These babies are all the rage in the world of baking right now, but I've been resistant to embrace the trend. When I first heard about them, I whipped up a batch immediately. Although cute in appearance, I wasn't impressed with the flavor. In fact, I thought they were kind of gross (I used funfetti cake and regular canned white frosting in case you're wondering). I had this opinion confirmed when I received a bag of cake pops (red velvet variety this time) at a cookie exchange and couldn't even finish one.
BUT, after seeing some of the incredibly cute designs one of my friends was posting, I decided I needed to give it another try. Since my first encounter with the cake pop, I've given up boxed cake mixes and canned frosting. Instead, I used my favorite from scratch chocolate cake recipe and replaced the frosting with some silky milk chocolate ganache. With these changes, my cake pops are not only cute, but wonderfully rich and delicious! Here are a few photos...
The little "logs" are the cake/ganache mix after being chilled in the fridge. The chocolate chips are soon to become the owl's "ears" and the red cup has my dipping chocolate.
Here are my dipped pops with all of the trimmings to make an owl
The final product! Not perfect, but I was pretty happy for my first full batch of cake pops to come out this well!
Those are ADORABLE! :)
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