How To Make Cake Pops With Moulds

Cakes are a delicious idea for any party, event, or dinner, but sometimes they can be difficult to pass out to everyone. Cupcakes are an easy way to get a single serving, yet they can also be a bit messy. Thanks to the new market for molds made of silicone, it is now a breeze to put cake in the cute, single-serving form of a cake pop!

Unlike making them by hand, cake pops with mold units are simple to make and turn out great – so long as you know some tricks for making these beautiful treats. Let’s get started on how to make cake pops with a mold!

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NOTE: This recipe uses about 1/3 of a box of cake mix in order to make a smaller batch of cake pops. If you would like to use the entire box, prepare the batter as instructed on the box, proceed with filling the mold and baking, and you will end up with about 60 cake pops or more.

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Lightly oil the inside of the cake pop mold (top and bottom piece). This will make removing them easier later on. Place the bottom mold on a cookie sheet.

Fill each of the cavities of the mold with cake batter – leaving about 1 mm between the surface of the batter and the top of the mold (this is important so the cake pops don’t overflow when baking, and also so that they don’t end up flat). Cover with the top mold, making sure to press all parts of the molds together securely.

Place the pan in the preheated oven and bake for about 20 minutes. Stick a toothpick through a hole in the mold to determine if the cake pops are done. There is no need to open the mold to check. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes. Open the silicone mold and let cool another 5 to 10 minutes before removing the cake balls.

How To Use Cake Pop Moulds

Melt a little bit of chocolate. Dip one end of each cake pop stick into the melted chocolate. Then insert it into the cake pop. Repeat with the rest. Place in a stand and refrigerate for 30 minutes to seal them together.

Melt the chocolate for the coating (you can use the microwave, mixing every 30 seconds so that it doesn’t over-cook. Or you can place a heatproof bowl over a pot of simmering water – double boiler style).

Coat the cake pops with the melted chocolate by swirling them in the chocolate and decorate with the sprinkles while they are still wet. Let the cake pops sit in a stand (we poked holes in an egg carton to use as a stand) to harden the coating at room temperature.

Cake Pop Mold

As you can see, while they might seem intimidating at first, it is not too difficult learning how to make cake pops with a mold. On the contrary, trying time and time again to mold your own shapes by hand is a much harder task.

Mastering these molds makes baking so much more enjoyable. The trick to perfection each time is simply to make sure those silicone molds are lightly oiled properly before the batter is added to them and securely fitted together when baking.

If they are not overfilled, then your little dollops of cake will bake into perfect spheres, ready to be dipped in whatever topping you choose. Try not to be hard on yourself if there is some cake baked in between the mold cavities; this is still a success and very easy to remove with a small knife once the cake pops have cooled.

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Some popular flavor suggestions include a butter pecan cake with a smooth vanilla icing. Try a decadent rich chocolate with a dark chocolate dip or mix that chocolate concoction with coconut to create a German chocolate cake combination. Strawberry, vanilla, and lemon are all delicious choices, as are utilizing red velvet or yellow cakes with a variety of icings and sprinkles.

Unlike making them by hand, cake pops with mold units are simple to make and turn out great – so long as you know some tricks for making these beautiful treats.

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Calories: 96 kcal Carbohydrates: 12 g Protein: 1 g Fat: 6 g Saturated Fat: 4 g Cholesterol: 8 mg Sodium: 54 mg Potassium: 36 mg Fiber: 1 g Sugar: 8 g Vitamin A: 12 IU Calcium: 19 mg Iron: 1 mg

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Nutrition information on In the Kitch is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It may not include toppings and/or sauces.

I am Joss, the creator and editor of In the Kitch. I am inviting you on this food journey with me to learn, grow and bring out that inner chef in you. I hope to inspire you to get creative in your own kitchen!Yesterday I set out to attempt a baking CRAFT that I have been wanting to try for awhile now – CAKE POPS.

Cake Pops (term and assembly method credited mainly to Bakerella) have taken the country by storm.  And what’s not to love?  Cake – icing – toppings – chocolate… all on a STICK.  I bought a set of 2 silicone cake pop molds and spent a few minutes on Google trying to find tips on how to use them.  I didn’t find much.

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Instead, I found a post from Love from the Oven – all about making cake pops by hand.  Hmm.  I hadn’t even considered doing that.  I had always figured it was too much work.  But her post convinced me that it was worth a try because they were a little bigger, looked a bit tastier and gave me so many more flavor possibilities.

So let’s start with the silicone mold because I made the pops both ways.  Making the batter was simple – I used Pillsbury Funfetti cake mix because it’s what I had on hand.  I prepared it according to the directions on the box, but I added one extra egg and instead of 1 cup of water, I used 1/2 cup of milk.  (That was a suggestion that came with the silicone mold directions.)

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The directions did not say whether or not I should grease the molds, so I did just in case (using non-stick cooking spray).  I filled each of the two bottom molds almost completely.  Then I placed the top molds over the bottom, securing them into place.  (I put the cake pop molds on a baking tray to keep everything a little more sturdy.)

Silicone Cake Pop Mould

I baked these guys for 16 minutes at 350 degrees.  After they came out of the oven they sat (in the molds) on a cooling rack for a half hour or so before I popped them out and onto a plate.

I had some batter left over from the molds…  that’s what gave me the inspiration to try making cake pops “by hand” as well.  I dumped the rest of the batter into a baking dish and when the molds came out of the oven, this dish went in for about 20 minutes.

After cooling for at least an hour, I was ready to get down and dirty with the cake.  I scored the cake into squares to break it up a bit.

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Then I scooped each piece out of the dish, two or three at a time.  I crumbled them by hand into a bowl.  (You could use a food processor to crumble the cake, but honestly, it went so quickly by hand – a food processor might not be worth the hassle.)

Add 1/2 to 3/4 can of frosting to your cake crumbles.  I used cream cheese frosting – again, because it’s what I had on hand.  Next time I try this I want to make the cake and frosting from scratch!

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Now you need to chill your mixture.  You can do this by placing the bowl in the refrigerator for a few hours or in the freezer for 15-30 minutes.  By the time I got around to crumbling and mixing, it was later at night, so I left my bowl in the fridge overnight.

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I pulled the silicone mold cake pops out of their container and placed them next to each other.  The difference is pretty obvious – not just the size (because I could have hand rolled mine to be smaller) but the cake pops from the molds will be straight up cake.  They are lighter and fluffier and well, more cake-like.  The pops that I hand rolled are dense, moist and pre-mixed with frosting.

Helpful tip – sometimes the candy stick has trouble staying in the cake pop – especially when you are dipping it into the thick melted chocolate.  What worked best for me, was to poke a hole into each cake pop with the stick  Then I dipped the stick into the melted chocolate and put the stick back into the cake pop.  I let the pop sit for a few minutes before attempting to dip in the chocolate – letting the stick set a bit.

I held the cake pops over a small bowl and shook various sprinkles over the entire pop.  I placed

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