I've always loved cooking. Last year, I started a food blog (phoodandphashion.blogspot.com), but being the person that I am, I basically dropped off the face of the earth and stopped posting. So here's to a fresh start. Since I know pictures tell the story more than words, I'll get right into the recipe for Cosmopolitan Cake Pops:
For the recipe on the Cosmopolitan Cake pops, follow me after the jump:
Cosmopolitan Cake Pops
I adapted this recipe from Bakingdom, it can be used for cupcakes or cakepops.Ingredients (makes 3 dozen cake pops ):
FOR THE CAKE:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon finely grated lime zest (lemon is an okay substitution)
1/2 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
2 tablespoons cranberry juice cocktail
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons triple sec (orange juice for non-alcoholic)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream
Pink food coloring (optional)
FOR THE FROSTING:
*** If making cupcakes, double this recipe
1/4 cup butter
1/2 lb confectioners’ sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 tablespoon cranberry juice cocktail
1/2 tablespoon vodka (optional)
1 1/4 teaspoons lime juice
1 teaspoon triple sec (orange juice for non-alcoholic)
1 tablespoon milk (optional)
Pink food coloring (optional)
TO MAKE CAKEPOPS:
***You will DEFINITELY need something with holes to hold the cake pops upright. I got mine from sur la table. I have also used styrofoam to hold the pops upright, and it worked just fine.
- Cake pop sticks, I got mine from Target.
- Candy melts to make the coating. I used Wilton's pink original flavored, and brown chocolate flavored. You can get them from Michael's, Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store, or Amazon.com
- A squirt bottle to spread melted candy melts over the cake balls (optional)
- Assorted sprinkles for decoration (optional)
DIRECTIONS:
To make the cupcakes:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners (if making cake pops, you can also just use a 13x9x2" cake pan)
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
- In a large bowl, or the bowl of a standing mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the lime and orange zests. Add the cranberry juice, lime juice, triple sec and vanilla, and stir until combined.
- Sprinkle 1/3 of the flour mixture over the batter and beat until just combined. Stir in half of the sour cream, then another 1/3 of the flour, and mix again until just combined. Stir in the remaining sour cream until just combined, then add the remaining flour and mix until combined, about 30 seconds. Don’t over mix.
- Place 3 tablespoons of batter in each cupcake liner and bake for 17 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
To make the frosting:
- In a large bowl, or the bowl of a standing mixer, beat the butter for about 30 seconds.
- Beat in the sugar and salt until combined.
- Add the cranberry, vodka, lime juice, and triple sec and whisk on high for 5 minutes, until light and fluffy.
- If the frosting is too thick, add some of the milk, 1/2 teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached.
- Stir in food coloring, if using.
-If making cupcakes, use frosting to frost the cupcakes.
To make the cake pops:
- Place the cooled cupcakes into a bowl, and mix/crumble them until they have a crumb-like consistency.
- Mix a small amount of frosting into the cake crumbs, just enough to hold the crumbs together. Adding too much frosting ruins the taste and texture of the cake pops. They will be mushy and taste too sweet.
- Refrigerate the mixture for 1-2 hours.
- Once the mixture has been refrigerated, it is time to start making the balls for your cake pops. Use an ice cream scoop or other rounded spoon to scoop the mixture into small balls. Set aside.
- Melt the candy melts.
- Spoon the candy melt mixture into a squirt bottle, or simply keep it in a bowl to dip the cake balls in later. Reserve 2-3 tbsp of the mixture.
- Dip the top of the cake pop sticks into the melted mixture, this keeps the cake pops from falling off of the stick.
- Place the cake pop sticks into the cake balls.
- Using squirt bottle, spread candy melt mixture onto the cake pops, or simply dip the cake pops into a bowl filled with the mixture.
-Place cake pops into something that will hold them upright.
-Decorate with sprinkles (optional).
-ch
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