Christmas pudding cake pops
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Christmas pudding cake pops

By Caroline Hire

Try making these Christmassy lollipops as a festive treat for kids – and get them involved in the kitchen too

  • Prep:1 hrs 50 mins
    Cook:20 mins
  • More effort

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 334
  • fat 18g
  • saturates 10g
  • carbs 40g
  • sugars 36g
  • fibre 1g
  • protein 4g
  • salt 0.3g

Ingredients

  • 200g Madeira cake
  • 140g-160g white chocolate (see Tip)
  • 1 orange, zest finely grated
  • 300g dark chocolate, 60-70% cocoa solids, broken into chunks
  • 50g white chocolate, broken into chunks
  • sugar holly decorations or red and green writing icing

Tip

Tip
Shop bought Madeira cake can vary in texture so you may need to add a little extra melted white chocolate to make the mixture stick into balls.Tip
To avoid a bloom on the chocolate, cover the cake pop balls in chocolate on the day or day before you want to eat them at the earliest. Make sure you don’t overheat the chocolate. Once finished, store them in a cool place, not the fridge.

Method

  1. Pulse the Madeira cake in a food processor until you have fine crumbs. Melt the white chocolate in a bowl over just simmering water or in the microwave. Stir the orange zest into the chocolate, then work the chocolate into the crumbs using your hands.

  2. Form into 10 small truffle-sized balls, then roll gently in your palms to smooth the surface. Arrange the balls on a baking parchment-lined dinner plate. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to allow the mixture to set.

  3. Melt the dark chocolate in a microwave or over a bowl of just simmering water. Dip a lolly stick into the melted chocolate about 1.5cm in and poke half way into a cake ball. Repeat with the remaining balls. Put them back on the plate. Return to the fridge for five minutes.

  4. Dip the cake pops one at a time into the melted chocolate, allowing any excess chocolate to drip off and spin the pops to even out the surface. Poke the pops into a piece of polystyrene or cake pop holder if you have one, keeping the pops apart. Allow to set for about half an hour.

  5. Heat the white chocolate in a microwave or over a pan of simmering water. Allow to cool for a few minutes until it has a thick, runny consistency. If the chocolate is too hot, it will melt the dark chocolate underneath. Spoon a small amount on top of the cake pops, tip them back and forth so it runs down the sides a little. If you have holly decorations, pop one on the top of each pop. If using writing icing, wait for another 20 minutes or so until the white chocolate has set. Pipe on holly leaves with the green icing and two little dots for berries using the red.

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