NUTCRACKER CAKE POPS! Tutorial and Puppet Show

In this video I will show you step by step how to make nutcracker cake pops from scratch! Starting with a simple vanilla cake and delicious vanilla buttercream icing. I will show you how I created the mouse king and then you can watch a cute holiday puppet show I made using all of my nutcracker characters. I made Clara, the Nutcracker, Drosselmeyer, Rat King, Rats, Nutcracker Prince, Sugar Plum Fairy, Flowers and Bees!
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Nutcracker Cake Pops Recipe

Simple Vanilla Cake
Ingredients:
1 cup White Sugar
1/2 cup Unsalted Butter
2 Eggs
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
1 3/4 tsp Baking Powder
3/4 cup Buttermilk or Whole Milk
Pinch of Salt
Directions:
Butter and Flour one 9 inch round cake pan and preheat the oven to 350F.

Cream the butter and sugar together until it is light and fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. Add in one egg at a time, beating well between each addition. Add the vanilla and mix well. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, salt and baking powder. Add half of the dry mixture into the wet mixture and stir until just combined. Repeat with the second half of the dry mixture. Add the buttermilk and beat until just combined. Spread the batter into the lined cake pan and bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes.


Simple Vanilla Buttercream
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Unsalted Butter
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
2 cups Powdered Sugar, Sifted
2 tbsp Milk
Directions:
Whip the butter until creamy. Slowly sift in the Powdered sugar one half cup at a time, beating well between each addition. Add the milk and vanilla and mix until the icing is smooth and silky.
Assembly:
After the cake has fully cooled, crumble it into fine pieces. Add in a little bit of icing at a time until the mixture holds together when it is formed into a ball. Form the cake pop mixture into your desired shapes and let them chill in the fridge for 10 min.
Heat up a small amount of candy melts or chocolate and prepare the lollipop sticks and foam board. When the cake pops have finished chilling, take a lollipop stick and dip one end into the candy melts. Push it into the cake pop about half way and wipe off the excess chocolate. Stick the lollipop stick into the foam board to hold the cake pop upright as it sets.
Melt some more candy melts in your desired dipping colors and add in a small scoop of paramount crystals or shortening to thin out the mixture. While the cake pops are slightly cold and the candy melts just warm, dip them head first into the chocolate. Rotate and lightly tap off the excess for a clean polished look. Let the cake pops set at room temperature.
Decorate your cake pops however you would like! Sprinkles, chocolate, candy, fondant and much more. Get creative and happy baking!

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