Light It Up Blue Cake Lollipops for World Autism Day
This month (April) is World Autism Month.
Autism is a condition that affects 1 in 68 children in the USA. If you are a parent of a child with autism, you'll know how difficult life can be. Anything that can create awareness, insight and knowledge of this condition can make a world of difference to an autistic child.
We're happy to support World Autism Month and, in honor of it's 'Light It Up Blue' campaign, we've put together a blue-themed recipe that will be loved by all kids, autistic or not!
Blue Cake Lollipops:
Ingredients:
Cake mix (enough to make 2 x 9 inch diameter cakes)
1/2 can of vanilla frosting
Melting / cooking chocolate
Blue food coloring
Sprinkles (we used white and pink heart shaped ones, but it's your choice!)
40 lollipop sticks
Follow the instructions on the back of the cake mix box, and make two 9 inch cakes.
Bake your cakes, and then allow them to cool.
Once cooled, mash both the cakes in a large mixing bowl.
Now, stir in about half a can of vanilla frosting.
Keep stirring the mixture until it is smooth in consistency, but 'sticky' enough to clump together.
Using clean hands, roll the mixture into one inch balls. You should be able to make about 40 balls.
Place the cake balls onto a baking sheet and place them in the fridge for 24 hours.
Melt your chocolate, either by placing into a microwave, and cooking for 30 seconds at a time, or by placing onto a metal plate and heating this over a saucepan of boiling water on the stove. Stir the chocolate to give it a smooth consistency.
Take out your cake balls from the fridge.
Dip the end of a lollipop stick into the chocolate, and then push it into a cake ball, about halfway through. Do this for each cake ball.
Take out a bowl and fill with sprinkles.
Take each cake lollipop and dip into the chocolate, and then sprinkles.
Place each cake lollipop back onto the baking sheet and put them in the fridge for 2 hours.
Watch your kids go 'blue' crazy for these!
There are many ways you can support awareness of Autism on World Autism Month. Check out how to get involved here!
Comments
Raven#1
The concept is very nice, authentic and new. I have not seen such a good idea on the internet. I managed to build it up in an hour. Great description…
Margaret Marty#2
Love this. Passing these out to folks at work is a great way to begin a discussion about Autism. Recipe is simple and fun.
Jennifer#3
This is absolutely wonderful! It is a great idea to bring autism awareness to people in a way that we all connect! Food! They are also very pretty and seem easy to make! I will most certainly be trying this to raise awareness!
Jennifer#4
This is absolutely wonderful! It is a great idea to bring autism awareness to people in a way that we all connect! Food! They are also very pretty and seem easy to make! I will most certainly be trying this to raise awareness!
Michael Van De Graaff#5
Everything on this blog looks so delicious! I tried to make these, but it didn’t exactly work out, my cake batter was still wet and mushy out of the oven, and I added way too much blue food coloring, making it very,very dark blue. My wife always makes cooking look so easy, and everything she makes always turns out so great. But as it turns out, it’s much harder than it looks, and I have absolutely zero baking skill, but I suppose for someone with a little more experience, these would turn out great.
Chris Rudy#6
Love the support for World Autism Day! Fresh idea using cake pops, they look great as well!
Could definitely cause a discussion about a great topic.