I’m sure you’ve seen pictures of gorgeously decorated cakesicles in your Instagram feed or on Pinterest, right? Well today is the day you’re going to learn how to make them – just in time for Christmas – so you can amaze your family with a lovely winter-themed dessert! Keep scrolling for a full tutorial and discover how to make these delicious Sugar Plum Cakesicles!
Cake balls or cake pops are a heavenly dessert you and your family may enjoy during the holidays. A cakesicle, if you’re not familiar with the term, is basically a giant cake ball on steroids! Lol And because it’s larger in size, you can really go all out with the decorations. Today, I want to show you how you can make a snowflake covered Sugar Plum chocolate cakesicle that is sure to be a hit at your upcoming holiday party.
I also want to point out, like my daughter was quick to tell me too, that the design on these desserts is perfect for a Frozen themed birthday party! So if your little one has Elsa, Anna and Olaf on the brain, then you can score a major mom win by whipping up a batch on a cold winter’s day, for a special playdate or to add to the dessert table at a Frozen Party.
Sugar Plum Cakesicle Ingredients
The full ingredient list is below, but the basics of what you’ll need to gather before you begin baking are:
- Your favorite boxed cake mix (I used chocolate, but you can pick your favorite flavor)
- Frosting (I used chocolate, but use what best matches your cake flavor)
- Ghirardelli white chocolate melting wafers
- Edible Snowflakes (you can make your own from icing or fondant, or get these which are made from gumpaste or these which are edible wafers)
- Snowflake Holiday Sprinkles (these are a close match to what I used here or grab these and add in some hot pink!)
You’ll also need a few baking supplies:
- A silicone cakesicle mold (which you can repurpose later on to make our Sangria Popsicles!)
- A cookie sheet with a wire rack
- 18 popsicle sticks
- A disposable piping bag
- Cake or cupcake pan
Frozen Inspired Cakesicle Directions
You make cakesicles much like cake balls. Detailed recipe directions are below, but you’ll begin my mixing up your cake batter. You can bake your cake in either a cake pan or in a cupcake pan. Totally your call, because once it cools, you’re going to crumble it up into pieces in a large bowl. Next, add about 1/2 cup of your frosting and combine it with your cake crumbles to form the cakesicle dough. Set it aside.
Grab your white chocolate melts and melt them according to the package directions, being careful not to overheat them and burn the chocolate. Then, spoon about 2 tablespoons of the melted chocolate into your cakesicle molds. You’ll want to tilt the mold around to ensure the sides get coated with the chocolate too. Finally, you’ll add the popsicle stick into the bottom of the mold then place the molds in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes so they can harden and set.
Once the chocolate has set, remove the molds from the fridge and carefully add about 2 tablespoons of your cakesicle dough to each mold, spreading it out gently so that the chocolate doesn’t break.
Then you’ll repeat your process, melting more chocolate to spoon onto of the cake dough, covering it all to enclose your cakesicle. Place the molds back in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes so they can fully set.
Christmas Cakesicle Decorations
Now it’s time for the fun part! Very carefully, remove your cakesicles from the molds and place them on a wire rack to begin decorating.
Melt some more chocolate and place it into your piping bag. Drizzle lines of white chocolate over the tops of your cakesicles where you want to add your sprinkles. Then, pipe some chocolate onto the back of your snowflakes and add those where you’d like them on the cakesicles. Give them just a little of time to set as the chocolate hardens and then… you’re ready to eat! Serve them up to your littles, add them to a dessert table or wrap them up as neighbor gifts!
Grab the full recipe below and be sure to Pin this post to your holiday baking board! I hope you’ll give this fun dessert a try during the winter season! Enjoy!
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- 1 box chocolate cake mix or your favorite cake flavor
- 1 jar Chocolate Frosting (16 oz) or your favorite frosting flavor
- 1 1/4 cups whole milk
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 3 Large Eggs
- 2 14 oz bags Ghirardelli white chocolate melting wafers
- Edible snowflakes
- Holiday snowflake sprinkles
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- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and coat your cake pan with non-stick spray or butter or place your cupcake liners in your cupcake pan (you can bake the cake mix either way since you'll be crumbling it up later).
- Using a large bowl, beat together the cake mix, milk, butter and eggs until combined and smooth.
- Add your batter to your cake pan or cupcake pan.
- Place in the oven and bake as directed on the box.
- Remove from the oven once done and allow the cake to cool completely.
- Once the cake has cooled, remove it from the pan or cupcake liners and crumble it into a large mixing bowl.
- Once all the the cake has been crumbled into a moist, sand-like texture, add about ¼ - ½ cup of the chocolate frosting and mix it together thoroughly until a dough like mixture forms. Set it aside.
- Pour half of your white chocolate wafers into a microwave safe bowl and using a microwave, melt the white chocolate in 30 second increments, mixing after each time to ensure smooth, even melting of the white chocolate.
- Once the white chocolate is melted, spoon about 1-2 tbsp of the melted chocolate into the cakesicle molds. Move the cakesicle mold around, tilting it from side to side, ensuring the sides are coated in the white chocolate (see picture in post for details).
- Carefully push in the popsicle stick into the bottom of the cakesicle mold and then place the molds into the refrigerator for about 10 minutes to set.
- Once the chocolate is set, remove them from the refrigerator and take about 1-2 tbsp of the cake mixture and carefully press it into the molds, making sure the sides of the chocolate does not break.
- Next, remelt the white chocolate and spoon about 1-2 tbsps of the chocolate onto the top and sides of the cake mixture in each mold.
- Place the molds back into the refrigerator for another 30 minutes.
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