I am not a baker, never have been. Once I became I mom, I decided that I should at least learn how to decorate a cake. Then, two months ago, I discovered cake pops. I am not sure what possessed me to purchase the recipe book. Maybe it was the pitch that they were east to make. Maybe I couldn't resist the cute factor. For whatever reason, I glommed onto them and haven't stopped. For Thanksgiving, I made my third batch: turkeys. I have learned much about the technique now. First, candy melts = super glue. Don't leave the spoon in the bowl of candy melts when it all cools. I had to pry the spoon out. Second, make an assembly line whenever possible. Third, wear gloves when attaching milk chocolate peanuts. Forth, make the pops over a series of days to keep from losing patience.
I started by making the heads out of milk chocolate peanuts and sprinkles. All of the bits are really tiny, and therefore, a big pain in the ass.
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| Do you feel like you are being watched? |
I also have a problem with size. My turkeys turned out to be Butterballs.
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| Gobbles? |
For the second round, I made robots for a potluck Tim was having at work. I didn't get to place the antennae on top because the hardened shell made it impossible to insert the soma noodle.
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| The varying expressions were fun to make. |
The boys have fun making these, too. I just give them some cake balls before the coating dries and let them go to town on sprinkles.
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| Drake is so serious about decorating. |
This was the first round: ghosts. Everything was pretty lumpy, and the food pen didn't work so well on the coating. I probably needed it to cure longer.
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| Pre-ghost face |
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| Flynn: quite the ham |
This is indeed a fun process, but it is very time consuming. I do like the results. Plus, they keep longer than cake.
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