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There’s no better way to alleviate wedding stress than baking.  Especially when you’re trying out a new recipe.  Cake pops are ridiculously delicious (think of a hybrid between cake and truffles) and surprisingly easy to make.

Step one: buy a box of cake mix and bake it.  Let it cool overnight.

Step two: take the cake from the day before and stick it in the food processor until it looks like bread crumbs.  Put the bread crumbs in your kitchenaid, add 3/4 of a tub of frosting (do NOT use the whole tub!).  Make balls–I used a cookie scoop to make round, evenly-sized balls.  Stick the balls in the fridge.

Step three: take lollipop sticks, dip them in melted chocolate (or candy melts, which seem to work best), and stick them into the cake ball.  This part is important (and was my first mistake): stick everything back in the fridge for another hour after you’ve inserted the lollipop sticks.  It’s what makes the cake ball actually stay put on the stick (my first one fell right off into the chocolate when I tried to dip it).

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Step three: take your cake balls and dip them into the chocolate (just until it hits the chocolate on the stick).  Slowly twirl the cake ball over the chocolate, tapping gently on the side of the mug/bowl to let extra chocolate fall off.  Keep twirling until the chocolate stops moving around.  Add some sparkly sprinkle flare.  Stick in styrofoam and let set.  When it’s set, you can put it in the fridge.

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Here’s the amazing thing–they last for like two weeks in the fridge without going bad (and several days on the counter).  Even more amazing?  They taste like heaven.

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