The Phillies are playing in the World Series! I decided to show my support by making Red Velvet Cake Pops. The recipe and more detailed how to can be found here on Bakerella's Blog. I totally heart her and her creative ideas. She usually makes the cutest creatures using the circular shaped pops. I tried to make baseballs too, cause that seemed the most obvious shape to make, but I'll have to admit, its a lot easier to draw baseballs than try to replicate one in 3-D-with melted candy coating. The stitches are curved almost in an infiniti like shape on both sides. It was tough to get them to line up. Total FAIL. So I stuck with P's and Numbers.
The basic premise for the cake pops involved mixing in a can of frosting into a cooled, prebaked cake, then shaping into balls. Lollipop sticks are then inserted to corvert the cake balls into cake pops! Afterwards, you can use a melted candy-coating to cover the balls and decorate with anything you can imagine. Check out Bakerella's blog for awesome ideas and inspiration.
I am excited to make these again for the holidays. I've got a bunch of ideas in mind. Quick Tip: I had some leftover frosting from cupcakes I had made earlier last week. Delicious, vanilla buttercream! It was just enough to mix into the cake. However, I wouldn't recommend using a frosting with too much butter or any butter at all for that matter. I found that when I dipped the chilled cake balls into the melted candy coating, the butter particles would melt and seep out through the candy coating. I tried to remedy the "drooling" :P by double coating, but it changed the ratio of cake to coating. For the future, I think I'll opt for the frosting in a can.
Here are some pics of my project:
Go Phillies!
