For me, cake pops are a great way to use up the leftover cake. As a professional cake decorator, I save the cake scraps, and then, use them to make pops that are perfect to give as gifts or to keep in the freezer. I think cake pops took a wonderful twist as cakesicles. The wonderful themes, colors, and designs made by people are always so fun to watch. While I love cake decorating, I’ve never had the patience for decorated cake pops. But, I absolutely love cakesicles. Recently, I made a few to celebrate Rhea’s birthday and they were a huge hit.
Summer Cakesicles
Cake popsicle mixture
Cake Pop mixture – In a large mixing bowl (or food processor) crumble the cake and combine it with the frosting.Pro tip – Prepare and cool the cake completely. I like to chill the cake in the fridge for a few hours or overnight. This makes a better cake mixture.Shape – Take a small amount of cake pop mixture and make a ball.Silicone cakesicle mold – Press the ball into the popsicle mold. Press down so there are no gaps and clean the sides of the mold. Insert the popsicle stick.Without mold – Alternatively, you can shape the ball into a sausage and press to flatten it into a patty. Insert the popsicle stick and reshape it if necessary.Pro tip – Making a ball gives a smoother finish without large cracking or holesChill – Place the mold in the freezer for 30 minutes. Then carefully remove them from the mold. Keep them chilled until ready to use.Pro tip – bend the popsicle mold to remove each cakesicle without breaking them.Melt chocolate – Place the chocolate In a microwave-safe bowl or measuring cup and melt in the microwave until smooth.Pro tip – You can also use a double boil. Cool slightly, making sure it’s still at pouring consistency.Coat – Dip each cakesicle in the melted chocolate. Hold above until all the excess chocolate drips off. Lightly scrape excess over the rim of the melted chocolate bowlPro tip – If the cakesicles are not smooth, you can use the melted chocolate to fill in any cavity before you coat them in chocolate.Chill – Place each cakesicle on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Chill in the fridge until the chocolate sets.
Decorations
Sea shells – Pour the remaining melted white chocolate into silicon seashell molds. Scrape off excess. Place the mold in the fridge for 10 minutes or until set. When set remove them from the mold and dust them with rose gold petal dust powder.Pro tip – dusting them with petal dust gives them a more natural shell look.Mermaid tails – Shape a small ball of white fondant into a sausage and shape it into a mermaid tail as shown in the video. Let dry for a few hours then dust them with blue, green, and purple petal dust for a mermaid tail effect.Pro tip – If you have a mermaid tail mold, you can use white chocolate just as we made the seashells.Sand – Combined crushed cookies and brown sugar to make the sand.Pro tip – the brown sugar gives the crumbs a little shine that looks like sand.
Assemble
Decorate – Spread some melted white chocolate on the cakesicle. Sprinkle some sand mixture and attach the shells and mermaid tails.Pro tip – The chocolate sets easily on the chilled cakesicles. So, add a little at a time.Store – these can be stored in the fridge for up to 4 days.Pro tip – if you prefer to store these at room temperature, use tempered chocolate to coat the cake popsicles.
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Cake – You can make a cake from scratch or you can use leftover cake scraps. If you going to make try a simple and easy cake recipe like my one bowl vanilla or chocolate cake. You can try any other cake flavor too!Frosting – It really is simple and easy to make frosting from scratch at home in just five minutes. Try my vanilla buttercream frosting, bakery style frosting, or chocolate ganache. You can also use cream cheese frosting. Melted chocolate – White chocolate is often the most commonly used because it gives more decorating options. Chocolate chips or candy melts also work wonderfully with these cakesicles. But, feel free to use melted dark chocolate too. Decorations – Today, I am making summer theme cake popsicles but you could simply drizzle melted chocolate and add dust with a spoon of dragees.
