Moustache Cake Pops

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened, plus more for greasing
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 2/3 cups self-rising flour, plus more for the tin (i didn't have self-rising flour so i made some using this recipe ( 1 cup flour, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 1/2)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 2/3 cups chocolate, melted and cooled
• 1 (14 ounce) bag chocolate candy melts

Recipe

• 1 make chocolate cake.
• 2 put the cocoa into a heatproof bowl, pour in the boiling water and stir until combined.
• 3 set aside to cool.
• 4 preheat the oven to 375°f (190°c).
• 5 lightly grease and flour a 10-inch (25-centimeter) round cake tin.
• 6 sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• 7 cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
• 8 mix in the vanilla.
• 9 add the eggs one at a time, mixing well.
• 10 pour in the dry ingredients and gently beat until combined.
• 11 fold in the cooled cocoa until the color of the mixture is even.
• 12 pour into the tin and bake for 45–60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• 13 once baked, leave to cool in the tin for 20 minutes.
• 14 turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
• 15 make chocolate frosting.
• 16 cream the butter.
• 17 gradually add the powdered sugar and then the chocolate.
• 18 continue to cream until light and fluffy.
• 19 refrigerate for 30 minutes before using.
• 20 make cake balls.
• 21 combine chocolate cake and chocolate frosting in mixer to create cake ball mix.
• 22 take mix and roll into approximately 20 medium-sized cake balls.
• 23 cool cake balls in refrigerator until chilled.
• 24 form mustache cake pops.
• 25 roll each cake ball into a log shape with your hands.
• 26 use a lollipop stick to make an indentation in the top center and bottom center of each “log.”.
• 27 squeeze and pinch the center of the “log” to shape the middle of the moustache. now squeeze and pinch the ends, curling each one upwards to create a handlebar moustache shape.
• 28 melt the candy.
• 29 dip the end of each lollipop stick 3/4 inch into the candy and insert a stick into the center of each moustache.
• 30 leave to set.
• 31 dip each pop into the candy, dipping from left to right to get an even coating.
• 32 insert into a polystyrene block to dry.