Tuesday Tip – Babycakes Cake Pop Maker Review
I love cake pops. I hate making them. Even making them with brownies (to eliminate the need for frosting) is time consuming. So when I won a Babycakes Cake Pop Maker from Daily Grommet, I could hardly contain my excitement, I’m going to be a cake pop making fool!
I’m a project prepared freak, so I read the booklet twice, not wanting any mistakes. I wiped it, greased it a little, prepared the batter and plugged it in. Lesson #1, a tablespoonish of cake batter (which varies depending on your batter as I learned later) and did a trial one. ‘Cuz I’ve read enough reviews to know filling them all up on your first go is a recipe for disaster. Told you I come prepared.
So hear goes the first one…
Alright, feeling confident. Let’s make more than one. Lesson #2, once you start filling them up, they start cooking before you get all 12 done. So you have to move fast. Otherwise, the ones that were filled up first will ooze out once you close the lid.
But that’s ok. Those lovely ‘rings of Saturn’ can be easily trimmed off with a sharp knife.
OK, got a handle on filling them up, and before you know it, you’ve got a plateful way faster and cleaner that the ‘traditional’ method.
Break out your candy melts and toppings and before you know it, you’ve got some great treats. In fact, my first project was for our Teacher Appreciation Lunch last week. The cake pop maker comes with lollipop sticks but I decided they would be little bon bons of pure sugar.
I love the color download from One Charming Party and with new paint palettes, it was the perfect dessert.
So I give the cake pop maker 2 thumbs up! So if you can get your hands on one, it is worth it.
I was thinking the same thing the other day! I made apple shaped cake pops last year for teacher gifts and remembered how cute they were but how much effort went into getting just 2 to look halfway decent; the mess, the shaping, the freezing and re-freezing… Might be putting this on my Christmas list if I don't scoop it up before hand 🙂
I wondered if this worked…good to know it does!
The cake pops look yummy (and what a sweet treat for the teachers)!!
I just bought one of these too and found it so easy. I will never be Bakerella , but I can make some pretty cute cake pops now!
I was totally wondering if that thing worked! WOW they turned out great! THanks for sharing pics with us : )
Paula
Even my teenager can help me do this. I want to make eyeball pops for halloween. This will make it so much easier. Thanks.
Ok, I had on of these in my hand at Kohls the other day and put it back because I wasnt sure if the lollipop stick would stay in the cake when I dipped it. What you think? Would the cake pop fall off in the chocolate? Thanks for the review!
Great review and love your cake pops! So cute. Looks yummy!
Did you just use the provided "fork" for dipping? Did you refrigerate prior to dipping? And, are those paint trays for serving?? Very cute ideas!
Anonymous – no, I didn't use the fork for dipping, I have a Wilton candy dipping spoon, http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?sku=1904-800
No, I didn't refrigerate them, they are already pretty solid. When you make them the traditional way, you have to refrigerate them so the frosting solidifies and makes the ball hold together better for dipping.
Yes, I used new plastic paint trays from a craft store.
I love the 'gooey' inside texture of the cake pops made with icing mixed with the cake crumbles. I imagine the pops made with this machine to be a bit dry with the surface having the 'crusty' baked surface.Am I wrong (I hope) and the pops were moist? I also noticed you didn't use the sucker sticks. I wonder if the cake pop would fall off the stick when being dipped into melted chocolate as chocolate is heavyand the cake ball so light?
I am intrigued with this machine, but wonder if the results are similar as the 'old fashioned' way?
Anonymous – No, the insides were baked like cake, so you do lose that moist factor. That's why I like to make mine out of brownies.
If you dip the lollipop stick in a little melt, then stick into the cake ball, it will cool and harden like I did for the popcorn cake pops http://dawnypoo.blogspot.com/2011/06/tuesday-tutorial-on-monday-popcorn.html