Monday, September 19, 2011

Cake Pops!

I always like to incorporate as many life skills as possible into our Homeschool days, so cooking and baking often falls into the mix.  We finally decided to jump on the bandwagon and make some cake pops.  We watched this video for step by step directions...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpIifr0VOxY


It was pretty helpful.  These were just our first attempt, but we know they will be prettier and more creative once we are more comfortable with them.  :)  They were loads of fun, look bright and colorful and were quite delicious...they taste like cake batter or cookie dough in the middle-YUM!   


Here are some pics of how our first attempt went overall.  We made molds with the leftover candy melts.  Cayleigh's favorite was the lip mold.  :)  What a fun and delicious day!  We encourage you to get your feet wet into the cake pop world...anyone can do it, but you will definitely learn tips as you go.  We already know that next time we will use more cake than frosting as they got a bit soft when dipping and might even freeze them overnight before fully coating them.  Keeping the chocolate workable is another task, but adding oil helped.  :)  


Let us know if you try them and how yours turned out!  We will be trying the cupcake cake pops shown in the video next time.


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