Mickey Ears Cake Pops

Mickey Ears Cake Pops

Ingredients:

Mickey Ears Cake Pops
Chocolate Poundcake ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 eggs
1 cup buttermilk

Chocolate Ganache Ingredients:
6 ounces chocolate chips
2/3 cup heavy cream

additional ingredients:
giant heart sprinkles
wooden ice cream spoons

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prep a 9×13 pan with buttered parchment.

In a bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

In the bowl of an electric mixer cream the butter, sugar and vanilla.

Add the eggs one at a time, until combined.

Alternate the flour mixture and the buttermilk until the batter is smooth.

Pour the batter into the prepped pan and bake for 35-45 minutes depending on your oven until toothpick tested and done. Let cool.

While the cakes are cooling, start the ganache. In a saucepan over medium heat combine the chocolate chips and the heavy cream. Stir constantly until the chocolate starts to melt. Whisk quickly until combined. Once the ganache comes together, take off the heat and pour into a bowl to cool slightly.

Once the cake has cooled use a Mickey Mouse cookie cutter to cut out pieces of cake.

Push in the wooden ice cream spoons and place on a wire rack. Place in the freezer for 10 minutes to harden up so they won’t fall apart when dipped.

Dip the cake pops into the ganache far enough to make “Mickey Ears.” Add heart sprinkles to make Minnie bows if desired.