Last Christmas, my children begged me to make them cake pops. Ordinarily, this wouldn't be such a difficult task, but…they waited until two days before Christmas to ask – and wouldn't take no for an answer.
I had never made cake pops before and I was very nervous, but I figured – what was the worst that could happen? If the cake pops didn't stay on their sticks, we'd just serve a party platter full of decorated cake balls.
But Santa must have been watching because our cakes pops came out awesome! I was so happy that I could fulfill my kids' last minute dessert request, and I loved that once the initial cake balls had been dipped into the chocolate, the kids were able to help me decorate them too.
As I prep myself for this year's Christmas feast, and a kitchen full of cake-pop-making-craziness, I'm delighted to bring you all a super fun Cookbook Giveaway. We have one copy of Crazy for Cake Pops by Molly Bakes (her kitchen stage name!) to give away to one lucky reader.
Crazy for Cake Pops features 50 all-new cake pop creations and is chock full of photos to boot. (I just love cookbooks with photos!!) By reading Molly's book, I found also out several secrets to making perfect cake pops.
The biggest helper for me was to make the cake ahead of time and let the frosting-cake mixture sit overnight in the refrigerator. The cake balls roll much easier if the frosting and cake really get a chance to meld together!
Another super important tip that I picked up from Molly is: crumble, crumble, crumble. The finer you crumble the cake, the better looking your cake pops will be. Think about it – if you've leave big lumps in your cake mixture, you're bound to have big, crunchy, cake-blobs sticking out of your cake pops. Yuck!
I could go on and on about the other secrets I learned from Molly, but I'm afraid that would just take way too long. I can, however, advise you to buy a copy of the book yourself, or enter to win a copy here! [Just so you know, if you buy a copy, you won't be disappointed – Molly's Crazy for Cake Pops has enough diversity to cover a year's worth of holiday cake pop making!]
Want to win a copy of Crazy for Cake Pops? Then you're in luck. We have one copy to give away to our readers.
Here’s how the Giveaway Contest works:
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Thanks for reading,
Denine
Disclosure: I have been given a copy of Crazy for Cake Pops, by Molly Bakes, for the purpose of this review. Opinions, however, are mine.
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