Purple Velvet Valentine’s Cake Pop Recipe

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Purple Velvet Valentine’s Cake Pop Recipe

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February 15, 2024

Purple Velvet Valentine’s Cake Pop Recipe

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These pink velvet Valentine’s Day Cake Pops are certain to be love at first sight. Combining chocolate-y pink velvet cake with a festive pink frosting and embellished to your coronary heart’s content material. These are certain to impress, however couldn’t be simpler!

Want extra Valentine’s Day deal with concepts? Make sure you strive my Valentine’s Day Brownies, Valentine’s Day Cookies or Valentine Sugar Cookies.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Rejoice those you’re keen on with these Valentine Cake Pops to your Valentine’s Day! These cake balls have an outer layer of hardened candy chocolate coating with moist pink velvet cake and chocolate frosting on the within. I make this so simple as potential by utilizing a pink velvet boxed cake combine and my do-it-yourself chocolate frosting recipe. You possibly can even take extra assist from the shop and use a can of premade frosting for those who’d like. Get your youngsters concerned for a enjoyable exercise and beautify with totally different sprinkles, jimmies or sanding sugar! These cutie little cake pops take meals on a stick with the subsequent degree!

Elements Wanted For Cake Pops

for the cake

Purple Velvet Cake Combine– I used a Purple Velvet Betty Crocker boxed cake combine. If you wish to make a do-it-yourself cake, use my Purple Velvet Cake recipe.
giant eggs– (room temperature) see the instructions in your cake combine for amount.
frosting– I like to make use of my chocolate frosting recipe for these. Be happy to make use of Cream Cheese Frosting or one other taste you’re keen on, store-bought or do-it-yourself.
pantry staples– vegetable oil, water

for the decorations

tools

cake pop sticks– these 6″ lollipop sticks are wanted to insert into every cake ball.
cake pop holder– non-obligatory, however tremendous useful whereas your cake pops are drying.

Make Purple Velvet Valentine’s Cake Pops

Not solely are these delicious (and barely addicting) however they’re so fairly and really easy to make. For full recipe particulars, together with ingredient measurements, see the printable recipe card down under. Listed below are my step-by-step instructions to creating these enjoyable cake pop’s for Valentine’s Day:

Preheat Oven + Prep Pan

Preheat oven to 350° F (or no matter your cake combine requires). You’ll want a cookie sheet to put all of the cake balls on and switch to the freezer. Line the baking sheet with a chunk of parchment paper or waxed paper. Put aside.

Make + Bake Purple Velvet Cake

In a big bowl, combine cake combine and different substances indicated on the field collectively. Then bake cake in accordance with bundle instructions. Enable to chill fully. Relying on which model of cake combine you utilize, you might want to alter the measurements for eggs, oil, and water listed within the recipe card.

cake mix, water, oil and eggs in a mixing bowl

Make the Frosting (if utilizing do-it-yourself)

Whereas the cake is baking, make the frosting, for those who’re making it from scratch. I used my chocolate frosting recipe, however be happy to make use of one other frosting recipe and even store-bought is fine- no judgement right here!

chocolate frosting ingredients in a bowl

Take away Cooled Cake From Pan

Take away cooled cake from the pan and utilizing a giant sharp knife.

Professional Tip: I wish to take away the darkish outer hardened layer of the cake. Discard or save for snacking. That is an non-obligatory step however I feel it makes for a greater ball-rolling expertise if the laborious outer edges are eliminated.

Mix Cake + Frosting

Within the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment (or utilizing a hand mixer), crumble cake. Combine within the 1 cup of frosting. At this level you’ll be able to add in some sprinkles if desired. The combination must be moist and stick collectively simply. If the dough is simply too dry, add in additional frosting a tablespoon at a time.

Utilizing a cookie scoop, scoop cake balls onto the baking sheet.

hand held mixer combining cake and frosting

Roll every ball within the palm of your palms. If the dough sticks to your palms, you’ll want to clean them sometimes.

womans hands rolling each cake ball in the palms of her hands

Cowl + Freeze

Cowl with plastic wrap and freeze cake balls for about half-hour. Take away from freezer and provides every ball a second roll with the palm of your palms. This may guarantee an evenly spherical ball. Get better and place again into freezer for 1 hour.

cake balls on a sheet pan covered with plastic wrap

Soften Chocolate Wafers

Proper earlier than you’re prepared to drag out your cake pops from the freezer, soften sweet melts. Microwave in a microwave-safe bowl or cup (ideally a tall one that you could simply dip the cake pop in). Begin out with 30 seconds, stir, after which soften at 20-second increments till melted. Watch out to not overcook the chocolate or it’ll seize up!

Professional Tip: If the chocolate is simply too thick, you’ll be able to add a tiny quantity of coconut oil to skinny it out, simply watch out to not add an excessive amount of as a result of the chocolate received’t set! You too can use Crisco shortening.

Professional Tip: Work in small batches! Pour ⅓ of the bag of chocolate within the bowl after which as soon as it’s used up, soften one other ⅓ of the bag, and so forth.

Insert Cake Pop Sticks into Cake Balls

Take away cake pops from the freezer. Dip the tip of a cake pop stick into the melted chocolate and slide it about two thirds the way in which by a cake pop ball. The chocolate will act as a glue for the stick. Do that with all 40 cake pop sticks, putting every one again on baking sheet as you go.

womans hand dipping the end of a lollipop stick in melted chocolate

Professional Tip: If this step was supplying you with a tough time, you might contemplate re-freezing your cake pops for quarter-hour or so and re-melting the chocolate. It is a normal rule all through this complete course of.

Time to Dip Cake Pops!

Now you’re able to dip! Holding the cake pop by the underside of the stick, place the wrong way up and dip cake balls into the cup of melted chocolate, turning a bit to get each piece of the cake ball coated.

Let as a lot chocolate drip off as potential, gently tapping on the facet of the cup to take away extra.

woman's hand dipping cake ball on a stick into melted chocolate

Embellish!

Transferring shortly, beautify the highest of the cake pops with sprinkles and/or jimmies earlier than the chocolate units. Place right into a cake pop holder – cake pop up (a styrofoam block, a dish with rice to carry cake pops in place, or a field with holes, and so on.). Enable to set fully (about 1 hour), serve and revel in!

womans hand holding a cake pop while adding sanding sugar to it

Storing Valentine’s Cake Pops

In case you have leftover cake pops, retailer in an hermetic container within the fridge to maintain them recent and from drying out.

Make Forward: These might be made 2-3 days upfront. Hold your valentine’s cake pops within the fridge till able to serve.

To Freeze: If you wish to retailer and use them later, after they’ve dried, place in a freezer protected, hermetic container or bag for as much as 1-2 months! Enable to thaw within the fridge in a single day.

Suggestions For Success With Making Cake Pops

Making these is very easy and with a couple of suggestions, you’ll have these made and embellished very quickly!

Use a Small Cookie Scoop: that will help you form uniform cake truffles, use a small cookie scoop then roll along with your palms. Or perhaps a spherical tablespoon would work.

Use the right amount of frosting: Utilizing an excessive amount of frosting could cause the cake balls to have an excessive amount of moisture and grow to be greasy and soggy.

Melting Chocolate: you don’t want to make use of the double boiler technique to soften your chocolate wafers. As an alternative, simply pop the wafers within the microwave and soften in 30-second intervals. If you happen to discover the chocolate is somewhat thick, add 1 teaspoon of coconut oil to assist skinny it out.

Dipping: use a deeper cup, concerning the measurement of a tall ingesting glass for dipping. If you happen to use a shallow dish, be sure to have a spoon useful to scoop up the melted chocolate and pour it over to coat evenly.

Use a cake pop stand: whether or not you purchase one or make one at dwelling, it’ll actually assist maintain them upright to allow them to dry. You may make one by poking holes in a field, utilizing a styrofoam block or put rice in a glass or smaller mason jar.

cake pops on a plate, one of them showing the inside of the cake pop

Extra Purple Velvet Treats to Attempt!

This pink velvet cake balls recipe is a straightforward Valentine’s Day dessert to shock your family members with this 12 months, plus they’re a lot enjoyable to make! The printable recipe card is under. Get pleasure from, mates!

If you happen to make this recipe, I might actually recognize it for those who would give it a star score and go away your evaluate within the feedback! In case you have an image of your completed dish, put up it on Instagram utilizing the hashtag #laurenslatest and tagging me @laurens_latest.

Valentine’s Day Cake Pops

These Valentine’s Day Cake Pops are certain to be love at first sight. Combining chocolate-y pink velvet cake with a festive pink frosting and embellished to your coronary heart’s content material.

Directions

Take away cooled cake from the pans and utilizing a big sharp knife, take away the darkish outer hardened layer of the cake. Discard or save for snacking. That is an non-obligatory step however I feel it makes for a greater ball-rolling expertise if the laborious outer edges are eliminated.

In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment (or utilizing a hand mixer), crumble cooled cake. Combine in frosting. At this level you’ll be able to add in some sprinkles if desired. The combination must be moist and stick collectively simply. If the dough is simply too dry, add in additional frosting a tablespoon at a time.

Line baking sheet with parchment paper and utilizing a cookie scoop, scoop cake balls onto the baking sheet. Roll every ball along with your palms. If the dough sticks to your palms, you’ll want to clean them sometimes.

Cowl with plastic wrap and freeze cake balls for about half-hour. Take away from freezer and provides every ball a second roll with the palm of your palms. This may guarantee an evenly spherical ball. Cowl and place again into freezer for 1 hour.

Proper earlier than you are prepared to drag out your cake pops, soften chocolate wafers. Microwave in a microwave-safe bowl or cup (ideally a tall one that you could simply dip the cake pop in). Begin out with 30 seconds, stir, after which soften at 20-second increments till melted. Watch out to not overcook the chocolate or it’ll seize up!**

If the chocolate is simply too thick, you’ll be able to add a tiny quantity of coconut oil to skinny it out, simply watch out to not add an excessive amount of as a result of the chocolate received’t set! You too can use Crisco shortening.

Take away cake pops from the freezer. Dip the tip of a cake pop stick into the melted chocolate and slide about two thirds the way in which by a cake pop ball. The chocolate will act as a glue for the stick. Do that with all 40 cake pop sticks, putting every one again on baking sheet as you go.

If this step took you a very long time to do, you might contemplate re-freezing your cake pops for quarter-hour or so and re-melting the chocolate. It is a normal rule all through this complete course of.

Now you are able to dip! Holding the cake pop by the underside of the stick, place the wrong way up into the cup of melted chocolate, turning a bit to get each piece of the cake ball coated.