Snitch Cake Pops

I kept all the trimmings (what Man About Cake calls "garbage cake") from the chocolate and vanilla family in a ziplock bag in the freezer until I was done with all my cakes.  There was also a bit of chocolate frosting from the tiered cake left.  Time to teach myself how to make cake pops.

It's a remarkably simple idea, and I can't figure out why no one thought of this fifty years ago.  Maybe people weren't trimming cakes flat then, or they were too obsessed with gelatin to worry about their cakes.

Anyway, I didn't actually put lollipop sticks in these because they were decorating a cake, but I'll give you instructions.

After all the work I put into the fondant wings, I didn't like the result.  They looked right, but kept breaking.  After a couple of days on the cake, the fondant re-hydrated and they drooped flat onto the cake's surface.  Molded chocolate probably wouldn't have worked much better.  Cousin Smurf suggested non-edible card-stock wings held on with toothpicks if we do these.  I agree.

2 C baked cake crumbs
approx 1/2 C buttercream frosting, softened
8 oz yellow candy melts
gold food spray
cardstock, scissors, pen, toothpicks, and tape or glue

1.  Crumble cake into mixing bowl until the biggest crumbs are no larger than a pea.  With the paddle on low, add frosting a heaping spoonful at a time until dough sticks together.  You may not use all of it.  Form into six golfball-sized spheres and set on wax paper or a plastic plate.  Freeze until you're ready to assemble.

2.  For the wings, there are templates on Pinterest.  I ended up just looking at a screenshot from one of the movies and sketching my own.  Cut out twelve.  Flip half of them over so you have six each of right and left.  Draw on the feathers, then tape or glue the toothpicks onto the backs so they protrude about 1/2" from the paper at the base.  (I used leftover fondant from the marbled cake, even though it wasn't gold.)

3.  Melt the candy coating until smooth, according to package directions.  If using lollipop sticks, dip them lightly into the candy to coat the tip.  Insert that tip into the naked cake ball.  Dip cake end into the coating and swirl to cover evenly.  Set stick in foam or a cake pop holder.  Or, set un-sticked balls on wax paper or a plastic plate.

4.  When coating is starting to set but not rigid, insert wings on either side.  If any crack when you put in the toothpick, it's because the coating was allow to set too firmly.  Eat the evidence.  Allow surviving snitches to harden completely.

5.  When no longer sticky, spray with gold food spray or glitter to make them shiny.

Makes 6

Difficulty rating  $@%!