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By BaysideChick 30 Jul 2010

Cake Pops - AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!

Just having a vent here. Tried to make cake pops, was going to take a picture and post on how they should NOT look - mine look like chocolate brains dipped in mud with a white stick protruding...... so NOT GOOD!!! Hmm, might just have to eat the "dough" and lick the chocolate out of the melting bowl. Damn, I wanted to make them and they looked nice, now have gluggy mess!!

OK, vented now, have a great weekend all!!! And do not attempt to make cake pops while 4 year old is trying to play Wii game (and constantly asking you to help him get to the next level!)

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Posted By Caroline 30 Jul 2010

lol, would love to see them, or maybe you can make the "chocolate brains dipped in mud " as a halloween treat

Posted By Caroline 30 Jul 2010

see baysidechick not such a disaster after all..lol

Posted By Leonie 30 Jul 2010

That is so funny. You are a brave woman just attempting them. It seems like such a lot of work for such a little bite size piece of sweet. I'm with Caroline would still love to see photos. How fun! I have now discovered that children and cake making cannot happen at the same time. In my house it all gets done between 8:00pm - midnight and sometimes later. I think you are brave attemptimg all of the above - Well Done!

Posted By Caroline 30 Jul 2010

glad to see im not the only one baking into the middle of the night, as long as my kids get a beater or a spoon to lick im safe for a little while.

ps.... i really like the idea behind the cake pops, how are they made exactly?

Posted By vtandessa 30 Jul 2010

Definelty Leonie! I run to the kitchen as soon as 8pm strikes and my boys are in bed!!!!!

Posted By newyone10 30 Jul 2010

so from my question you will guess i am such a newbie, but what are cake pops?

Posted By bubble and sweet 30 Jul 2010

I so had that with my first few. I know they are super expensive but I do find that the wilton melts work much better that the quality chocolate. See these pics with the pink melts (and they are much smoother if you have time to tap the excess off):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bubbleandsweet/4842967422/

http://bubbleandsweet.blogspot.com/2010/07/little-red-bird-cake-pops.html

The ones I tried with normal chocolate were so lumpy.

There has been a post on here that said Australian chocolate was the same as the melts. I tried Nestle Melts with no joy. Might try the stuff from Roberts confectionery next.

Posted By JhoaneeB 30 Jul 2010

may i vent with u?! i attempted cake pops last wk. was pretty happy w/ making the balls and puttin them on sticks. then of course came the dipping. i only had sicao choc and so i used that (i melted the choc w/ copha as prev suggested by others). i thought it was going pretty well but noooo. choc was too thick and after doing a few i just kept thinking "how the heck does everyone else make it look so perfectly round and nicely dipped?!" .. anyway i gave up the dipping so i have a whole lot of pops in the freezer :). bought some candy melts and so am hoping pops will turn out better :)

Posted By JhoaneeB 30 Jul 2010

bubble and sweet .. i tried the nestle melts (i was told by roberts confectionary that its same as candy melts) but no luck either! i saw the roberts conf choc at spotlight and was going to buy them to try out but since i just bought the wilton melts, i might try that one first.

and ladies .... thank god im not the only one that starts doing cakes after kids have gone to bed :)

Posted By Kats 30 Jul 2010

I should put some pics up of the ones I made a couple of weeks ago. I used the nestle melts, melted the choc first THEN added melted cohpa until I got the right consistency.

It is time consuming and ys, I'm the same...cake making done late at night...no point otherwise as it wouldn't end up being for human cosumption!...lol

Posted By JhoaneeB 30 Jul 2010

Kats, did u use a lot of copha? i just couldn't get the consistency right.
It's dangerous having those treats around! You just tend to keep eating them (well i did anyway lol!)since theyre bite-size and before you know it, you've pretty much eaten an equivalent of a whole cake lol!

Posted By Tina 30 Jul 2010

I also have had terrible times with cake pops! but i always get sucked back in to trying them again when a cute design pops up!

Posted By NELLIBELLI 30 Jul 2010

I made some the other day, banana cake with cream cheese icing...and they turned out really nice (surprise, surprise).

I did use normal white chocolate (not the stuff you eat) and added a little bit of copha and turned out great..but not as perfect as the ones you see on Bakarella website...

Posted By ShamsD 30 Jul 2010

I make my cake pops with dark lindt choc.
I melt my choc. dip the cake balls into the choc. and within a few minutes the choc. sets.

Here's a pic.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shamsd/2625007597/in/set-72157606881405324/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shamsd/2625841076/in/set-72157606881405324/#/photos/shamsd/2625841076/in/set-72157606881405324/page2/

Edited by ShamsD 30 Jul 2010

Posted By JhoaneeB 30 Jul 2010

beautiful Shamsd!

Posted By Kats 30 Jul 2010

OMG! Shamsd thos are perfect little balls. I tried doing the bals but just couldn't get them right. It was easier with the sticks in so you culd wave it around in the chocolate. What's your tip for just balls?

JB - I thnk I used about 30 - 50g. I melted it and then just aded small amounts at a time. When mixing it I kept 'cutting'through the chocolate until it was combined...then dripping it off the spatula...and perhaphs having a sneaky taste too.

And yes, VERY morish!!! YOu can never have just one.

Posted By JhoaneeB 30 Jul 2010

Kats, i did that too but probably just didn't have the patience. Expected too much for my 1st go hehehe

Posted By ShamsD 30 Jul 2010

I made the cake balls and placed it in the fridge till it was cold...about 1/2 an hour.
Poked some toothpicks into them and then dipped into choc.
I let them dry standing on styrofoam and once set removed the toothpicks.

Posted By JhoaneeB 30 Jul 2010

After letting the cake balls cool/harden in the fridge, i noticed that they weren't perfectly round (had a side that was a bit flat). Does that mean i put too much frosting and made it too soft? Everybody else's seem to be soo perfectly round and smooth, like urs Shamsd.

Posted By Chocolate Eclare 31 Jul 2010

So glad I am not the only one that makes really ugly cake pops! Will have to try the copha!! Have to do something with those left over cake scraps!

Posted By bubble and sweet 1 Aug 2010

Shamsd your balls are so lovely must try that :)

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