Best Baby Block Cake Pops Recipes

SIMPLE CAKE POPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Beat cake mix, water, eggs, and oil in a bowl using an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium and beat for 2 minutes more. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 28 to 33 minutes. Cool completely, at least 1 hour.
• Crumble cake into a large bowl. Stir frosting into cake crumbles until mixture is sticky but not too smooth. Chill in refrigerator, at least 30 minutes.
• Roll cake mixture into 1 1/2-inch balls and arrange on a baking sheet. Place 1 lollipop stick into each ball.
• Melt about 1/4 cup chocolate candy melts in a microwave-safe bowl in the microwave, about 20 seconds. Dip each cake pop in the melted chocolate. Repeat melting chocolate and dipping remaining cake pops. Decorate pops with decorating icing.

BABY BLOCK CAKE POPS

Steps:

• Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan, using water, oil and egg whites. Cool. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Crumble cake into large bowl. Add frosting; mix well. Shape into 1-inch squares; place on cookie sheet. Freeze until firm; keep refrigerated.
• In 3 separate bowls, stir each color melted candy and 2 teaspoons shortening until smooth. Dip tip of 14 of the lollipop sticks about 1/2 inch into melted pink candy and insert stick into 1 cake square no more than halfway. Repeat, dipping 14 sticks in yellow candy and 14 in blue. Return to cookie sheet. Refrigerate 20 minutes. Remove from refrigerator a few at a time. Dip each cake square into melted candy to cover (using same color to match stick); tap off excess. Poke opposite end of stick into foam block. Let stand until set.
• On 1 side of each square, pipe white icing to look like a block. Pipe letter A, B or C within each outline. Let stand until set.