How to make Christmas pudding cake pops from leftovers!
- 200 g (7.1oz) leftover Christmas pudding
- 100 g (3.5oz) white chocolate, plus 50g for decoration
- 1 orange, zested
- 300 g (10.6oz) dark chocolate
- 6 sugar holly decorations, or red and green writing icing, to decorate
- Blitz your leftover pudding in a food processor to break it up a little.
- Youll be left with a lump-free, sticky mess the perfect consistency for making cake pops.
- Add the zest of an orange.
- Next, melt 100g of white chocolate either in the microwave or over a bain-marie and fold it into the blitzed orangey pudding.
- Mix everything together until fully incorporated.
- Divide the mixture into six parts and using your hands roll each piece into a smooth ball, about the size of a walnut/very large truffle.
- Place them on a baking tray or plate lined with silicone/greaseproof/baking paper, and transfer to the fridge.
- Leave for 30 minutes, to firm up.
- When the time is nearly up, melt 300g of dark chocolate.
- Remove your Christmas pudding balls from the fridge.
- Dip a lolly stick into the chocolate about 1 to 2cm in, then immediately plunge it half-way into a pudding ball.
- Repeat with the remaining balls, and then transfer to the fridge for five minutes.
- Meanwhile, get a block of polystyrene ready, or an upturned cardboard box.
- Poke six holes into your polystyrene/box using one of your lollipop sticks; this will be your cake pop holder.
- Transfer the remaining dark chocolate into a large mug.
- Dip the cake pops one at a time into the chocolate, tapping them on the side of the mug to lose any excess chocolate.
- Nestle the cake pops into your makeshift cake pop holder and allow to set at room temperature for at least half an hour (or in the fridge for 15-20 minutes).
- Just before the time is up, melt 50g of white chocolate and allow it to cool for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Carefully spoon about half a teaspoon of white chocolate on top of a cake pop, and gently nudge it back and forth with your spoon so that it runs down the sides a little.
- Pop a holly decoration on top, or draw your own on with some green and red writing icing.
- Enjoy that day, or the next.
pudding, white chocolate, orange, chocolate, sugar
Taken from www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/23313/how-to-make-christmas-pudding-cake-pops--from-leftovers (may not work)