does anyone use their own recipes rather than packet mixes? Does any cake work? ege chocolate cake, sponge cake, mudcake? Or do they have to be a specific density? What types of frosting can you use? Presumably buttercream would be ok, what about chocolate fudge frosting? Or just regular old icing (icing sugar, margarine, vanilla, boiling water)?

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We cooks in our family swear by the 2-4-6-8 cake

I just recently made a batch of owl shaped ones for my DD's 1st birthday. Don't use cake!! it makes them too heavy. I use oreos/cream cheese and cover in cooking chocolate eg Nestle or the like.

Don't use candy melt to cover them - its too thick. Mine were a hit and they taste soooo good - a nice crispy chocolate shell around them.

(I use the receipe from the 4 Ingredients christmas book)

I've only made them twice, the first time with a packet cake & the second was with a choc mud cake I made - home made cake was MUCH better. You can use any icing as long as it pulls the cake together and you can roll it.

I used candy melts and just added vegetable oil (as per the Bakerlla Cake Pops book) until I got the right consistency & had no problem at all.

They were yummy.

Have you had a look at Bakerella's site? Www.bakerella.com.

I use a regular sponge or buttercake recipe and buttercream to mix through.

Don't make the cake balls too big and make sure you freeze them one you put your stick into them before dipping into the chocolate. It also helps to thin the melted chocolate out a bit by adding a tiny bit of vegetable oil into the melted chocolate before dipping. Use a deep bowl for the melted chocolate, do a quick dip and twist and remove the ball. If you leave it too long the cake ball will fall off the stick.

Have fun!

thanks, I will try some experimenting and see what works. Yep, I have bakerellas book but she seems to use mostly packet mixes which i detest

I made a red velvet recipe I found online & cream cheese frosting I found online. I would have to go searching for the sites. I have also made choc packet mix with h/m cream cheese frosting.

The choc cake cream cheese frosting combo is to die for! I don't think it really matters whether it is packet or not, you can be creative, just make sure the frosting/cake/biscuit mixture is not too gooey or dry.

And I agree with the melts - they are too thick, and Lindt cooking chocolate doesn't set well. I find Plastowe better.

I love making cake pops - see my link below.

I have made many biscuit and cream cheese varieties, oreo, white tim tam, dark tim tam, mint slice, Woolworths has their own brand of Select Raspberry & Cream which is delectable, just like a strawberry cheesecake when added with the cream cheese! and over the weekend just did some butternut snap one's...they are delish too!

I have tried cake boxes, just a simple buttercake, vanilla, and red velvet but found them too sweet. I might embark on a choc mud with choc ganache next time instead of buttercream or icing to bond with! Therefore I think your choc fudge should work - the texture needs to get to a playdough consistency, and with which needs to be dense, so don't think sponge would work, as it may be too light and may break when sticking stick into it, even though it may be chilled from fridge...

The american candy melts dont work on their own like **Leprechaun** said as they need to be thinned down, in the US they use paramount crystals - here we use copha. I have used Candy melts with our copha but again found the melts too sweet. As I believe we here are used to our nestle and cadburys choc.... so I use either powder or gel paste (with flo coat)...

hope this helps

I used a homemade cake (my first try at the birthday cake was a little dry so I used it for cake pops) and homemade buttercream. They turned out delicious. I'm sure any cake recipe would do, just use your favourite. I used candy melts, I thinned it out with copha and it worked perfectly.

OMG OurCompletedFamily, did you really make cake pops shaped like mermaids?? Did you actually shape the mix like that? They look amazing! And how did you make your cake pop stand, I would love one.

Well ~Jot~ here's the link for the pink cake pop stand that I adapted from. I bought some A4 acrylic sheets, rods, and knob handles from ebay, MDF from bunnings.... I'm sure you can get the aluminium spacers/threaded rods from bunnings as well... DH used his slide compound saw to cut the desired size/length, and I did the rest... it took a few days, stat tuned over the next couple of weeks if you want, am currently making another few different ones including a simple three tiered stand

and yep those mermaid were hand scuplted by mwah! was a lot of fun - this was done with a buttercake/box recipe.

Love the stand too. I would remove the 'making of it' and sell them
Leprechaun - would you mind posting a pic of your owl pops please?

OP I found the candy melts worked well without copha, just don't melt too much at a time.
Choc fudge would work well and give the cake a mudcake texture/taste.

~Jane05~

here are my owl pops - dont laugh!

Owl Pops

Just for another option - I used a recipe where you make brownies - cooked until still fairly moist - then make into the balls, chill and dip in chocolate (and hundreds and thousands for my son).

Very simple and yummy!

You should totally be selling these - I'd buy one!!




Awww - very cute!!

Just a quick question, what can you use for the coating other than candy melts? Or are they really the best?