A Cake Pop in the Making

Good afternoon everyone,

Yes it has been awhile since I posted in my blog and my goal is to start posting weekly. I thought it might be useful to post a blog showing how to make Cake Pops with a swirl design.

1. Start off with a Cake Pop ball of your choosing. I'm finding that there is no right or wrong regarding the size. Choose whatever size you like. Mine typically are about 1 ounce in weight. I store my cake pops on the sticks and place them in the refridgerator until I am ready to dip them.

Tip for the day: Cold Cake Pops and warm melting wafers =====> cracks, let your pops sit out for few minutes after taking them out of the refridgerator before dipping them the warm chocolate.

2. Dip the Cake Pop ball into your candy wafers, tapping and swirling the stick in your hand will produce a nice smooth surface on the cake pops, like the Cake Pops below.

 3. You might be asking why is this Cake Pop lying on its side? I find that when I hold the Cake Pop in a horizontal position I am able to draw the swirls onto the Cake Pop better. Another trick is to swirl the stick in your hand while adding the swirls to the cake pop. You can use a plastic bottlle filled with melted candy wafters

4. Here is a finished Cake Pop. I love the dark and light contrast of colors. It's super fun trying different candy wafers to produce different effects.

5. Lastly, I love packaging the Cake Pops for shipment. Ribbons are a favorite of mine and I try to find a complimentary ribbon based on the colors I choose for the Pop.

Here's a few other swirls I've done

 That's it for today.
Hints, tips, idea for today

1. Remember to balance the coldness of the Cake Pop with the warmth of chocolate to prevent cracking
2. Position the Cake Pops where it almost feels like you are writing on the Cake Pop which is a more natural
    feeling than drawing on the Cake Pops.

Happy Cake Pop making... more to come soon....