A perfect way to celebrate America – these Red and Blue Velvet Cake Pops are sweet and patriotic.
Welcome to 4th of July Week here on Taste and Tell! All week, I’ll be bringing you festive red, white and blue recipes that will be perfect for the celebrations coming up.
Can you believe that the 4th of July is almost here? I have to say – July 4th is one of my very favorite holidays. I look forward to it almost like I look forward to Christmas and Thanksgiving. I love the family time together. I love the fireworks and the parades. And I always tear up when I hear those patriotic songs – thinking of all that has been sacrificed in years past and today so that I can enjoy the freedoms that we have. What a great occasion to celebrate!!
And what’s better to celebrate with than food? I’m going to be giving you all kinds of sweet ideas this week for your 4th of July celebrations. And the bonus is that most of the recipes I’ll be featuring are super easy! I have 6 days of recipes planned for you, and I wanted to do something fun, so on Friday, I’ll have a linky up where you can come and share some of your favorite red, white and blue recipes. So make sure you check out all the recipes this week, and share your own on Friday!
First up – everyone’s favorite treat – cake balls and cake pops. It seems like cake balls are all the rage these days. So I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to make them patriotic. Since cake pops are more about the cute factor than the taste to me, I made this version from a cake mix. But the great part about it is that you only need one cake to make both the red velvet and the blue velvet. I used the regular bottled red food coloring, but since they don’t make blue, I just used some Wilton paste coloring for the blue pops. While these are a little time consuming, they are super easy, and you know everyone will love them!
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Red and Blue Velvet Cake Pops
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 box white cake mix
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
- 1 teaspoon blue paste food color
- 1 tablespoon red liquid food color
Frosting
- 8- ounces cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 2-3 cups powdered sugar
- red white and blue candy melts
- assorted sprinkles
- sucker sticks if desired
Instructions
- Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 325F. Grease the bottom and sides of 2 8×8-inch baking dishes.
- In a large bowl, beat the cake mix, buttermilk, vegetable oil, eggs and cocoa on low speed until moistened. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping sides occasionally.
- Divide the batter evenly into 2 bowl. Add the blue food coloring paste to one and the red coloring to the second. Spread the blue cake batter in one prepared dish and the red cake batter in the second prepared cake dish. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove cakes from oven and cool completely.
- Make the frosting: In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the cream cheese and butter and cream until smooth. Add in the powdered sugar until the desired sweetness and consistency.
- To make the cake balls: Crumble the blue velvet cake in one large bowl, and the red velvet cake in another large bowl. Divide the frosting evenly between the two bowls. Mix the cake and the frosting completely. (I think it’s easiest to do this with your hands!) Form the cake into balls and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Melt the candy melts and dip the cake balls in the melted candy melts. Immediately sprinkle with sprinkles, if desired.
Kristin says
These look wonderful! I a m going to try and make them today. How many does the recipe make?
Cutie says
I can not wait to make these for the 4th! They will be a big hit 🙂
Drishti says
Can we make this without eggs?
Deborah says
@Drishti, I wouldn’t try this recipe without eggs – I don’t think it will work.
briarrose says
So cute. What a great treat. Love the color.
Liz says
So cute! I’m excited to follow this week.
teresa says
eeeeh, love love it! how festive!
Emily G. says
Wow, hose look amazing! I’m not sure what I’m more excited about– the taste or how cute they look!
Katrina says
These are just the cutest! Love it.
Amy says
They came out great! I made some recently and found the chocolate cake showed through the coating. I realized I had to let the first coat dry and then re-dip. I like your presentation, great idea!
jennifurla says
yeah, I always love your ideas. These are gorgeous.
Joanne says
You have really outdone yourself with these! They are so cute!
My family has always been really big on celebrating the 4th. It’s such a fun holiday!
Heather of Kitchen Concoctions says
Too cute! Can’t wait for all the red, white, and blue fun this week!
Kristen says
These are just too cool! Love the presentation!
vanillasugarblog says
wow. those came out perfect.
when i made cake pops i only got a handful of good ones.
i am awful at making these.
i wanted to make blue velvet ones so badly. i did, and they were horrid. lol