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Starbucks Birthday Cake Pop Copycat Recipe

These cake pops tastes like birthday cake on the inside and have a delightful candy coating on the outsides.
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time35 minutes
freeze time30 minutes
Course: cake, Cookies, Dessert
Keyword: Cake, Dessert, treat
Servings: 36 cake pops

Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 1 yellow cake mix
  • 1/2 cup salted butter - melted
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup milk

For the vanilla frosting:

  • 1/4 cup salted butter - room temperature *If using store bought frosting, use roughly 1 cup
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons milk
  • pinch of salt

For the candy coating:

  • 2 packages of pink candy coating
  • White nonpareil sprinkles

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 F.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add cake mix, melted butter, eggs and milk and blend until smooth.
  • Pour into a greased 9 x 13 inch cake pan and bake according to package directions, usually around 34-38 minutes.
  • Once cooked, allow to cool completely.
  • If making these cake pops for friends and family, it is highly recommended that you grab some sterile gloves for this next part.
  • Take the baked cake and add it to a large bowl, crumbling it up as you add it to the bowl.
  • Once the cake is nicely crumbed, set bowl aside and make the frosting.
  • To make the vanilla frosting, add the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, milk and salt and using a whisk attachment on a mixer, beat together until frosting is smooth and fluffy.
  • Add frosting to the crumbled cake and mix together well until the cake can be formed into balls and stay together.
  • Roll each ball into roughly 1 1/2 inch balls and place on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
  • Freeze balls for roughly 30 minutes, longer if you can.
  • While they are freezing, prepare for dipping the cake pops, by setting up a foam block or something that will hold your cake pops while they harden.
  • Melt candy melts in the microwave, stirring between 30 second heating increments, continue heating until the candy coating is smooth.
  • Dip the sucker or cookie stick in the candy coating and then place it into the bottom of your cake ball.
  • Immediately dip and turn the cake pop in the warm candy coating until the cake pop is coated.
  • Tap the stick portion of the cake pop on the side of the bowl with the candy coating in it to help remove the excess candy coating.
  • Add sprinkles before the candy coating hardens and place into foam block until the candy coating fully hardens.
  • Serve once the candy coating gets a change to harden or keep in a airtight container in refrigerator until you are ready to serve.
  • These can also be frozen in an airtight container and use when desired.