PREPARING CAKE POPS & DONUT HOLES
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
Cake mix (or homemade)
FIRST COVERING
Prepared cake frosting (or homemade)
Candy melts, various colors
Chocolate chips (any flavor/color, including butterscotch)
Jam, jelly, preserves, honey
FUN TOPPINGS
Colored sprinkles
Chopped nuts
Shredded sweetened coconut
Small colored candies such as M&M
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Colored icing tubes
Cinnamon sugar
Ginger sugar
CAKE POPS SUPPLIES
Lollipop sticks
Styrofoam form to stand pops
1.
To prepare cake pops: Dip sticks into the melted candy or chips before inserting
them into the cake pop. This will help to hold pops into place.
2.
Stand the cake pops in a styrofoam form to keep them from touching.
Refrigerate for 20-30 minutes before decorating.
3.
When you are ready to dip, take pops out of the refrigerator no more than 5 at a time.
4.
Frost cake pops or donut holes with your favorite frosting or combination of frostings.
Then roll into toppings of your choice or press candies or nuts into coating.
5.
If you are using liquefied candy melts or chips as the first covering:
•
Using a microwave-safe bowl, melt
1
⁄
4
to
1
⁄
2
cup candy melts or any chocolate
or flavored baking chips for 1 minute. Stir well. Microwave for an additional 15 seconds,
if necessary.
NOTE:
A double-boiler or a pan over boiling water can also be used.
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If needed, add a splash of milk to chips before heating to thin dipping mixture.
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Dip pops or donut holes into the bowl, swirl cakes in the dipping mixture
until it is covered. Use a teaspoon to help drip candy over the cake. Work quickly
as the chocolate will begin to get lumpy as it hardens.
•
Roll cake into toppings of your choice or press candies or nuts into wet coating.
HINT:
When using melted white chocolate as the first coating, put some aside to use
as a colored drizzle. Melt chocolate and add GEL food coloring until the desired color
is achieved. Decorate using colored chocolate in a piping bag or a plastic bag
with the corner snipped.
IMPORTANT:
Never use liquid food coloring as it will harden immediately
and ruin the chocolate.
6.
If you are using jam, jelly, preserves or honey:
•
Place in microwave-safe bowl and heat on HIGH power for 10 seconds.
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Brush pops or donut holes with melted fruit.
•
Roll or dip cakes into toppings of your choice.
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