Cake Pops!

Cake on a stick? Yes please.  

Back in January, Steven bought me this book:

...and I made the red velvet ones with cream cheese frosting and chocolate coating.

They were a big hit with everyone who tried them.  I, however, will not lie: I wasn't very impressed!

  One time is NOT enough to get the technique down, but I saw a lot of promise.   They were so much fun to make!  I was kind of sad when the process was over.  I will say this much - the book suggests that you use bakers chocolate, such as almond bark, to dip them in.  I don't like that stuff!  I think maybe if you dolled it up a little with some cinnamon, salt, cayenne, or a drizzle of caramel (depending on your cake/icing flavors) it would make a world of difference.  I mean literally, the whole world full of differences.  That stuff is just so sugary sweet!  The book also suggests candy coating - maybe it actually tastes a lot better...I wouldn't know, I went with what I could find!  It would probably be totally worth it to find it and order it online. 

The book is great though - so much good advice.  If you get it, read the whole thing before you EVER start trying to bake and roll and pulverize and mix and freeze...and well, there are a lot of steps...

I wish I had pictures to post of my adventure making them for the first time...I might have one somewhere....(useless!)

Anyway - my next attempt might be to make the Ice Cream Cone Sundaes Cake Pops!  Probably for myself.  To eat.  For my birthday :-) They're just precious and  the best part is they're supposed to look kind of drippy goopy and messy, just my style!  Who wants to join!?

Happy cake popping ;-)  XO