Drunken Snowman Eggnog Cake Pops
 
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Cute little snowmen made out of boozy eggnog cake perfect for the holidays★
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Recipe type（レシピカテゴリ）: Dessert
Cuisine（どこの料理）: American
Serves（何人分）: about 16 snowmen
Ingredients （材料）
  • For eggnog cake:
  • 1 cup (255 g) granulated sugar
  • 1¾ cups (175 g) all-purpose flour
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup (57 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 2 eggs, room temperature
  • ⅓ cup (75 g) Greek yogurt (or strained normal yogurt)
  • ¼ cup (50 ml) vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp rum
  • ⅔ cup (160 ml) eggnog (see "Notes" for an easy way to make your own)
  • Eggnog frosting:
  • 2 Tbsp (28 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 2 cups (400 g) powdered sugar
  • ⅛ tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 ounces (85 g) cream cheese
  • 1-1½ Tbsp dark rum
  • Nutmeg to taste
  • Coating:
  • 1-2 bags of candy melts (or about 320-400 g white chocolate)
  • Canola oil for thinning
  • Decorating:
  • Lollipop sticks
  • Decorator icing pens
  • Oreos
  • Mini Oreos
Instructions（作り方）
  1. Preheat oven to 350F (180C) and prepare a square cake pan.
  2. In a small bowl whisk together eggs, yogurt, oil, vanilla, and rum until smooth.
  3. In a large bowl, mix together sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt with an electric mixer. Add the butter and mix on medium low speed for three minutes.
  4. Add the egg mixture and beat on medium speed until just combined.
  5. Slowly add the eggnog and mix on low speed until just combined.
  6. Pour into the prepared cake pan and bake for 18-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool.
  7. In the meantime, make the frosting. Beat together butter, cream cheese, rum, and powdered sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add nutmeg to taste and beat until combined.
  8. When the cake has cooled, break it into pieces and finely crumble it in the food processor (or by hand if you don't have a food processor).
  9. Put the finely crumbled cake and frosting in a bowl and incorporate it together with your hands.
  10. Roll the mixture into 2 tbsp and 1 tbsp sized balls (about 8 each) and refrigerate 2 hours-overnight (if you don't have time you can freeze them for about 15 minutes instead).
  11. Melt candy melts or white chocolate bars in the microwave. Add canola oil to thin it out if it's too thick.
  12. One at a time dip the end of the lollipop sticks in the chocolate and insert them halfway through the big cake balls. Place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and refrigerate until the chocolate dries.
  13. One at a time, dip the big cake balls in chocolate and coat them fully. Stand them upright in a box with holes or similar while they dry.
  14. One at a time dip just the end of the small cake balls in chocolate and put them on top of the big cake balls to make the snowman's head. Let dry.
  15. One at time dip the heads in the chocolate to coat them completely.
  16. Use remaining chocolate or icing pens to to stick two mini Oreos on top of a big Oreo and then affix it to each snowman's head to make top hats.
  17. Use icing pens to draw faces, scarves, and buttons on the snowmen to your liking.
  18. Let dry completely before transporting.
Notes（コツ・ポイント・注意点）
★If you double the ingredients for the frosting in this recipe you can make about 12 cupcakes instead.
★Here is the eggnog recipe I use (found here originally), but feel free to use your own or just purchase some: beat one egg with an electric mixer until frothy. Beat in 1½ tbsp granulated sugar, ⅛ tsp vanilla, a pinch of nutmeg, and 3 tbsp dark rum. While mixing with the mixer slowly add ⅓ cup (80 ml) cream and ⅓ cup (80 ml) low-fat milk and continue mixing until thoroughly combined.
★If you have leftover eggnog you do not want to drink, dip bread slices in it and fry it in a frying pan to make decadent Christmas french toast!
Recipe by Entropy in the Kitchen at https://www.xiomaraentropy.com/blog/drunken-snowman-eggnog-cake-pops/