Wednesday 20 August 2014

Pop! goes the cake ball.

I have well and truly caught the baking bug! I’ve seen cake pops everywhere at the moment and couldn’t wait to try them out. I saw recently that Pound Land had cake pop moulds in stock, which is brilliant when other shops are selling them from £7-£10, but  when I went to pick some up, I thought they looked a bit small, so I picked up my cake pop set and recipe book from The Works (here) and got my sticks from Poundland.

These couldn't be simpler to make, and the recipe was exactly the same as if I was baking cupcakes, and I followed the below method. I wanted my cake balls to look like mini watermelons!


Cake Pop Ingredients Recipe

 Ingredients
2 x Eggs
120g Flour
120g Sugar
120g Butter
Few Drops of Vanilla Essence
Pink Food Colouring
Chocolate Chips

For the Outside
100g White Chocolate (Melted)
Green Food Colouring

Recipe:
Cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.
Add the eggs one at a time and mix thoroughly.
Slowly add the flour and mix until smooth.
Add Vanilla Essence to taste (for Vanilla Cupcakes of course!)
Stir in choc chips & food colouring!
Add to mould and bake in the oven at 180 Degrees for 15-20 Minutes or until Golden


 Cake Pop Cake Ball

It really is that simple! Or so I thought..

I mixed up my ingredients and placed the cake batter into the first mould. I then put the second mould on top and stuck these in the oven. I was a bit dubious that they wouldn’t work, especially as I wasn’t able to check on them or see how they were rising.

After about 20 minutes, I took them out and let them cool. I removed the mould and to my wonder, I was left with cake balls! They didn't actually look TOO bad.



Cake Pop Cake Ball
When the cake balls had cooled off I prepared my coating. For this, I melted white chocolate and added green food colouring as I wanted them to look like mini watermelon balls. I then stuck my cake balls onto the sticks, and dipped them into the chocolate. This is where it all when horribly wrong. The sponge just fell off the sticks. I was left with a big gloopy lumpy mess. It was all going so well too!








Perhaps I should have chilled my balls before I coated them? Perhaps the chocolate didn't melt enough? All I know is that my lovely cake balls were ruined. They look horrible. I wouldn't feed them to my dog (although I can confirm they didn't taste too bad). 
 
These are on the same scale as the time I tried to make a peppa pig cake for my sister's birthday. That also went horribly wrong, but that's a story for another day.


Peppa Pig Cake

 I will learn from my mistakes, and try again another time! Any tips are welcome!
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4 comments

  1. Hiya, they look amazing such a great idea x

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  2. Just dicovered your blog :) loving all the posts so far! Safe to say i might be looking through older posts for a while.. :)

    http://missstudentstyle.blogspot.co.uk/

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  3. Oh this is awkward! Looks like your new to blogging too! Oops!! Still fab posts x

    http://missstudentstyle.blogspot.co.uk/

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  4. Oh no! Next time try putting in the sticks while they are still in the moulds and put them in the freezer overnight or for a few hours. Then they should be easier to decorate. Good luck!

    Dayna x

    http://londonsmall.blogspot.co.uk/

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