I offer you a recipe for Nutella cake pops (pop cakes) to be made without a specific mold. Small gourmet bites that will delight young and old!
We are always a little amazed by these small bites made in the USA, soft and well decorated. Don't worry, it's not very difficult to do, I'll tell you everything in this article...
What exactly is a cake pop?
It is A small cake presented as a lollipop, on a paper stick. It consists of a soft cake to which a binder is added (mascarpone, spread, etc.). Once rolled into a ball, a wooden stick is placed on it and then a chocolate icing is added on top.
Kids love cake pops because it very easy to eat, it is easy to hold in hand thanks to the small stick. Even their making is fun: we add sugar pearls, colored vermicelli etc.
Ingredients to provide for these nutella cake pops
For the chocolate cake base, you will need:
- flour + cornstarch : I mix the two to have a light cake
- baking powder : this is what allows the cake to rise well
- bitter cocoa : to give the cake a good chocolate taste
- eggs : they make the cake very moist
- granulated sugar : a little sugar to balance with the cocoa
- cream : I use full-fat liquid cream to add even more moistness to the cake
To make the cake pop, you will need:
- spread : like Nutella
- colored pistoles OR white pastry chocolate : if you want a blue result like me, you have to use colored guns to melt, otherwise you can use white chocolate for example.
- food decorations : chocolate sprinkles, sugar pearls, whatever you want! They are easily found in the pastry section of supermarkets.
NB: all the quantities are given to you in my recipe at the bottom of the page.
How to make nutella cake pops?
After baking the chocolate cake, crumble it and then mix it with Nutella which will serve as a binder. It's very simple to do.
For my first attempt at cake pops, I made a chocolate cake base with cream cheese, but this time I preferred to use spread. The result is very greedy, you can imagine!
For the icing, the one you see in the photo is made from melted colored guns. Dip the cake balls in it (placed on a paper stick) and leave to dry.
If you do not want to use colored pistoles, you can also simply melt some white chocolate pastry to decorate your cake pops.
How to hold the cake pops?
Once done, you can dry them by planting them in a polystyrene block or floral green moss (if you have some available at home). This block can be covered with fabric if you want a more elegant look...
Another solution consists of a tall and wide glass filled with sand or small balls. Note that there are also special cake pop holders with small holes.
How to properly store cake pops?
To keep their flavor and softness, I advise you to keep these Nutella cake pops at room temperature, away from heat and light, for about 3-4 days.
Other recipes to try
If you like this recipe, I advise you to take a look at these other desserts from the blog:
- Vanilla-chocolate cake pops
- Soft chocolate brownie
- Chocolate flowing heart fondants
- Very moist chocolate muffins
- Chocolate hazelnut cake
If you make this recipe, don't hesitate to tag @liliebakery on Instagram so I can see your pretty cake pops!
- 130 g all-purpose flour
- 50 g cornstarch
- 1 cs baking powder
- 15 g unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 eggs
- 60 g granulated sugar
- 120 ml heavy whipping cream 30%
- 250 g spread
- 1 sachet colored pistoles OR white pastry chocolate bar
- Sugar balls, food flakes etc ...
- Preheat the oven to 180 ° traditional heat.
- Mix and sift the flour, cornstarch, baking powder and cocoa.
- Separately, whisk the whole eggs with the sugar. Add the liquid cream.
- Gradually incorporate the dry ingredients into the dough.
- Pour everything into a buttered and floured mold and bake for 30 minutes. Unmold then let cool.
- Crumble the chocolate cake using a blender. Add the spread. Mix well (do not hesitate to put your hands!) To form a ball. If the dough crumbles, there is not enough binder, so add a little spread.
- Take a little dough between your hands and make small balls, place them on a large plate. Place in the freezer for 20 minutes to firm them up.
- Melt the white chocolate or pistoles in a bain-marie or in the microwave.
- Take a long stick of lollipop and dip it 1 cm in the icing, then push a ball of cake pop in about 1,5 cm.
- Then completely dip the cake pop in the icing, tap well on the rim while turning the stick so that the excess falls.
- Then decorate: small balls, pearls, stars etc ... And prick the stick on a support for drying. Put the cake pops in the fridge and .... Enjoy!
They are very beautiful, I love them =P
too pretty ;)
Very beautiful your pops!
Cake pops are always very nice and these blue ones are very successful!
I love it!!! Your Pops are great!! I don't know if you've had Laure's Sweet Table Book in your hands but it would have been perfect for one of her creations with this color code and especially this dimension of weightlessness thanks to the cotton ^^
Well done and superb achievement!
Thank you La Dinette! :-)
Yes, I discovered Laure Faraggi's book with pleasure. That's also where I found the cotton wool trick to hide the ugly polystyrene! Very clever! I love looking at your Pops creations, each one as original as the next, I would have liked to come and taste them at Yomi's [but no Yomi in Brittany!] :-)
Well, it's still tedious as a preparation (baking the cake, mixing it into powder, forming the balls, etc.). Very pretty in any case.
Indeed, the preparation takes a little time, but once we see our decorated cake pops, stuck in their support, we succumb :-) You should try!
For savory (and quick!) cake pops, I would recommend cherry tomatoes stuck on sticks, coated with balsamic cream and sprinkled with sesame seeds, the result is very pretty and very colorful, I have already seen it somewhere on the web.
Balsamic cream? How did we make it?
I'm not very good at cooking.
C'est magnifique!
It did me a lot of good to wander around your blog and discover your new features.
I'm done trying to remember the name of your blog, now I'm putting you in my gourmet walks!!! =D
Yesterday I bought the bakerella book on cake pops, I can't wait to make some, I'm waiting for my candy melt!
See you soon
Hugs
Hi, I would like to make this recipe but I can't get any CandyMelts (there aren't any where I live). Is there an alternative please???
Hello Salie, the best replacement for CandyMelts (which I buy online) is baking chocolate (dark, milk, white). You will be limited in the colors but you will be able to cover your cake pops without any problem. See you soon!
Hello, thank you for the great idea!! I am organizing my sister's baby shower and I found everything I needed thanks to you!! :-)
Hello :) I tested this recipe and the cake is super good, the only problem is the icing for the decoration... Do the white CandyMelts you used have a taste or are they neutral? Because I found some in a store in Switzerland that were raspberry, strawberry, orange or other. Which is not great with the taste of the cake ^^' So I opted for a dark chocolate icing, but it doesn't look as good visually...:(
Thank you for your answer and these great recipes;)
can we freeze them before putting the icing?
Yes quite
I'm currently making your recipe I took green and red candy melt with vanilla flavor
Hello, can we make them in advance, thank you, keep it up, you're great
too good !!!! I covered with praline. Does the blue coating taste like chocolate? I don't know .. thank you
Hello !
I would like to make cake pops for a dessert buffet because I find that the effect is quite wow! On the other hand, I have a cake pop machine and I prefer the soft biscuit sensation rather than the truffle sensation when crumbling etc. but I can't find a recipe for a really soft and delicious biscuit... it's often just 4/4 bases...
Do you think I could use your chocolate biscuit recipe directly in the machine? because on paper the base looks really great!
thank you very much!
Hello Audrey, you can definitely try (it's better to do a test before the big day). For me it's the opposite, I hate the dry texture that the cake pop machine gives! :) See you soon
Hello again Aurelie,
After retesting with the cake pop machine, I agree with you... so I'm going to try this version. However, can you tell me if we can prepare them in advance? or the cake? for example, is it ok the day before an event for the next day in your opinion? thanks for the additional information.
Hello Audrey, yes you can make the cake in advance. Besides, you can make the cake pops entirely the day before. To keep them, it's at room temperature. See you soon :)
Hello, your recipe is very tempting.
I am currently preparing for my son's baptism and I would like to make them but a week before and freeze them. Do you think it will be okay if I make the icing the day before?
Hello Sarah, yes, absolutely the icing the day before is doable. I advise you to do a test before (since it is for a baptism, you need to master the recipe before). See you soon :)
Are there any nuts?!
It depends on the spread you buy...
Hello, I love the recipe, but don't you whip the liquid cream before adding it to the eggs and sugar?
Hello Marjo, no there is no need to whip it at all: here we put cream to make the cake softer, it is not whipped cream. See you soon :)
Hello,
Thank you for this recipe which looks very tasty!
For storage, it is written 3-4 days at room temperature: but is it in closed containers or in the open air, is it still good?
Looking forward to your return.
See you soon,
Emilie
Hello Emilie, I advise you rather in an airtight container: it prevents them from being damaged in the open air, and it keeps their flavor intact. See you soon :)
Hello, very good recipe :) I messed up my icing but no problem it was still good
Hello Pauline, I'm glad you like these cake pops. The icing is getting better as you go, don't give up :) See you soon
Hello,
Thanks for this great recipe.
I have a small problem though... my balls break when I push the stick in so it's difficult to cover them with chocolate afterwards...
Any advice? Thanks a lot
Hello Hélène, as written in the recipe, if the dough crumbles it is because there is not enough binder, so add Nutella so that your balls are softer. See you soon :)