Another holiday brings another occasion to try out some new cake pops. This weekend of course brought Easter Egg Cake Pops! I was very fortunate to have a great pop-making partner for this round. So the process began:
I chose two cakes for this cake pop adventure: carrot & strawberry. They both seemed to fit Easter.
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| The carrot cake was paired with regular Coca-Cola |
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| I let Nikki choose a new pairing for the strawberry cake. Dr. Pepper! |
The cakes were mixed and baked; then came the crumbling and shaping into egg shapes. This is a bit more difficult than the typical cake ball, but we improved with practice.
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| Cake droppings? ;) |
We set up what Nikki so kindly refers to as my "ghetto" melting system. Hey, it works great if you don't have a double boiler.
Let the dipping begin!
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| It's hard to tell from the picture, but a few of the pops ended up with some little issues. This resembled more of a brain than an egg. We're still baffled by how the pros get them so smooth. |
We got them all candy coated in white, pink, and blue and let them harden completely.
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| Mmm, mmm! |
You paint corn syrup on the eggs to get the sprinkles and confetti to stick. It was great fun coming up with new designs for each egg. Also quite time consuming, but worth it for how cute they turned out. Here's the whole gallery:
We were quite pleased with the results. Plus I was so thankful to have Nikki join me in the adventure.
We got to share them at our delicious Easter lunch with good friends. If our lunch had a theme I think it would have been: Eggs Galore!!!
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| Two kinds of quiche, deviled eggs, cake pop eggs, and plastic eggs filled with candy for hunting. Enough eggs? |
All around it was a great Easter, and a great celebration of Christ as our living King!
Here's a new found favorite from the day for you to enjoy:
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