Cake Pop Recipe

1. Preheat the oven to 180c/350f.
2. Start by making the sponge. In a mixing bowl, cream the caster sugar and 110g of butter together.
3. Sieve in the self-raising flour and break in the eggs. Thoroughly mix together until smooth.
4. Pour the mixture into a cake tin lined with greaseproof or parchment paper.
5. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until cooked through. Then leave to cool on a wire rack.
6. Next, make the frosting. Cream 40g of butter in a mixing bowl until pale.
7. Now mix the cream cheese then icing sugar into the butter until smooth.
8. When the sponge has cooled, crumble into fine breadcrumbs in a large mixing bowl.
9. Thoroughly mix the frosting into the sponge until smooth then roll out 20 balls from the mixture.
10. Place the balls onto greaseproof or parchment paper then leave to chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
11. Melt the chocolate in the microwave. Then for each cake pop, dip the end of a lollypop stick in the chocolate then stick 1/3 of the way into each ball. Chill for another 30 minutes in the fridge.
12. Dip each cake pop in the melted chocolate, twirl until smooth then sprinkle with sprinkles.
13. Leave to set in the fridge for a final 30 minutes, then they're ready to enjoy.

Need help? Watch my tutorial filmed in the UK demonstrating each stage of my cake pop recipe.