How To Make Cake Pops With Madeira Cake

Welcome back to our blog! This month, we’re walking you through the easiest way of making cake pops! Throughout this post, you’ll pick up tips to show you that making them can be an absolute breeze 🙂

Place roughly 200g of cake into a bowl and break it up until it resembles breadcrumbs. We used our yummy Madeira Cake mix for this which works out to roughly 6 cupcakes (doesn’t matter if you’re a little over). Add approximately 80g of buttercream into the bowl and mix through until it forms a dough consistency. You’ll know you’ve added enough when the mix doesn’t crumble and fall apart in your hands when you squeeze it. The amount of buttercream you need to add will massively depend on your cake – for example, chocolate cakes tend to be more moist and so may not need as much buttercream to hold its shape!

Break your mix into 25g-30g chunks and roll them into balls using the palms of your hands – they should be nice and compact as shown above. It’s really important to not go much heavier than this as otherwise your cake pops have a tendency to slide down the stick or fall into the candy melts as you dunk them.

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You don’t have to stick to just this shape, you can also shape them into stars, squares, clouds etc by hand or by using our chocolate moulds which come in a variety of cute shapes 🙂

We always use these little chocolate melting pots as they’re fab at controlling the temperature of candy melts/ chocolate! Pour in your candy melts and stir regularly until melted through; this is the point at which you could add some chocolate colouring (ours are cocoa butter based so they won’t seize when you add them in).

Dip a few cm of your cake pop sticks into the chocolate and then immediately push it halfway into your cake pop ball. I would recommend holding your cake pop as you do this to avoid flattening one side of your shape. Repeat this for all of them and then place them in the fridge to chill for about 10 minutes.

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If you’re finding that your chocolate or melts are runny enough, simply add 1tbsp of sunflower/vegetable oil and mix thoroughly until smooth!

Once the cake pops have chilled, you can dunk them! Carefully place them into the chocolate pot until fully submerged and then remove them. Tap them gently against the side of the pot to get rid of any excess, turning them slowly as you do so. Prop it up in a cake pop stand or a polystyrene dummy until they’re fully set.

You’ll notice they’re starting to set when they start to lose their shine (but don’t worry, we can make them look super pretty!) 😛

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We have a broad range of gorgeous pearl dust colours which are all 100% edible and are great for bringing back some shine to your treats! Simply dip your dusting brush into your pot of dust and brush it straight onto your cake pop. Buff it on in a circular motion for an even coating and voila!

Another way of decorating these is to cover them with sprinkles (the brighter and more colourful, the better!). We have lots of pretty mixes as well as 100s and 1000s which all work so well 🙂

To get a full coverage, you need to dunk your pop into the chocolate, tap off the excess and once it’s stopped dripping, you can place your cake pop pop straight into a pot of sprinkles and rotate it until fully coated.

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For more strategic placing of sprinkles, allow your cake pop to set fully and then you can paint the designated areas with a thin layer of edible glue. Place your sprinkles on top and let them dry out!

Once they’re set, you can lay them down in a box or package them into clear cello bags for gifts (if they can last that long!). It’s time to tuck in and enjoy 😀

We really hope you enjoyed this blog post and have picked up some handy tips! We absolutely love to see your creations so if you post on social media, be sure to tag us or use the # hashtag so we can see!Christmas Pudding Cake Pops made with leftover madeira cake, condensed milk, white and milk chocolate and sprinkles, a fantastic way of using up any leftover cake, and a spectacular festive dessert for the whole family. Super easy to make, but so delicious and pretty too!

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If you have any leftover cake that is not as moist, but it's still as delicious, there is not need to throw it in the bin. There are a few, super easy and delicious ways of transforming any leftovers into absolutely fantastic new desserts.

The most popular one would be a good old trifle, where the cake will soak up all the goodness from the custard, jelly and whatever brandy you use. I love a good trifle, especially during the festive season, they are definitely a crowd pleaser.

Another way of using up leftover cake is making cake pops. Not only they are super easy to make with super simple ingredients, but they also look impressive. You can make cake pops for absolutely any occasion, from children's parties, Valentine's Day, Easter, Christmas, and anything else you can think of.

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For my cake pops I used leftover madeira cake, but any other sponge cake would do: Lemon Drizzle Cake, Victoria Sandwich Cake , Coffee and Walnut Cake, just to give you ca few examples.

The cake does not need to be simple, if it's got filling or icing, that's fine, they will act like binding agents to keep the balls together. Otherwise, if you have a plain cake, you can use condensed milk, like I did for my pops, cream cheese or any icing of your choice.

To make the cake pops have that distinctive Christmas pudding look, I used milk and white chocolate, plus sprinkles for the top.

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I absolutely loved these Christmas Cake Pops, they were so delicious, and they kept fresh for many days before they were finally demolished - even if the cake was already 3-4 days old, the pops lasted well for 4-5 days after as well, just keep them refrigerated, and they will be fine.

If you don't want to go for a Christmas pudding look, you can still get christmassy pops by adding Christmas sprinkles, it's amazing what a few sprinkles can do to transform anything into the best festive dessert.

Alternatively, you can use marzipan or sugar paste to cut out hollies and berries, or any other festive decorations - the more, the merrier. And that's it, a fabulous Christmas dessert that will go down a treat with kids and grown-ups too!

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Calories: 145 kcal | Carbohydrates: 23 g | Protein: 2 g | Fat: 6 g | Saturated Fat: 3 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2 g | Cholesterol: 22 mg | Sodium: 112 mg | Potassium: 83 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 18 g | Vitamin A: 48 IU | Vitamin C: 1 mg | Calcium: 44 mg | Iron: 1 mg