Chocolate Cake Pops (Starbucks Recipe)
Moist cake pops filled with buttercream frosting and covered in dark chocolate and sprinkles.
Equipment
- 40 cake pop sticks
- 2 cake pop stands or a cardboard box or styrofoam block
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup hot water
For the frosting
- 1/2 cup frosting of choice
For the chocolate
- 1 bag dark chocolate melting wafers (10 oz)
Instructions
Make the cake
- Whisk together dry ingredients in large bowl. Mix together buttermilk, vegetable oil, egg, and vanilla in another bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Add the hot water at the end. Batter will be thin.
- Pour batter into two 9-inch round cake pans and bake for 22 minutes at 300 °F. Set baked cakes aside to cool completely.
Assemble the cake pops
- Break the cooled cake into small crumbs using your hands or a mixer. Add the 1/2 cup frosting of your choice (use chocolate if mirroring Starbucks cake pops) and mix together until combined.
- Roll cake mixture into 1 inch balls using your hands or a small cookie scoop. Place on cookie sheet and chill for at least 20 minutes.
- After the cake balls have cooled, melt the chocolate wafers in a 2 quart glass measuring cup for 30-second intervals in the microwave, stirring in between.
- Dip the tops of the cake pop sticks into the dipping chooclate about 1/2 inch. Place the chocolate end of the stick into each cake pop and push it about 3/4 of the way into the cake ball.
- Take 3-4 cake balls out of the fridge at a time and dip them completely in the chocolate. Gently tap the stick on the side of the cup to remove any excess chocolate. Decorate with sprinkles immediately. Place standing up in the cake stand to set.
- Cake pops will be hard to the touch in about 5 minutes and ready to stack or move in 30 minutes.
Notes
* If looking for frosting recipes, check out this vanilla buttercream frosting or this raspberry cream cheese frosting. You can also use the store-bought frosting of your choice.