Spread the love this Valentine’s Day with chocolate cake pops coated with creamy white chocolate glaze. If you find yourself struggling over what to get your valentine this year, don’t panic– cake pops are a great giveaway! They make Valentine’s Day gift giving much more personal knowing that you made them yourself. Just don’t forget to make them with love! (:

If you plan on making these cake pops more often, I recommend buying a cake pop maker to speed up the baking process. I bought mine at Bed Bath and Beyond, but you should be able to find them wherever you get your baking supplies.

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup minus 2 tbsp flour
• 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup milk
• a pinch of salt
• Chocolate frosting
• Coating of your choice (I recommend chocolate!)
• Lollipop sticks

Directions for Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Celcius
2. In a bowl, beat the egg, add the oil and sugar.
3. In a separate bowl, sift the dry ingredients ( flour, cocoa, baking powder and soda, salt)
4. Mix using a slow speed (If you have an electric beater, awesome. Don’t have one? Use a whisk!) and add a little of the dry ingredients, followed by water and milk. Add the remaining dry ingredients, in alternate successions till all of the ingredients are incorporated.
5. Pour into cake mold of your choice
6. Bake for 20-25 mins. Test with a toothpick. Cool the cake and remove from cake mold.
7. After cake has cooled, crumple it up into large bowl
8. Gradually mix cake and chocolate frosting until a play-dough consistency is created
9. Mold cake into ball shapes and place on cooking tray or plate of choice
10. Place sticks in the bottom of each cake ball
11. Put tray in freezer until cake has hardened