A quick internet search led me to the Queen of Cake Pops, Bakerella, and her amazing gallery of cake pops for every theme imaginable. Her instructions for basic cake pops seemed simple enough, so instead of ordering them from a bakery, I decided to try making them myself.
At this point, you can actually start dipping the cake pops, but since I was doing mushroom-shaped cake pops, I had to first hand-mold them into the shape of mushrooms and Lego heads. By the time I was done, the dough had softened up quite a bit, so I put them back into the fridge for another 20 minutes or so.
Next, melt about 1/4 cup of candy melts according to the directions, until the melts are nice and runny. Dip the end of a lollipop stick into the melts, then stick it into the bottom of the cake pop, about 3/4 of the way through. For the mushrooms, dip the bottoms into white candy melt before inserting the lollipop stick. Then put them back into the fridge to firm up for about 20 minutes (yes, I know that's a lot of waiting, but you don't want your cake pop crumbling to bits when you dip it into the candy melts!).
Once the cake pops are firm enough to work with, melt the rest of your candy melts according to directions. Carefully dip your cake pop into the melted candy, lift and swirl it a turn or two. This is a lot trickier than it sounds, but practice makes perfect (or passable, at least). For the mushrooms, just dip the cap, since the mushroom stem already has white candy coating. Stick the cake pops on a styrofoam block to dry.
The last step is to draw faces on with food coloring markers. I used Wilton brand markers and they sucked, so next time I think I'll follow Bakerella's link and use AmeriColor brand instead.
Aren't they adorable?!
2 comments:
Nice job!
Awesome!`
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