Looking for a fun Earth Day recipe that the whole family will love? These Earth Day Cake Pops are super cute and pretty easy to make! They’re perfect for handing out to the kids after a day of cleaning up and helping Mother Earth! They’re a bit more indulgent than our usual recipes, but after all those Earth Day activities, you’ll have earned them!
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Earth Day Cake Pops Recipe
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Cake ingredients:
- 2 cups Apple Cider
- 4 sticks Butter
- 1 1/2 cups Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 2 cups Flour
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Baking Soda
- 1 ½ teaspoons Salt
- 4 large Eggs
- 14¾ cup Sour Cream
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 bag of cake pop sticks (you can get them from Michaels or Walmart)
Directions:
1. Heat your oven to 350 degrees
2. Grease a deep edged cookie sheet or a 9×13 baking dish with either a Pam spray or butter in a deep cookie sheet
3. Using a medium saucepan using medium heat, bring the Guinness and butter to a light boil then add the cocoa powder using a whisk until smooth it is smooth. Remove from heat and place to the side
4. Then a large bowl, you will need to whisk flour, sugar, baking soda and salt
5. Now get even another LARGE bowl, I used an electric mixer to beat together the eggs, sour cream, and vanilla together
6. Now add the butter-Guinness to the sour cream and using a hand mixer mix until fully combined about 1-2 minutes on med. speed . You will now begin to add the flour mix and beat until just combined. Use a rubber spatula, lightly fold the batter to make sure there are no pockets of flour
7. Pour into baking dish or cookie pan
8. Bake for 30 minutes, always do a bake check by sticking a toothpick in the cake if it comes out clear free of wet batter the cake is done
Frosting Ingredients:
- 1/2 C Butter
- 2/3 C Cocoa
- 3 C powdered sugar
- 1/3 C milk
- 1 t vanilla extract
Directions for frosting:
Melt butter in mixing bowl. Stir in cocoa and then alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency.
Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla. About 2 cups frosting.
Directions for cake pops:
Once the frosting is made, take a spoon full and add into the crumbled cake. Using a spoon to combine. Add more frosting until you can form a small round ball.
Melt Chocolate in a double broiler or you can use a microwave. Once chocolate is melted dip a cake pop stick into the chocolate and then push it into the rounded cake. Once that chocolate has hardened, dip it into the chocolate until fully coated.
It seems like a lot of steps, but really, it’s easier than it sounds! Once they’re done, you have super pretty Earth Day cake pops to serve everyone after a day of helping clean up our planet!
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What do you think of this Earth Day cake pops recipe? Tell us in the comments!
the kids would love these
Wow, those look awesome! I’m loving the decorating job on those and they really elevate the simplistic cakepop!
These are too beautiful to eat!!
I love this idea of celebrating earth day with food. The pops are totally cool. :-)
I’ve always wanted to try cake pops but I didn’t realize how easy they were! They look delicious!
Such beautiful cake pops. I want to try and make cake pops some day.
Wow they really turned out great – yummmmm!
Those are so fancy and fun. I just love how they turned out and I want to try to make them!
So cute! I have actually never made cake pops before. I really should!
Those are so cute. Mine looked like a falling over head when I made them, lol.
Those cake pops are beautiful! I want to make some for my daughter’s birthday next weekend!
These look great. I’ve never made cake pops before. Is it pretty easy?
I’ve never made cake pops, but it actually sounds quite do-able the way you describe it. I may just have to give it a try!
Cake pops are all kinds of awesome. I love all the ones you picked!
Something my daughter would make when she is home.. gonna show this to her.
YUM – those look delicious and almost too pretty to eat…almost! :)
Now that I’ve read your step-by-step instructions, I know I have to make cake pops! Never made them before, believe it or not! Thanks for sharing at the Inspire Me Mondays Link-Up!
These are so cute! I love cake pops! Thanks for sharing this great tutorial. Visiting from the DIY Sunday Showcase Linky Party!
Wow! This is mouthwatering amazing! I would love for you to share this at my party Making Memories Mondays that is going on now! Hope to see you there! :-)
Cathy
These look like such fun! I have to try these with my granddaughter. She’ll love them!
I planning on doing a few batches of cake pops for my girls birthday this summer….the ones pictured above sure do look impressive!
I have never made cake pops but these are so cute. Bet the kiddies will love them after all their hard work. Thanks for sharing with Share It One More Time. Cathy
They look like fun to make.
Very cute! What are the yellow swirls on the pops made of?
Love making cake pops, they are fun to make and eat! Will have to try this recipe out, thanks for sharing it.