Recipe courtesy of Callie Speer
Gingerbread Cake Pop
- Level: Intermediate
- Yield: 12 cake pops
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 12 servings
- Calories
- 685
- Total Fat
- 31
- Saturated Fat
- 19
- Carbohydrates
- 99
- Dietary Fiber
- 2
- Sugar
- 75
- Protein
- 6
- Cholesterol
- 96
- Sodium
- 367
- Total: 1 hr 30 min (includes cooling time)
- Active: 30 min
Ingredients
Gingerbread Cake:
1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, cubed, plus more for greasing the pan
1 1/4 cups molasses
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
2 large eggs
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
Lemon Buttercream:
2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
8 ounces confectioners' sugar
2 lemons, zested and juiced
12.5 ounces chocolate chips
Directions
Special equipment:
12 lollipop sticks- For the gingerbread cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-13-inch pan with butter.
- In a pot, combine the molasses, butter, brown sugar, baking soda and 1 cup water. Warm over medium heat until the butter is melted. Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the eggs.
- In a medium mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, allspice and salt. Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and fold until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Pour the batter evenly into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Let cool completely.
- For the lemon buttercream: Put the butter, confectioners' sugar and lemon zest and juice in the bowl of a stand mixer and cream until light, fluffy and lighter in color.
- Put the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 15-second intervals, stirring in between, until melted.
- Crumble the cake, add the buttercream and mix until well combined. Form the mixture into balls and place a lollipop stick in the center of each ball. Dip in the melted chocolate and garnish as desired.