Meanings
plural cake pops · alternative cake-pop · alternative cakepop
- A confection consisting of a round piece of cake coated in icing or chocolate and stuck on a stick in the manner of a lollipop.
The holidays are one of my favorite times of the year to make cake pops.
2010, Bakerella, Cake Pops Holidays, Chronicle Books (2010), page 302 more examples
Before you start it's best to pierce the holes into the polystyrene block that will hold the cake pops.
2011, Molly Bakes, Crazy for Cake Pops: 50 All-New Delicious and Adorable Creations, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 38“Maybe this will cheer you up.” Paige whipped the cutest cellophane-wrapped cake pop out of her tote, decorated like a mini pumpkin all the way down to the stem.
2013, Tracy March, The Practice Proposal, Entangled Publishing, →ISBN
Origin
Blend of cake + lollipop. Compare also cookie pop.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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