Food Photo of the Day ~ Cake Pops!

This weekend our baking task was cake pops. What fun did we have turning the kitchen into an ensemble line of chocolate cake, melted chocolate and an array of sweet decorating toppings. The kidlets were in this from the start and right to the finish. They enjoyed themselves quite a lot. The cake pops in this photo were dipped in dark chocolate and sprinkled either with crushed M&M's, flaked coconut, crushed chilies or edible flowers! 

I didn't have a recipe for cake pops so I did a bit of research and decided to just wing it a bit. I made a chocolate cake which was crumbled into bits in a large bowl; then I added softened light cream cheese and my son mixed it in with his hands until there was one large sticky dough like ball. From there we broke off pieces and rolled them to create small walnut sized balls and placed them in the refrigerator, for about 30 minutes, to firm up. Once firm, I melted some chocolate and then we rolled the tip of a lolli stick in the melted chocolate and place the cake pop dough ball onto it, repeating until all were done. Sticking them onto a block of styrofoam as you complete each one. They went back in the refrigerator to let the chocolate set, for about 30 minutes. When set, both milk and dark chocolate were melted and coated each cake pop with the melted chocolate and then each were sprinkled with whatever sweet toppings we had on hand. Placing them back on the the styrofoam block as you go and yes! back into the refrigerator to let the chocolate set for a final time. Over all the flavour was a lovely rich chocolate and the texture was that of a chocolate brownie. 

The kidlets decided to dipped these in milk chocolate and they either sprinkled them with crushed candies, flaked coconut, chocolate sprinkles or multi-coloured sprinkles.  



It was a great afternoon of fun and chocolate! - JD