Vanilla Cake Pops

4oz Butter

4oz Caster Sugar

4oz Self Raising Flour

1 Tsp Baking Powder

1 Tsp Bi Carbonate Soda

2 Eggs

1 Tbsp Vanilla Essence

Cooking Time: 180c/Gas mark 5 for 12 minutes

Serving: 12 Cake pops (2 x 7" cake tins / 1 x 12" cake tin)

Chilling time: 30 minutes

1. Pre heat the oven and grease a baking tin

2. In a bowl cream the butter with the sugar with a whisk for a few minutes until it is well combined and fluffy

3. In a separate bowl whisk the eggs with the vanilla for a few minutes until it has increased in volume

4. Add the egg mixture to the creamed mixture and whisk together for a few minutes

5. Sieve the flour, baking powder and bi carbonate of soda into the creamed mixture

6. Fold the flour in slowly so that the mixture does not loose its air

7. Once the mixture is all combined put the mixture into the tins and level

8. Put in the oven and bake for 12 minutes or until golden

9. Once done, remove from the oven and leave in the tin for 5 minutes to cool before transferring to a wire cooling rack

Buttercream Icing

3oz Butter

10oz Icing Sugar

1 Tbsp Milk

1 Tbsp Vanilla Essence

1. Cream the butter in a bowl

2. Sieve the icing sugar into the bowl and with a fork mix the butter and icing sugar together

3. Add the milk and vanilla and whisk the mixture with a fork or a whisk for a few minutes until the buttercream is soft, light and fluffy

Making the Cake Pops

75g Dark chocolate melted

75g White chocolate melted

Coconut / hundred and thousands

1. Once the cake is cool crumble it into cake crumbs using a food processor

2. Add the buttercream icing to the food processor and mix it with the cake crumbs until the mixture forms a nice dough

3. Put this dough into the fridge and leave to set for 20 minutes

4. Once it has chilled a bit, remove from the oven and make until little ball / cake pops and stick a lolly pop or another form of stick into each one

5. Place back into the fridge and leave to chill

6. Once done dip into melted chocolate, any flavour and then dip into coconut / hundred and thousands of any other desired goodie!