every valentines i love to get my bake on. i am really good at baking (my cooking is much more limited....) and pink is my favorite color. so i get really excited for any excuse to bake pink things and valentines day is perfect! (not to mention that it is my favorite non-religious holiday. yes it even beats out the 4th of July)
for a dessert party i decided to make CAKE POPS! I didn't really have a recipe, I just kinda did whatever my inner baking goddess told me. It was super easy and totally worth it.
1. Bake a cake from a box. I used milk chocolate, but you can do whatever flavor. like cherry, yellow, red velvet or white! Just follow the instructions on the back of the box
2. let the cake cool down completely. then scoop out the cake into a mixing bowl and mix in one can of frosting. once again i just bought a can. i did buttercream. but if you wanted death by chocolate or something, you could do chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. but i think buttercream works best because then it doesn't overpower the cake flavor. Blend together with a handmixer and a dough forms.
put the dough in the fridge overnight or for at least a couple of hours.
2. once the dough is chilled, roll it into little balls
3. put the balls of cake back in the fridge for another couple hours. then melt 2 bags of chocolate chips in a separate bowl. take the balls out of the fridge then dip into the melted chocolate. 
4. decorate with sprinkles! if i had sticks, i would have put some in to make them look like lollipops but i didn't have any. the party-goers had to just had to use their hands or a fork. and voila! yummy cake pops!
it was a hit at the party. and people thought it was more work than it really was. (i mean, it was all store bought stuff that looks homemade! muahahaha) this is a great baking secret. i am also excited to try new combos like carrot cake with white chocolate or strawberry with white and dark chocolate or maybe Funfetti! the possibilities are endless!
happy baking and hope your valentines day was splendid!
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