cake pop

my version...
making a popsicle flavor cake...

Creamsicle Cake

okay...confession...



I pinned...
and pinned....
and read and read...
and pinned more cake pop recipes...

source the domestic rebel

seems simple enough...
1. bake cake...check
2.  crumble cooled cake into large bowl....check
3.  make/buy frosting...check, check
4.  dumping frosting into bowl with crumbled cake...check
5.  mix...check
6.  form balls...check
7.  put lollipop stick into cooled cake balls (optional)...check!
8.  coat pops with chocolate/candy melts....fail!

so...I've tried leaving step 7 out...
I've tried leaving step 7 in...
I always...always fail on step 8....
and by fail I mean I get a big fat F...
F as in fire...
yes...fire!  I caught the candy melts on fire...
in the microwave on 50%...
yes, I managed to start a fire...

and that's when I quit...
bagged up 48 Creamsicle & 48 Dark Chocolate Mocha cake pops
and shoved them, minus the pretty candy coating into my freezer!

proof that I was defeated by the cake pops!

and then, I made a cake!
a cake that was very yummy...
and my version of a cake 'pop' because the flavor was dreamsicle or creamsicle or whatever you call the orange and cream flavored popsicle's...
I adapted the recipe from Domestic Rebel's Creamscicle Cake Pops and turned it into a 2 layer 9 inch cake.

my beautiful pregnant friend Rayna

Creamsicle Cake with Orange Cream Cheese/Butter Frosting
1 box yellow cake mix
1 small box vanilla instant pudding mix (not mixed)
4 eggs
1/3 cup oil
1 cup orange juice
1 Tablespoon grated orange peel

Preheat oven to 350.  Mix all together for 1 minute using electric mixer, scrap down sides and then mix on medium for 3 minutes.  Bake according to directions on box and the size pan(s) you use.

Orange Cream Cheese/Butter Frosting
1 8z pkg cream cheese (room temp)
1 stick (8 Tbl) butter (room temp)
3 tsp orange extract
4 cups powdered/confectioners sugar
orange juice if needed

Cream together cream cheese and butter, slowly add orange extract and powder sugar.  Depending on desired consistency you may want to had a tsp or 2 of orange juice...if you add too much juice just add more powdered sugar. (recipe frost a 3 layer 9 inch or generously frosts a 2 layer 9 inch cake)

Let cake cool completely and frost.

Creamscicle cake in middle.
lemony drops of heaven cake balls , back left.
cake batter rice krispie treats middle left

...oh...and you might notice on the left of the picture a cake stand filled with cake pops...
lemony drops of heaven cake pops...
cake pops that my friend Kim-o-Lee conquered and were the hit of the shower

Dear Kim,
Yes I know you called me frantic 4 days before the shower telling me you couldn't make cake pops.  Saying cake pops are stupid and can't be made.  Yes, I know I talked you off the cake pop ledge, gave you a pep talk, assured you that you could make them and that they'd be wonderful.  I was right, you Kim, master of the lemony drops of heaven cake pops, can make cake pops!  I, Kiera Chambers, can NOT make cake pops.  Well, I can make the cake pops all the way up to step 8, coating them in the candy coating part, and then I can bag them up and freeze them!
please forgive me dear friend for ditching the cake pop dream!
Love, Kiera