Cake pop
cake on a stick similar to a lollipop
A cake pop is a form of cake styled as a lollipop. Cake crumbs are mixed until bound together, sometimes using icing or chocolate, and formed into small spheres or cubes in the same way as cake balls, before being given a coating of icing, chocolate or other decorations and attached to lollipop sticks. Cake pops can be a way of using up leftover cake or cake crumbs.
History
The cake pop was created by Angie Dudley. After attending a cake-decorating class in 2007, she experimented with baking and developed cake pops by modifying existing cake balls with candy coating, toppings, and a lollipop stick.
The cake pop increased in popularity during the 2010s thanks to bakers like Lerida Mojica, the creator of New York Cake Pops, whose cake pop business served thousands of individual customers as well as larger venues such as Yankee Stadium and Madison Square Garden. The major chain Starbucks began serving cake pops in 2011.
Preparation
Cake pops use many of the ingredients used in baking a traditional cake and can be made from cakes of any flavor.
Many recipes found online use a cake mix instead of a cake batter from scratch. While more convenient, it does not necessarily deliver the same result.
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