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WATERMELON POPS

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Ingredients
  

VANILLA CAKE

  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 egg + 1 egg white
  • 1/2 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons cake flour
  • 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • Pink food coloring

FOR THE POPS

  • About 3 tablespoons of frosting
  • 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
  • 12 oz white melting chocolate
  • Green candy coloring
  • Small popsicle sticks
  • Toothpicks
  • Silicone ice cream pop mold

Instructions
 

FOR THE CAKE:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 8x8" pan with parchment and non-stick spray.
  • In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine butter, sugar and oil on a low speed until just combined. About 1 minute.
  • Add eggs and vanilla on medium/low speed. Mix until combined.
  • Add flours, salt, and baking powder. Mix on a low speed until just combined.
  • Slowly stream in milk. Mix until combined.
  • Add a few drop of pink food coloring. Mix until combined.
  • Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
  • Set pan on a wire rack to cool.

ASSEMBLY:

  • Once the cake is cooled, use your hands or two forks and to crumble the cake into fine crumbs.
  • Add mini chocolate chips and mix them into cake crumbs.
  • Add buttercream and mix with hands or fork until the buttercream is fully incorporated. You want the mixture to be just moist enough to roll into balls.
  • Tightly pack cake mixture into cake pop molds. Place popsicle stick into the bottom and remove the cake pop.
  • Repeat with remaining cake mixture.
  • Place pops into the fridge for at least 1 hour.
  • Place melting chocolate in a bowl and melt according to instructions on package.
  • Once melted, use a toothpick to add some green candy coloring until you get desired color.
  • Hold cake pop over the bowl and use a spoon to pour chocolate all over the pop.
  • Use a fresh toothpick to draw three lines pretty close together at the center of the pop.

Notes

*makes 10-12 pops