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| There are endless spooky ideas you can create using your decorations!! |
* To save some time, I found it best to make and bake both cakes at the same time.
For the chocolate cake, the ingredients you'll need are:
- 2 cups of white sugar
- 1 3/4 cups of all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup of milk
- 1/2 cup of vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
- 1 cup of water
- 1 tube of chocolate frosting
For the vanilla cake, the ingredients you'll need are:
- 1 cup of white sugar
- 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1/2 cup of butter
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup of milk
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
- 1 tube of vanilla frosting
* All steps can apply to both cakes, but make sure to use separate bowls!!
Step 1: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and grease two different cake pans.
Step 2: Mix together your dry ingredients (flour, powders, baking soda and salt) in a medium size bowl.
Step 3: Add the wet ingredients (eggs, milk, oil, vanilla and water) to the dry and continue to mix ingredients at a medium speed for about 2 minutes. Pour batter evenly into the two pans.
Step 4: Bake for about 30-35 minutes. To check if the cakes are done, poke the middle of both pans with a toothpick. Set aside to cool completely for 10 minutes.
Step 5: Cut both cakes into halves or fourths, and crumb the pieces together. Empty out the cans of frosting into each bowl of cake crumbs and mix them together with either a large spoon or your hands.
Step 6: Roll the cake mixture into balls, place them on a baking sheet, and freeze the cake balls for 30 minutes. Melt a small amount of the candy melts. Dip the ends of the lollipop sticks into the melted candy and push halfway into the cake balls.
Step 7: Place the pops back in the fridge for another 30 minutes to chill.
*This is the time to gather up the things you'll need for decorations:
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| We bought the white candy melts and some candy eyes last minute lol |
- 1 bag (10 oz.) of black and white candy melts
- 1 bag or box of Nerds candies
- a packet of lollipop sticks (the more you have the better)
- decorating icings: red, orange, and black; the pink and purple are optional, depending on what color of Nerds you are using.
- some decorating tips, depends on the number of icings you have
- a large square or circle foam block
* For the cauldron cake pops
Step 1: Melt the bag of candy melts (pour half the bag, heat it up, and then the other half and heat it up). Dip the cake pops into the melted candy and let the excess candy drip off.
Step 2: Immediately place them on a lined baking sheet. This gives them that flat surface, which will be the rim of the cauldrons.
Step 3: Pipe the red and orange icing onto the bottom of each cake pop to look like flames.
Step 4: Flip the pops upright and stick them onto the foam block. With the black icing, pipe two circles on opposite sides of the cauldrons to create handles.
Step 5: Pipe on the pink, or purple, or whichever color you decide to use on top of the cake pops.
Step 6: Place a few of the Nerds candies on top of the matching icing.
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* For the vanilla cake pops
Step 1: Same as step 1 for the cauldron cake pops.
Step 2: Stick them upright onto the foam block. While the coating is still wet, stick on some googly candy eyes on random ones.
Step 3: For the ones which the coating has set, you can pipe on any Halloween designs that you want. We went with mummies and skeletons and bats, OH MY!!
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And just like that, you have cauldron cake pops and spooky cake pops!! I'll admit this recipe takes a while when it comes to decorating, so it's best to have a helper or two. Plus you all can make some unique Halloween designs together or individually. I hope you all enjoyed this recipe and until next time, hasta la vista bakers!!:)
