Cake Pops

I have never made a fancy dessert like this in such a short time and found this to be the best option of turning your disastrous cake into a complete new avatar (form & look). If you have a left-over cake, making these beauties will definitely be something new in both look and taste. These gorgeous bites can be a favorite to kids and adults too. Cake pops can be a show-stopper for your parties or get-togethers especially when the Christmas and New Year eves are around. You don’t need to worry of cutting / slicing, serving, or cleaning the dessert served plates as the guests can just pick them up and enjoy the deliciousness.

A cake pop is a form of cake styled as lollipop. Usually, cake crumbs are mixed with frosting or melted chocolate, and formed into small balls, attached to lollipop sticks, and then coated with frosting or melted chocolate and then sprinkles (decorations) are added. I was having my leftover dates-cake, which I have used for making these babies, moreover I have used leftover condensed milk to mix in the crumble instead of frosting or chocolate. Instead of fancy decorations, I just used desiccated coconut (for sprinkling), which was sitting in my kitchen cabinet. You can use your creative mind and the ingredients you have handy and the outcome will definitely turn out fancy.

Ingredients

Cake
Condensed milk
Dark chocolate / white chocolate
Desiccated coconut / colorful sprinkles
Lollipop sticks / skewers (I used skewers)

Method

• Crumble the cake, add condensed milk and mix well to form a dough (condensed milk should be just sufficient to form a stiff ball. If the dough is wet, the balls will fall off the sticks). 
• Make balls out of this dough and arrange them on a tray lined with parchment paper and rest them in freezer for 10-15 minutes. 
• In the meantime, melt the chocolate and let it cool a bit. 
• Remove the balls from freezer. Dip each stick for half inch in melted chocolate, push the chocolate-covered end of the stick into the middle of the cake ball half way through. 
• Dip your cake pop straight down into the chocolate until it is submerged and the melted chocolate touches the stick. 
• Hold it sideways over the bowl and rotate it slowly as it drips.  Tap the wrist that is holding the pop with the free hand so that the chocolate drips off.
• When the dripping is done, turn upside down so that any excess chocolate stops dripping. Let it dry like this for a few moments. 
• Pop these into any holder until they dry. You may refrigerate.