My Hand At Creativity

Just like My Cousin Brianna I am going to post about cake pops. In the picture above, they dont really look like much other then malt balls with sticks. But they are YUMMY. My Sister-in-Law, Dawnelle, is getting married and Brianna and I both had our hand in helping with her bridal shower. Brianna reads this blog Bakerella and told me to go on there and see this "cake pop" that Bakerella invented. She said they look really easy to make, and as a treat for guests to take with them, we should try and make them. So here is the basic recipe for cake pops. Obviously, Bakerella is MUCH more experienced with them and does some creative stuff. Brianna and I stuck to the basics for our first time.

Being that it was our first time, we have learned some must do's and dont's. First- the do's- use a really deep bowl to melt the candy melts in, because as you keep dipping the liquid gets lower and it gets harder to cover the entire bowl. If you are going to use the recipe above buy more then one bag of candy melts, because one was not adequate to dip the entire ball, top to bottom (once you try it you will know exactly what I mean). Do stick the sucker stick in more then it feels like you should. Once the candy melts start to harden we found that the balls tend to fall of if you dont stick the stick in deep enough. If the candy melts start to get hard DO re-heat them in the microwave or else you will have a lot of cake pops fall to there tragic death in the bowl. Now with the dont's- Dont start to late in the afternoon. We started at about 6:30 and did not finish until... well... I am not sure when, because I left Brianna in the kitchen and went to bed, SOOOO SORRY BRI. I just could not stay up anymore. She stayed up until 2AM. If you plan on making 50+ give yourself at least 5 hours of free time to do it (as a beginner). Dont be scared to mix the cake and frosting with your hands. While it is messy, it is fun! And I think you get better balls and and squares. I think that is it for the dont's... for now.

Here all the cake pops ready to be partially frozen before dipping...

And here is our finished product- how preety- we make a good team Brianna!