TED Cake Pops

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 300 g cake base made from sponge cake batter
• 140 g double cream cheese
• 60 g butter, soft
• 70 g powdered sugar
• 150 g couverture, milk and white chocolate
• 24 chocolate M&M’s
• 1 food coloring (food pen), black
• some baking wafers
• some chocolate drops

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Rest time approx. 45 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes

makes 12 cute teddy bears on a stick

You’ll also need an egg carton with holes and wooden skewers. I used short wooden skewers from Fackelmann that are slightly wider at one end. If you have cake pop utensils, you can of course use those too. First, crumble the finished cake base until it’s completely crumbled. Then make the cake pop cream by mixing together the cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar. Add the cream to the cake base and knead everything into a smooth mixture. Form this into 12 balls or ovals. Now melt 4 pieces of white chocolate and 2 pieces of milk chocolate. Dip the thick end of the wooden skewer into the chocolate coating. Thread the dough balls onto the skewer about halfway down. For each teddy bear, lightly dip 2 M&Ms into the chocolate and stick them on top of the bear’s head as ears. Then place them in the egg carton and let them dry thoroughly for about 30 minutes. If you can’t quite imagine it, just watch my video on YouTube. Once it’s dry, cover the entire teddy’s head with chocolate. To do this, drag it through the chocolate in a rotating motion and carefully tap off any excess coating. Let it dry a little again. In the meantime, cut 12 small circles out of the wafers for the snouts. You can place these on the teddy as soon as the chocolate has dried slightly. Cut small triangles out of the chocolate drops and place them on top of the wafer to form a nose. Cut eyebrows for the teddy from the remaining wafer pieces and also fix them in the correct position. Now you can draw the mouth on the wafer and paint the eyes using the black food pen. Eat immediately or leave to harden in the fridge.