Marble Cake Pops

The first time I ever tried these things was when my friend Jen made some and brought them to work. I had 2 and then had to distance myself from them to keep from eating more! They were so delicious. Hers were shaped like little piggies and I giggled to myself as I bit into my very own piggie pop. I didn't realize just what I was getting myself into. After that, I told myself I would make these someday. Of course instead of just trying a simple chocolate cake, I have to try and be fancy about it. I dunno, its that "go big or go home" mentality that I seem to have!

Special pan for baked pops!

The thing that jump started my decision to actually get to making these was the fact that my mom sent me a special "cake pop pan" that I could create pop goodness with more easily. If you have one, you can use it, but you can also make these things by hand by just creating cake and then digging your hands into the cake and forming balls. If you do it this way, you will probably need to mix the cake with frosting or cream cheese. You can also decorate them to look like multiple things. I just went simple this time since it was my first try.


Ingredients:
1/2 c. oil

Proof that kids live here..  letter magnets!

1 c. granulated sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
2 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. cocoa powder
Popsicle sticks (Not the same ones from elementary school. These ones can be found at craft stores!)
Melting candies of desired colors (Not pictured)

Combine oil and sugar together and mix thoroughly.

Add in vanilla and then eggs one at a time, mixing until incorporated between each egg. (If you're like me, this is the step where you realize that the paddle attachment on your stand mixer would be better to use than the whisk attachment. I tend to make messes when I bake.)

In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together.

Gradually add dry ingredients to batter, alternating with milk until batter is a thick, smooth consistency.

Split batter into two bowls and add cocoa powder into one. Blend until batter is smooth and chocolaty.

Shown: white only, with chocolate, marbled

Spray pan with cooking spray and dust with flour (or use a spray with flour in it). Put one teaspoon of the white batter in each cup. Top with a half a teaspoon of the chocolate batter. Using a toothpick (or I use a corncob holder) swirl around the two batters until a marbled look occurs (you may need to scoop up some batter from the bottom to put it on top to achieve this effect).

Top with top pan, secure with clips and bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow cake to cool completely.

Heat up melting candies according to instructions on the bag. Dip popsicle sticks in melted candy and stick one in each cake ball. Allow candy to cool and harden. (The ones in front here are only chocolate. Cause you can never have enough chocolate!)

Once candy is hardened, dip each cake pop into melted candy and decorate as you please. (I drizzled the opposite color of candy over each of mine but you can also cover them in sprinkles, nuts, crushed oreos etc!)




For convenience, I used one of those floral foam blocks to stick them in so they could set up in the fridge. That's only if you want them to be round on the top like mine are. You can also set them upside down on a sheet of wax paper.
If you are looking for some other ideas to make your cake pops cuter for certain occasions, you should check this site out. This girl is the queen of cake pops. I might have to try a few of her ideas myself! Shane and I really loved the ones I made though. I know most of you won't have a pan like mine so you can try to create the marble by making 2 cakes and then smushing them together or you can use another cake recipe. You will want it to be a little denser than normal cake so try adding an extra egg to the recipe and halfing the liquid (milk or water) in the recipe. You can also add powdered pudding mix to the batter.