When I make cakepops, more often than not I make them using the Babycakes Cake Pop Maker. I received this as a gift, and honestly my first thought was “gimmick”.
Well it turns out, it’s a great little machine and extremely useful. I LOVE the taste of cake pops made this way, compared to the cake and frosting method, and you can add a filling if you like.
Kohls often has it on sale and if you can catch it with a sale and a coupon, you can usually get a great price.
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The question I get the most about the Babycakes Cake Pop Maker is how I get my cake pops round, with many people telling me that theirs come out flat or and odd shape. My immediate question is if they used a regular cake mix or a recipe from Babycakes.
Given that a regular mix still requires adding ingredients, measuring and mixing, it only takes a few more quick steps to make them from scratch using one of the Babycakes recipes. Making a recipe from scratch with the cake pop maker is still quicker than the original method of baking a cake, and then chopping it up and mixing it with frosting and shaping the balls by hand.
EDITED TO ADD: As of 2017, it looks like the recipes are no longer available on the website unfortunately. Never fear, I have a chocolate cake pop recipe at the end of this post, and you can find the VANILLA CAKE POP MAKER RECIPE here.
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Babycakes has their instruction manual, with recipes (previously available on their website). I absolutely LOVE the vanilla cake pop recipe that is in the manual, and it’s my go to recipe for cake pops, it reminds me of pound cake. I’ve found each one that I’ve tried to be delicious and they work great with the machine. I am very excited that they have a brand new cookbook of cake pop recipes with 175 cake pop recipes. I can not wait to try them.
My take is that if you are going to use the machine, use one of their recipes. They’ve been developed for and tested in the Babycakes machine. The included instruction manual includes some great recipes.
I’m not saying cake mixes won’t work, I just think that it makes sense that you will get the best results following a recipe that was made specifically for this purpose. The Babycakes recipes seem to produce a much thicker batter, which certainly makes it easier to fill the wells of the machine.
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The batter is so thick that put my batter into a Ziploc freezer bag and “pipe” it into the wells. I tried this with a cake mix and it was not fun, the cake mix was just too runny. I also saw a suggestion to usea Pancake Pen for the batter. This sounds like an excellent idea that I might have to try.
As of 2019, it appears that Babycakes no longer sells cake pop mixes. I’ve seen this cake pop mix on Amazon, but can’t speak to the results it produces.
If you want to use a store bought mix, I recommend cutting back on the amount of liquid in the recipe. This is something that is likely going to be different with each brand and flavor, meaning there is no blanket “cut back x amount”. I would also recommend adding a bit more baking powder to the mix, even if just half a teaspoon.
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Another fun thing about making your cake pops with the Babycakes machine is that you can easily add/inject a filling into the cake pops! We’ve only used frosting (because we love frosting) but I’m sure you could put lots of other yummy fillings in.
Also, check out this fantastic video from Ahh’s Cakes where she uses the Babycakes Cake Pop Maker and goes through every step – it’s about ten minutes long and very helpful. She appears to be using one of the Pancake Pens to dispense her batter.
The Babycakes Cakepop Maker might take a bit of practice (though I have to say my very first batch turned out quite nicely), but I really think it’s worth figuring it out, especially if you need to make large batches of cake pops. It also makes some delicious donut holes. There are other cake pop makers and pans, such as cake pop pans. I haven’t tried it, so can’t speak for how it works.
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Make sure to check out this post for tips, advice, idea and resources for dipping and decorating your cake pops and thoughts on some common cake pop challenges such as getting the chocolate smooth, preventing the chocolate from cracking and getting the cake pops to stay on their sticks.
Tip: If you don’t have buttermilk on hand, pour ¾ teaspoons lemon juice or vinegar into a glass measuring cup. Add milk to equal ¼ cup. Allow to stand 5 to 10 minutes, then use in place of buttermilk in this recipe.
Calories: 31 kcal | Carbohydrates: 5 g | Protein: 1 g | Fat: 1 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Cholesterol: 4 mg | Sodium: 32 mg | Potassium: 14 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 3 g | Vitamin A: 8 IU | Calcium: 4 mg | Iron: 1 mg
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Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.So, cupcakes are out and cake pops are in? Really?!? Okay, maybe cupcakes aren’t totally out but cake pops are huge! We’ve all seen them at our local Starbucks and many of us have evenmade them on our own. A few months ago our own Baby Gizmo Senior Editor Morgan did an entire DIY Cake Pop Recipe post to show you how to make them!
Cake pops are yummy but they do take time. You have to make the cake. Cool the cake. Crumble the cake.Mix with frosting. Roll. Dip. Decorate. I love to eat these babies but I don’t always have the time to do the entire process.
Lucky for me, there is a device for people just like me –The BabyCakes Cake Pop Maker. Someone must know I have a sweet tooth because the lovely people from Babycakes sent me a Cake Maker to try out. Now, I have to say that I have never made cake pops before. That’s right, I didn’t even make the recipe that Morgan shared with all of us. Shame on me, I know. I just didn’t have the time.
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The Cake Pop Maker arrived, and yes, I was skeptical. Was this machine going to make the same cake pops people love? Well, the short answer is yes and no. Yes, it makes cake pops but they are a bit different than the traditional cake mixed with frosting pops that resemble wet cake. To be honest, I have a few friends that don’t like cake pops because they say they taste like raw cake. The Cake Pop Maker would be their best friend because instead of those traditional “wet” cake pops – this machine makes ’em more like regular cake on a stick. Yes, the cake is still moist but it doesn’t have that raw, wet taste.
I unpacked the Cake Pop Maker and loved that it was a fun shade of light purple. It comes with the maker, a cake pop stand, recipe booklet, cake pop sticks and a two-pronged fork.
While I think you can use a standard cake mix (pick a moist one!), I decided to try one of the recipes that came with the maker. I chose the Chocolate Cake Pops recipe. Now, I have to say that I ALWAYS use a cake mix. What is easier than a mix, eggs, oil and water and mixing?!? But I wanted to go all out on this one and was surprised that making the cake pops from scratch didn’t take me much longer. Maybe 5 minutes max.
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I mixed all the ingredients together and then turned on the Cake Pop Maker to preheat just as the instructions said. The green ready light went on in less than 5 minutes and I was ready to go. I filled each cake pop hole with 1 tbsp of batter. You have to do this quickly as you have 12 holes to fill and the first one you fill will start to bake and rise if you go too slow.
After filling all the resevoirs with batter, close the lid until it locks. It takes the cake pops about 4 minutes to cook. I do wish there was some type of timer or bell that was built in to let me know the cake pops were done but I just set the kitchen timer. It’s important to note that the device gets very hot to the touch on the outside when baking so be careful with any children around.
When time is up, open up the lid and you have 12 cute little balls of cake. Of course, the cake balls
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