Description
Make these chocolate cake pops from scratch using a moist chocolate cake and a simple chocolate frosting. Perfect for birthdays, parties, and using up leftover cake — this recipe makes about 20 cake pops.
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake
- 75 g (2/3 cup) Cake flour
- 27 g (1/4 cup) Cocoa powder – unsweetened
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 54 g (1/4 cup) Vegetable oil – sunflower
- 100 g (1/2 cup) Sugar – granulated
- 1 Egg – room temperature
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 64 g (1/4 cup) Milk
- 57 g (2/3 cup) Black coffee – cooled
Chocolate Frosting
- 90 g (1/3 cup) Cream cheese – or mascarpone
- 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp Powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
Chocolate Coating
- 200 g (7 oz) Chocolate – semi-sweet or bittersweet
- Sprinkles
Instructions
Chocolate Cake
- Preheat oven to 329°F / 165°C and line a 6–8 inch cake pan.
- Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt together.
- In another bowl, mix milk + cooled coffee.
- In a mixing bowl, beat oil + sugar for 3 minutes.
- Add egg + vanilla, beat 3 minutes.
- Add dry ingredients and milk/coffee alternately, mixing gently until smooth.
- Pour into the pan and bake 20–25 min until a toothpick comes out with crumbs.
- Cool completely.
Chocolate Frosting
- Mix cream cheese, cocoa, powdered sugar, and vanilla until creamy.
Make the Cake Pops
- Crumble the cooled cake very finely with your hands.
- Add frosting and mix until compact and slightly sticky.
- Shape into balls and roll until smooth.
- Chill 20 minutes.
Chocolate Coating
- Melt chocolate until smooth.
- Dip the stick tip in chocolate, then insert into each cake ball.
- Chill 20 minutes to set.
- Reheat chocolate and place in a deep bowl.
- Dip cake pops fully, tap off excess, and decorate with sprinkles.
- Let them set upright or upside down on parchment.
Notes
Storage: Keep cake pops in an airtight container at room temperature for 2–3 days or in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Tips:
- Use a kitchen scale for perfect texture.
- Crumble the cake very finely for smooth cake balls.
- Add frosting little by little so the mixture doesn’t get too wet.
- Chill the balls before dipping for a cleaner coating.
- Use deep bowls to dip easily without breaking the sticks.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Cake pop, cake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pop
- Calories: 140
- Sugar: 11.5 g
- Sodium: 49.3 mg
- Fat: 7.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 18.1 g
- Protein: 2.3 g
- Cholesterol: 13.9 mg



