Chocolate Cake Pops
Yield: 24 using the Nordic Cake Pop Mould
Ingredients:
130g dark chocolate chips (at least 65% if you prefer less sweet)
100g butter
100g caster sugar
22g cocoa powder
2 eggs
96g all purpose flour (or 96g cake flour + 1 tsp. baking powder)
1/4 tsp. salt
Decoration:
340g chocolate coating (not chocolate chips, for easy decoration as it does not melt so easily)
M&M (reds only for the nose)
Pretzel for the reindeer horn (break them into half)
Wilton Confetti Sprinkles in white (any decoration sugar that is white is ok)
Edible marker (to draw the eye ball)
Cake Pop Stick
Styrofoam box
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 170C (338F). Grease and flour pan.
2. In medium saucepan, over low heat, melt chocolate chips and butter together. (Stop the heat when the butter starts to melt and mix with residual heat with patience. Otherwise the mixture will be separated.) Stir until smooth. Then pour into medium bowl.
3. Add sugar and mix until blended. Add egg one at a time and mix well.
4. Sift in flour and salt. Stir until blended.
5. Spoon the batter into bottom half of pan (without holes) filling each well so it mounds over the top of the pan.
6. Place top half of pan on top and secure with keys. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
7. Cool 5 minutes in pan, then remove cake pops from pan to cool completely. Trim the edges of cake pops, if needed.
1. Melt chocolate coating in a silicone dish in interval of 20 seconds. Mix them well for each interval and stop when they are totally melt.
2. Dip cake pop stick into melted chocolate and insert into cake. Repeat with all cakes. Allow chocolate to cool to secure stick in place.
3. Dip cake pop in melted chocolate, spinning to let excess chocolate drip off. Make them stand in Styrofoam box i you have else you can just put on a dish like the one below.
4. When the chocolate coating is almost dry, attach the eyes the nose and horn on the cake pop. Repeat for all the cake pop.
5. Store in refrigerator.
I would like to take this chance to wish you who celebrate a Merry Christmas and everyone a Happy New Year!!!
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