Additional Ingredients

To make the frosting

125 grams	Unsalted Butter
1 tsp	Vanilla Extract (Nielsen Massey)
300 grams	Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon Homegrown)
2 tsp	Milk

Further Additional Ingredients

To decorate

100 grams	White Chocolate Chips (Silver Spoon Create)
	Black Designer Icing (Silver Spoon Create)
50 grams	Ready to Roll Icing (Silver Spoon)
	Yellow Food Colouring

How to make Cute Chick Cake Pops

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1. To make the sponge; place the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and butter into a freestanding mixer with the paddle attachment or in a bowl and mix with an electric mixer until you get a sandy consistency. Preheat the oven to 170°C / Gas 3 and line a muffin tin with muffin cases.
2. Whisk the milk and egg together in a jug then slowly add to the flour mixture and beat until smooth and well mixed.
3. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes, until the sponge bounces back when touched or when a skewer comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack, then leave in the fridge overnight to stale.
4. To make the frosting, put the butter in a large bowl and cream until pale and fluffy, then add the icing sugar and mix until smooth. Add the milk and vanilla extract then whisk until light and fluffy.
5. Remove the cakes from the fridge and crumble into a large bowl until it resembles fine breadcrumbs, then mix in some of the frosting until the mixture can be formed into small balls.
6. Make balls of the mixture by rolling between your hands, then place on a baking tray, then put in the fridge for 15-20 mins.
7. Melt the white chocolate chips according to the instructions on the packet, then dip a lollipop stick into the chocolate and place in the cake ball. Once you have sticks in every ball, dip each one in chocolate to entirely cover the ball, then leave to set.
8. To decorate the chick colour some of the white icing with the yellow gel colour, kneading until the colour is consistent. Then make some beaks and wings with this icng and leave to set. Using the black icing draw on some eyes, then glue the beak and wings onto the cake pop using water or sugar glue.

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