Athlone Education Centre School Challenge
Cake Pops
Prep: 45 Mins
Cook: 20 Mins Plus Chilling
Difficulty level: Easy
Serves: 12 -14
Ingredients
100g Butter
For the Icing
100g caster sugar 75g butter
1/2 tsp vanilla extract 50g icing sugar
Eggs 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
100g self-raising flour 1 tbsp milk
200g white chocolate melted, to dip
Sprinkles, to dip
Method
First make the cake. Heat oven to 190C/170 C Fan/gas 5. Grease and line the base of
a 20cm sandwich tin. Place the butter, sugar and vanilla extract into a bowl and beat
well to a creamy consistency. Slowly beat in the eggs, one by one, then fold in the
flour and mix well. Tip into the cake tin and bake for 20 minutes until risen and
golden brown. Set aside to cool completely.
While the cakes are cooling, make the buttercream. In a large bowl or the bowl of a
stand mixer, beat the butter and icing together until smooth. Add the vanilla extract
and milk and beat again. Once the cake is cooled, crumble into large crumbs. Add
the butter cream and stir together. Take chunks of the cake mixture and roll into
balls, transferring each ball to a lined tray or plate. Push a lollipop stick into each,
then put into the fridge for a hour to set.
Melt the white chocolate in the microwave, blasting it and stirring at 10 second
intervals until smooth. Tip the sprinkles into another bowl. Take each of the chilled
cake pops and dip into the white chocolate, allowing it to drip off a little over the
bowl. Dip into the sprinkles, then stand upright in a mug to dry at room temperature
for an hour, or in the fridge for 30 minutes.
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