Homemade Cake Pop Frosting. Using your hands crumble up the cake until no large pieces remain. 3 12 cups might be enough for some depending on your butter and cream cheese while some may need the entire 4 cups or even a tad more.
I recommend gradually adding the frosting until the cake pops are moist and easy to form into balls. Roll balls between cupped hands until firm and smooth. Stir until small crumbs form.
Add the vanilla extract and combine thoroughly.
Achieve a perfectly smooth cake pop coating every time with these professional tips from cake pop queen Kris Galicia Brown. Stir until small crumbs form. Sift the icing sugar into the cream cheese butter mix and put the mixer on at slow speed. Use the back of a spoon to mash until mixture binds together.