white chocolate in the microwave)
  11. Remove balls from freezer; dip the top of each lollipop stick about ⅓ of an inch into the white chocolate and immediately press into cake ball two thirds of the way through
  12. Once complete, dip each cake pop, one at a time, into white chocolate; lightly tap off excess chocolate and place cake pop on wax paper; decorate with sprinkles immediately before chocolate hardens
  13. Repeat until all cake pops are dipped and decorated
  14. Allow to cool and for chocolate to harden before serving
Notes
Inspired by Bakerella
Recipe by Keep It Sweet Desserts at http://www.keepitsweetdesserts.com/baby-blue-cake-pops-for-krissys-virtual-baby-shower/