Additional Ingredients

100 grams	Butter
1 sachet	Strawberry Flavour Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon Create)
200 grams	Strawberry Flavour Buttons (Silver Spoon Create) 2 packets
	Pink Food Colour (Silver Spoon Create) A few drops
100 grams	Ready to Roll Icing (Silver Spoon)
	Sprinkle Decorations To Decorate
	Shimmer Balls (Silver Spoon Create) To Decorate

How to make Strawberry Cake Pops

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1. Heat the oven to 180°C, 160°C fan, Gas Mark 4. Line a cup cake tin with 9 paper cupcake cases.
2. Place the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat with a wooden spoon or electric mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs a little at a time until smooth, adding a little flour if the mixture curdles.
3. Stir in the flour and vanilla extract until smooth
4. Place heaped dessertspoon full in each cupcake case and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and just firm to the touch.
5. Allow the cupcakes to cool completely then remove the paper cases and crumble the cakes finely (this is easiest in a food processor)
6. Make the butter cream; Make up the icing as directed on the packet, using 100g softened butter . Mix the butter cream into the cakes to make a thick paste, Roll the mixture into large marble size balls and leave in the fridge to cool until firm (about 30 mins)
7. Place the strawberry flavour buttons in a small deep bowl and melt as directed on the packet.
8. Dip cake pops sticks into the melted chocolate then into each cake ball. Allow to set for 5 mins, then dip each cake ball in the melted chocolate, turning it until coated, Shake off excess chocolate then place the stick in a block of polystyrene or oasis to chill and set.
9. Dip in sprinkles before the chocolate sets or decorate with sugar flowers or shimmer balls.
10. To make sugar flowers To make the flowers, colour half of the icing with a little pink food coloring and half with purple. Roll out on a work surface dusted with icing sugar. Using small flower cutters cut out as many flowers as liked and press them onto the cake pops before they have completely set.

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