Description
Make delicious Starbucks Copycat Birthday Cake Pops at home and delight your friends and family with these charming treats! Perfect for birthdays, celebrations, or a sweet snack, these cake pops are easy to make and can be customized to suit any occasion. The combination of moist vanilla cake and creamy buttercream, topped with colorful sprinkles, creates an irresistible dessert that will have everyone asking for seconds.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box (13.25 oz) vanilla cake mix
- ⅓ cup neutral oil
- 1 cup milk or water
- 4 large eggs
- ¼ cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 12 oz candy melts
- Sprinkles or nonpareils for decoration
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325-350°F (162-175°C). Prepare a baking pan according to the cake mix instructions.
- In a large bowl, mix together the cake ingredients until well combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake according to package instructions until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool.
- Crumble the cooled cake in a mixing bowl and combine with buttercream made from butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and milk.
- Roll the mixture into balls (about 1¼-inch in diameter) and chill in the freezer for 15 minutes.
- Insert lollipop sticks into chilled balls, then freeze again for another 15 minutes.
- Melt candy melts and dip each cake pop in the melted coating, tapping off excess before decorating with sprinkles.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 13g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: <1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg