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Red Velvet Cake Pops
Ingredients:
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1¼ cups all-purpose flour
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¼ teaspoon salt
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1 tablespoon cocoa
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¼ cup butter, softened
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¾
cup sugar
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1 egg
Directions:
1. Combine flour, salt and cocoa in small bowl. Blend well and set aside.
2. Using a mixer, beat butter until creamy. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add
egg and vanilla and blend well.
3. In separate bowl, whisk the red food coloring into the buttermilk.
4. Alternately blend flour mixture, then buttermilk mixture into butter mixture, beginning
and ending with flour mixture.
5. Combine the vinegar and baking soda in a small bowl and allow to fizz. Fold into
the cake batter.
6. Fill each cooking reservoir with about 1 tablespoon of batter.
7. Bake 4 to 5 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a cake pop comes out clean.
8. Allow to cool and glaze or coat, as desired.
Makes about 3½ dozen cake pops
Tip: If you don’t have buttermilk on hand, pour 1½ teaspoons lemon juice or vinegar into a
glass measuring cup. Add milk to equal ½ cup. Allow to stand 5 to 10 minutes, then use in
place of buttermilk in this recipe.
Maraschino Cherry Cake Pops
Ingredients:
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1 package (9 ounce) white cake mix - this is a 1 layer, smaller box of cake mix
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1 egg white
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½ cup maraschino cherry juice
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¼ cup finely chopped maraschino cherries, drained well
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Chocolate candy melt coating or white chocolate glaze
Directions:
1. Prepare cake mix according to package directions (which includes the egg white),
substituting maraschino cherry juice for water.
2. Fold in chopped maraschino cherries.
3. Fill each cooking reservoir with about 1 tablespoon of batter.
4. Bake 4 to 5 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a cake pop comes out clean.
5. Allow to cool and glaze or coat, as desired.
Makes about 3 dozen cake pops
Tip: Use the chocolate candy melt coating for a taste similar to a chocolate covered cherry.
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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1 tablespoon red food coloring
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½ cup buttermilk
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½ teaspoon vinegar
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½ teaspoon baking soda
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Glaze or coating of choice
