29 December 2013

Cake Pops


cake_pops


If lollipops are for kids (which is not applicable for me though ..I still love those little suckers :P),then cake pops are for EVERYONE.Hardly anyone can resist by their cutie beautie looks and yummy delights all in a bite.It is something rising in fame and name all over the blogosphere especially .



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I always wanted to try making them but since I am not a hardcore baker as of now ,it was in the waiting list . When it's Christmas , there's no more waiting and if you have a baked cake ,it's really a piece of cake ..I mean not just the saying ,it is !!..as all you need to do is crumble a portion of a cake depending upon how many you wanna make,mix something like frosting,icing that can help hold them together and mold them into desired shape and some pop sticks to stick into it ,that you can buy from any craft stores like Michaels,Hobby Lobby or even from Walmart and melted chocolate to cover it to secure its shape . That's it . Cake pops are ready .

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Kids will go gaga over it and anyone who is not a cake fan like Honey P will be too curious to say no and will be already eyeing on the next one...



This is how I made them .

Cake Pops

Ingredients

Icing - 1-2 tablespoon
White chocolate - 1/2 cup
Vegetable oil ,drops- 3-4(optional)
Cake pop sticks - as you need
Sprinkles for decoration

Method:

 

  • Take a bowl and crumble finely the half portion of the cake .
  • Add the icing little by little  to it and mix well everything with hand till it becomes moist enough to shape it into small balls .
  • Using hand or using a mini icecream scoop ,scoop out or create golf sized balls.
  • Pop all those cake pop sticks into each and every ball and freeze them for an hour .
  • Meanwhile ,take a (deep and narrow preferably)microwave safe dish and put all those white chocolates into it and couple of drops of any vegetable oil into it and microwave for (repeated) 30 secs (stirring at every 30 secs until the chocolate is completely melted).
  • Remove from the microwave and take the cake pops out of the freezer and start dipping one by one in such a way that it should also cover the stick and the cake meeting point .
  • Take a bowl with sprinkles and dip and coat the cake pops with it quickly as otherwise melted chocolate may harden quickly.
  • Stick the cake pops into the Styrofoam block to allow them to set completely.
  • Place them into the freezer again to speed up the setting time for 10 minutes approx.
  • Remove from the freezer and enjoy . 
Notes:
  • I got 10 cake pops approx.
  • Use either frosting or icing to mix with the cake to make it into balls,but add little by little .
  • I used straws instead of the sticks and even that worked fine.But better use the cake pop sticks.



Hope you'll like it..


Sending this to - Sharanya's event ,"Let's cook for christmas"