• 4th of July Week – Red and Blue Velvet Cake Pops

  Filed under Dessert - Candy
  Jun 20
  

  Welcome to 4th of July Week here on Taste and Tell! All week, I’ll be bringing you festive red, white and blue recipes that will be perfect for the celebrations coming up. And on Friday, come by and link up your favorite red, white and blue recipes!!

  Can you believe that the 4th of July is almost here? I have to say – July 4th is one of my very favorite holidays. I look forward to it almost like I look forward to Christmas and Thanksgiving. I love the family time together. I love the fireworks and the parades. And I always tear up when I hear those patriotic songs – thinking of all that has been sacrificed in years past and today so that I can enjoy the freedoms that we have. What a great occasion to celebrate!!

  And what’s better to celebrate with than food? I’m going to be giving you all kinds of sweet ideas this week for your 4th of July celebrations. And the bonus is that most of the recipes I’ll be featuring are super easy! I have 6 days of recipes planned for you, and I wanted to do something fun, so on Friday, I’ll have a linky up where you can come and share some of your favorite red, white and blue recipes. So make sure you check out all the recipes this week, and share your own on Friday!

  First up – everyone’s favorite treat – cake balls and cake pops. It seems like cake balls are all the rage these days. So I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to make them patriotic. Since cake pops are more about the cute factor than the taste to me, I made this version from a cake mix. But the great part about it is that you only need one cake to make both the red velvet and the blue velvet. I used the regular bottled red food coloring, but since they don’t make blue, I just used some Wilton paste coloring for the blue pops. While these are a little time consuming, they are super easy, and you know everyone will love them!

  

  Red Velvet and Blue Velvet Cake Pops

  Cake
  1 box white cake mix
  1 1/4 cups buttermilk
  1/3 cup vegetable oil
  3 eggs
  1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
  1 teaspoon blue paste food color
  1 tablespoon red liquid food color

  Frosting
  8-ounces cream cheese, softened
  1/2 cup butter, softened
  2-3 cups powdered sugar

  red, white and blue candy melts
  assorted sprinkles
  sucker sticks, if desired

  Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 325F. Grease the bottom and sides of 2 8×8-inch baking dishes.

  In a large bowl, beat the cake mix, buttermilk, vegetable oil, eggs and cocoa on low speed until moistened. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping sides occasionally.

  Divide the batter evenly into 2 bowl. Add the blue food coloring paste to one and the red coloring to the second. Spread the blue cake batter in one prepared dish and the red cake batter in the second prepared cake dish. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

  Remove cakes from oven and cool completely.

  Make the frosting: In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the cream cheese and butter and cream until smooth. Add in the powdered sugar until the desired sweetness and consistency.

  To make the cake balls: Crumble the blue velvet cake in one large bowl, and the red velvet cake in another large bowl. Divide the frosting evenly between the two bowls. Mix the cake and the frosting completely. (I think it’s easiest to do this with your hands!) Form the cake into balls and refrigerate until ready to use.

  Melt the candy melts and dip the cake balls in the melted candy melts. Immediately sprinkle with sprinkles, if desired.

  I’m linking up to Add a Pinch‘s Mingle Monday!

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14 Responses to “4th of July Week – Red and Blue Velvet Cake Pops”

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   vanillasugarblog said on June 20th, 2011 at 8:40 am

   wow. those came out perfect.
   when i made cake pops i only got a handful of good ones.
   i am awful at making these.
   i wanted to make blue velvet ones so badly. i did, and they were horrid. lol

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   Kristen said on June 20th, 2011 at 9:43 am

   These are just too cool! Love the presentation!

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   Heather of Kitchen Concoctions said on June 20th, 2011 at 10:00 am

   Too cute! Can’t wait for all the red, white, and blue fun this week!

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   Joanne said on June 20th, 2011 at 10:49 am

   You have really outdone yourself with these! They are so cute!

   My family has always been really big on celebrating the 4th. It’s such a fun holiday!

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   jennifurla said on June 20th, 2011 at 11:31 am

   yeah, I always love your ideas. These are gorgeous.

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   Amy said on June 20th, 2011 at 11:51 am

   They came out great! I made some recently and found the chocolate cake showed through the coating. I realized I had to let the first coat dry and then re-dip. I like your presentation, great idea!

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   Katrina said on June 20th, 2011 at 11:55 am

   These are just the cutest! Love it.

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   Emily G. said on June 20th, 2011 at 2:39 pm

   Wow, hose look amazing! I’m not sure what I’m more excited about– the taste or how cute they look!

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    teresa said on June 20th, 2011 at 3:49 pm

    eeeeh, love love it! how festive!

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    Liz said on June 20th, 2011 at 6:45 pm

    So cute! I’m excited to follow this week.

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    briarrose said on June 21st, 2011 at 1:32 pm

    So cute. What a great treat. Love the color.

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